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Holocene Paleoclimates of Southern Arabia from Lacustrine Deposits of the Dhamar Highlands, Yemen
Caroline P. Davies · 2006
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Document and modern access
- Type
- journal article and environmental proxy study
- Publication
- Quaternary Research, vol. 66, 454–464
Records informed by this source
- entity Yemen highlandsEvidence confidence: highinforms · contextualizes · pp. 454–464; highland lacustrine records
Provides environmental context without defining a political region.
- date assertion Yemen highlands — date assertioninforms · contextualizes · pp. 454–464; highland lacustrine records
Provides environmental context without defining a political region.
- claim Climate and monsoon variability should not be treated as a single deterministic cause of settlement, irrigation or political change across Southern Arabia and the Horn.Evidence confidence: highsupports · provides archaeological observation · Highland palaeohydrology results
Provides a regional proxy record.
- causal hypothesis Climate, land use and water management interacted without one deterministic regional collapse mechanismEvidence confidence: moderatesupports · provides archaeological observation · Highland proxy results
Provides local hydrological evidence.