The Early History of the Western Palmyra Desert region. The Change in the Settlement patterns and the Adaptation of subsistence Strategies to encroaching Aridity: a first Assessment of the Desert-Kite and Tumulus cultural Horizons

Palaeoenvironmental proxies from geoarchaeological survey work conducted by a Syrian-Italian mission in the Palmyra oasis and the desert areas to the south and west of it indicate a discontinuity between a wet Lateglacial/Early Holocene and a later dry period. The latter, which is presumed to have s...

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Authors: Morandi Bonacossi, Daniele (Author) ; Iamoni, Marco ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: 2012
In: Syria
Year: 2012, 卷: 89, Pages: 31-58
Further subjects:B tumuli
B Environmental Change
B adaptive response
B Palmyrena
B desert-kite
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總結:Palaeoenvironmental proxies from geoarchaeological survey work conducted by a Syrian-Italian mission in the Palmyra oasis and the desert areas to the south and west of it indicate a discontinuity between a wet Lateglacial/Early Holocene and a later dry period. The latter, which is presumed to have started during the final PPNB-early Pottery Neolithic, resulted in the progressive nucleation of the Palmyra oasis and in a major change in settlement patterns and the exploitation of natural resources on a regional scale. The paper explores this major adaptive shift in settlement patterns and economic strategies in the region, which is paralleled by the emergence of a distinctive archaeological landscape characterized by desert-kites and cairns.
ISSN:2076-8435
Contains:Enthalten in: Syria
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4000/syria.1496