Land use patterns and climate change: a modeled scenario of the Late Bronze Age in Southern Greece

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Autoren

  • Daniel Knitter
  • Gerrit Günther
  • Wolfgang Berengar Hamer
  • Torben Keßler
  • Joana Seguin
  • Ingmar Unkel
  • Erika Weiberg
  • Rainer Duttmann
  • Oliver Nakoinz

Externe Organisationen

  • Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU)
  • Uppsala University
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer125003
FachzeitschriftEnvironmental research letters
Jahrgang14
Ausgabenummer12
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 27 Nov. 2019
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

In this study, we present a modeling approach that investigates how much cultivable land was required to supply a society and whether societies were in need when environmental conditions deteriorated. The approach is implemented for the North-Eastern Peloponnese and is based upon the location of Late Helladic IIIB (1300-1200 BCE) archaeological sites, an assessment of their sizes, and a proposed diet of the people. Based on these information, the areal requirement of each site is calculated and mapped. The results show that large sites do not have sufficient space in their surroundings in order to supply themselves with the required food resources and thus they depended on supplies from the hinterland. Dry climatic conditions aggravate the situation. This indicates that potential societal crisis are less a factor of changing environmental conditions or a shortage of arable land but primarily caused by socio-economic factors.

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Land use patterns and climate change: a modeled scenario of the Late Bronze Age in Southern Greece. / Knitter, Daniel; Günther, Gerrit; Hamer, Wolfgang Berengar et al.
in: Environmental research letters, Jahrgang 14, Nr. 12, 125003, 27.11.2019.

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Knitter, D, Günther, G, Hamer, WB, Keßler, T, Seguin, J, Unkel, I, Weiberg, E, Duttmann, R & Nakoinz, O 2019, 'Land use patterns and climate change: a modeled scenario of the Late Bronze Age in Southern Greece', Environmental research letters, Jg. 14, Nr. 12, 125003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5126
Knitter, D., Günther, G., Hamer, W. B., Keßler, T., Seguin, J., Unkel, I., Weiberg, E., Duttmann, R., & Nakoinz, O. (2019). Land use patterns and climate change: a modeled scenario of the Late Bronze Age in Southern Greece. Environmental research letters, 14(12), Artikel 125003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5126
Knitter D, Günther G, Hamer WB, Keßler T, Seguin J, Unkel I et al. Land use patterns and climate change: a modeled scenario of the Late Bronze Age in Southern Greece. Environmental research letters. 2019 Nov 27;14(12):125003. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab5126
Knitter, Daniel ; Günther, Gerrit ; Hamer, Wolfgang Berengar et al. / Land use patterns and climate change : a modeled scenario of the Late Bronze Age in Southern Greece. in: Environmental research letters. 2019 ; Jahrgang 14, Nr. 12.
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