Palaeoenvironmental and limnological reconstruction of Lake Lisan and the Dead Sea

Robinson, Stuart A.; Fitton, R. J.; Goodship, Rachel; Rambeau, Claire; Sellwood, B. W.

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511975219.009

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“…This proposition finds additional support in other regional palaeovegetation and palaeoclimatic records, which point to the existence of a more varied and spatially extensive arboreal cover and an overall moister, if seasonally unstable, climate regime during the early Holocene (cf. Black et al, 2011; Emery-Barbier, 1995; Hunt et al, 2004; Orland et al, 2012; Rambeau et al, 2011).…”

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Early Holocene woodland vegetation and human impacts in the arid zone of the southern Levant

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Palynological archives dating from the Pleistocene–Holocene transition are scarce in the arid zone of the southern Levant. Anthracological remains (the carbonized residues of wood fuel use found in archaeological habitation sites) provide an alternative source of information about past vegetation. This paper discusses new and previously available anthracological datasets retrieved from excavated habitation sites in the southern Levant dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) period. The available evidence indicates the existence of distinct arboreal floras growing in different ecological niches, which occupied areas that today are either treeless or very sparsely wooded. The anthracological data provide independent confirmation of the hypothesis that early Holocene climate in the southern Levant was significantly moister than at present. Clear North–South and East–West precipitation and associated woodland composition gradients are evidenced. Far from deducing widespread anthropogenic degradation of the regional vegetation, it is suggested that woodland expansion in the semi-arid interiors of the Levant may be attributed to the intensive management of Pistacia woodlands for food, fuel and pasture.

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Early Holocene woodland vegetation and human impacts in the arid zone of the southern Levant

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“…U/Th data was produced using a Perkin Elmer ELAN 6000 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer at the University of Reading (e.g. Black et al, 2011;Rambeau et al, 2011). U/Th dating is based on the measurement of 230 Th produced by the radioactive decay of 234 U, once the latter was preferentially incorporated into the newly precipitated sediment.…”

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The environmental setting of Epipalaeolithic aggregation site Kharaneh IV

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Maher

Macdonald

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Quaternary International

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a b s t r a c tThe archaeological site of Kharaneh IV in Jordan's Azraq Basin, and its relatively near neighbour Jilat 6 show evidence of sustained occupation of substantial size through the Early to Middle Epipalaeolithic (c. 24,000e15,000 cal BP). Here, we review the geomorphological evidence for the environmental setting in which Kharaneh IV was established. The on-site stratigraphy is clearly differentiated from surrounding sediments, marked visually as well as by higher magnetic susceptibility values. Dating and analysis of offsite sediments show that a significant wetland existed at the site prior to and during early site occupation (~23,000e19,000 BP). This may explain why such a substantial site existed at this location. This wetland dating to the Last Glacial Maximum also provides important information on the palaeoenvironments and potential palaeoclimatic scenarios for today's eastern Jordanian desert, from where such evidence is scarce.

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“…The climate and environment during the Late Upper Paleolithic-Middle Epipaleolithic is important for modeling and understanding patterns of plant-use in the Eastern Levant. Spanning the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to the Pleistocene -Holocene transition, the Late-Upper Paleolithic-Epipaleolithic was a period of acute and abrupt climate change (see Maher et al, 2011).. Pollen cores from Lake Ghab and Luke Hula (Baruch and Bottema, 1991;Cappers et al, 1998;Rossignol-Strick, 1995;Yasuda et al, 2000), speleothems from Soreq Cave (Bar-Mathews et al, 1997;Bar-Matthews and Ayalon, 2003), and the paleohydrology and limnological history (Bartov et al, 2002;Black et al, 2011;Hazan et al, 2005;Torfstein et al, 2013) inform regional paleoenvironmental reconstructions. While specialists disagree over the exact timings and nature of late Pleistocene climate change, for example, how seasonal precipitation was distributed (Enzel et al, 2008;Orland et al, 2012), most agree that the LGM (ca.…”

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Wedded to wetlands: Exploring Late Pleistocene plant-use in the Eastern Levant

Ramsey

Rosen

2016

Quaternary International

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The mosaic ecology of the Late Pleistocene Levant has been referred to by many authors investigating Epipaleolithic use of wild cereals as a prelude to cultivation, but it has rarely been the focus of studies investigating hunter-gatherer adaptations and diverse wild plant collection strategies. Partly, this was due to poor preservation of macro-botanical remains at Epipaleolithic sites with the exception of Ohalo II. Our analyses of 100 phytolith samples from four sites in the eastern Levant, compared with phytoliths from Ohalo II, reveal evidence for how foragers used the unique local ecological opportunities in these regions. Abundant phytoliths from reeds and sedges indicate the critical importance of wetlands in hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies. Wild cereals and grasses point to steppe and parkland exploitation, and woody plants indicate use of woodlands. From the Late Upper Paleolithic through the Middle Epipaleolithic our evidence

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Palaeoenvironmental and limnological reconstruction of Lake Lisan and the Dead Sea

Cited by 4 publications

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Early Holocene woodland vegetation and human impacts in the arid zone of the southern Levant

Early Holocene woodland vegetation and human impacts in the arid zone of the southern Levant

The environmental setting of Epipalaeolithic aggregation site Kharaneh IV

Wedded to wetlands: Exploring Late Pleistocene plant-use in the Eastern Levant

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