Human-climate interactions since the neolithic period in Central Anatolia: Novel multi-proxy data from the Kureyşler area, Kütahya, Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorOcakoğlu F.
dc.contributor.authorÇilingiroğlu Ç.
dc.contributor.authorErkara İ.P.
dc.contributor.authorÜnan S.
dc.contributor.authorDinçer B.
dc.contributor.authorAkkiraz M.S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-27T08:00:55Z
dc.date.available2019-10-27T08:00:55Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractSedimentological and paleoclimatological data from a fluvial infill retrieved from a series of cores taken across Kureyşler Valley, Kütahya, western Turkey, are compared alongside evidence for an almost unbroken record of human occupation in the area since Neolithic times. Recent salvage excavations in the valley exposed settlement remains from the Early Bronze Age and Late Byzantine periods with interfingering of archaeological and geological materials in the valley-fill, adding a wealth of information to the archaeological record in this region. Our geological data, constrained by seven radiocarbon dates from the sediment infill demonstrate that the earliest sediments were deposited during the Late Glacial (~13.8 ka) under a cold and relatively dry climatic conditions with evidence of amelioration and increase in arboreal taxa from the Neolithic onwards. The occurrence of Cerealia-T and Apiaceae pollen is significant as an important indicator for anthropisation already present during the Epipaleolithic period (before 9 ka cal. BP). Also, the effects of 8.2 ka climatic event are clearly visible in our multi-proxy results. The onset of the Early Bronze Age settlements in the vicinity ~ ca. 5.2 ka BP occurred alongside a climatic switch to warmer conditions recorded by a lithological change and a positive shift in isotopic data. The 4.2 ka event, present in records related to several Early Bronze Age (EBA) sites of Anatolia is also recorded in the Kureyşler Valley both in the pollen and ?18O records. In general, these results show that climate shifts occurred at the beginning and end of the EBA, as well as during the Neolithic and Chalcolithic and are to be compared with new archaeological data. © 2019 Elsevier Ltden_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, University Grants Commission Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was financially supported by the Commission for Scientific Research at Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey (Grant numbers. 2016/15c102 and 2016/15A118 ). The authors wish to thank two referees for their comments and suggestions. Appendix A --en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.04.016
dc.identifier.endpage17en_US
dc.identifier.issn0277-3791
dc.identifier.issn0277-3791en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.04.016
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/24874
dc.identifier.volume213en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofQuaternary Science Reviewsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subject4.2 ka eventen_US
dc.subject8.2 ka eventen_US
dc.subjectEarly bronze ageen_US
dc.subjectHoloceneen_US
dc.subjectPalaeoclimatologyen_US
dc.subjectPollenen_US
dc.subjectRoman perioden_US
dc.subjectStable isotopesen_US
dc.subjectWest Anatoliaen_US
dc.titleHuman-climate interactions since the neolithic period in Central Anatolia: Novel multi-proxy data from the Kureyşler area, Kütahya, Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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