Palynology, sedimentology and palaeoecology of the late Holocene Dead Sea

Neumann, Frank; Kagan, Elisa J.; Schwab, Markus J.; Stein, Mordechai

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.03.004

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“…Rosen, 1986;Lipschitz et al, 1989;Neumann et al, 2006Neumann et al, , 2007Neumann et al, , 2010Cabanes et al, 2012). For example, Kaniewski et al, (2013) examined biological indicators (pollen grains, fern spores, micro-charcoal fragments, and dinoflagellate cysts) extracted from a continuous core drilled on the southern flank of Tel Akko, located on the northern Mediterranean coast of Israel.…”

Section: Pollen Assemblage From Lake Sedimentsmentioning

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“…Findings from cores from the bottom of Birkat Ram Lake in the Golan Heights (Neumann et al, 2007), the Sea of Galilee (Baruch, 1988) and the Dead Sea (Neumann at al., 2007(Neumann at al., , 2010 demonstrate that prior to the massive human intervention during the Iron Age (prior to 1200 BC), various oak species were common. Quercus ithaburensis was common in central Israel, while Quercus boisseri was common in northern Israel.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Another finding arising from the analysis of pollen graphs (Neumann et al, 2007; is that the appearance of Sarcopoterium spinosum co-occurs with the increase in human activity during the Iron Age, simultaneous to the appearance of olive trees. Its appearance increases during the Roman and Byzantine periods and peaks in these later periods, showing that Sarcopoterium spinosum is a plant which accompanies human activity.…”

Section: Pollen Assemblage From Lake Sedimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Worldwide, human impact on natural landscapes has intensified since prehistoric times, and this is well documented in the global archaeological record. The period between the earliest hominids and the Industrial Revolution of the late 18-19 th centuries is known as the Paleo-Anthropocene. The current study reviews key geoarchaeological, floral and faunal factors of the Paleo-Anthropocene in Israel, an area that has undergone human activities in various intensities since prehistoric times. It discusses significant human imprints on these three features in the Israeli landscape, demonstrating that its current form is almost entirely anthropogenic. Moreover, some of the past physical changes still dynamically shape Israel's zoological, archaeological and geomorphic landscape today. It is hoped that insights from this article might aid in guiding present-day management strategies of undeveloped areas through renewal of human activity guided by traditional knowledge.

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“…12, Core DS7-1SC (Heim et al 1997;Leroy 2010). 13, Pollen analyses on the western Dead Sea shore (Neumann et al 2007(Neumann et al , 2010. 14, Tzavoa Cave, northern Negev (Vaks et al 2006).…”

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Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in the Southern Levant: synthesis, challenges, recent developments and perspectives

Rambeau

2010

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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Palaeoenvironmental research in the Southern Levant presents a series of challenges, partly due to the unequal distribution of palaeoenvironmental records and potential archives throughout the region. Our knowledge of climatic evolution, during the last approximately 25 000 years, is of crucial importance to understand cultural developments. More local, well-dated, multi-proxy studies are much needed to obtain an accurate picture of environmental change in respect of the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene. This contribution reviews the current state of knowledge regarding Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental changes in the Southern Levant, including some examples of more recent developments in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in Israel and the Dead Sea area, and introduces the major challenges researchers face in the region. It also presents the first results of a new case study in Jordan, based on an analysis of peaty deposits located in the mountain slopes east of the Dead Sea. Such new studies help refine our knowledge of local environmental changes in the Southern Levant and especially the more arid areas, for which little information is presently available. More material suitable for palaeoenvironmental research, for example extensive tufa and travertine series, still awaits consideration in Jordan, opening up exciting perspectives for future research in the area.

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“…Pollen diagrams are also available from the west shore of the Dead Sea, which allow a reliable reconstruction of the vegetation history of the past 3,500 years (late Holocene); longer Holocene records are discontinuous (Baruch 1990;Heim et al 1997;Neumann et al 2007bNeumann et al , 2010Langgut et al 2014). A 21 m sediment core taken from the Dead Sea shore near Ein Gedi provides the most continuous and best dated palynological record of nearly the entire Holocene period in the southern Levant (Litt et al 2012).…”

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Holocene vegetation history of the southern Levant based on a pollen record from Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel

Schiebel

Litt

2017

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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Lake Kinneret, also known as the Sea of Galilee and Lake Tiberias, is located in the northeast of Israel. At a lake level of 211 m b.s.l. (below mean sea level), the central basin is 43 m deep. The maximum length of the lake is 21 km (N-S) and its maximum width is 12 km (W-E). Lake Kinneret's surface area is 166 km 2 . A new 17.8 m long sedimentary core was drilled in 2010. Here, we present the entire palynological record from it, which covers the last ~ 9,000 years. Special emphasis is given to the natural and human-influenced vegetation history of Galilee in comparison to that of the more southerly Dead Sea region. Significant signs of human impact are the first Olea (olive) increase during the beginning of the Chalcolithic period between 7,000 and 6,500 years ago, as well as the prominent Olea phase during the Hellenistic/Roman/Byzantine period between 2,300 and 1,500 years ago. Mediterranean macchia and bathas scrub vegetation, as known in the area today, has developed in the southern Levant under human impact since the last ca. 1,500 years.

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Palynology, sedimentology and palaeoecology of the late Holocene Dead Sea

Cited by 98 publications

References 43 publications

The Paleo-Anthropocene and the Genesis of the Current Landscape of Israel

The Paleo-Anthropocene and the Genesis of the Current Landscape of Israel

Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in the Southern Levant: synthesis, challenges, recent developments and perspectives

Holocene vegetation history of the southern Levant based on a pollen record from Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel

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