Holocene climatic change and human settlement between the central Sahara and the Nile Valley: Archaeological and geomorphological results

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Geoarchaeology, vol. 22, 607–620

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• causal hypothesis Aridification contributed to Wadi Howar mobility reorganization
  Evidence confidence: ◈ moderate
  informs · contextualizes · Regional climate-settlement synthesis

  Provides comparative geoarchaeological support and limitations.

• relationship Lake Yoa varved sediment record — contextualizes — Handessi Horizon adaptation to increasing aridity
  Evidence confidence: ◈ low
  informs · contextualizes · Regional synthesis

  Provides the spatial-caution framework.

• claim Late-Holocene drying was progressive and regionally variable rather than one simultaneous North African drought event.
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  supports · contextualizes · Regional settlement and climate synthesis

  Emphasizes spatial and chronological variation.