Author/Authors
MORANDI BONACOSSI, Daniele University of Udine - Department of History and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Italy , IAMONI, Marco University of Udine - Department of History and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Italy
Title Of Article
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
شماره ركورد
36091
Abstract
Palaeoenvironmental proxies from geoarchaeological survey work conducted by a Syrian-Italianmission 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
From Page
31
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Palmyrena , environmental change , adaptive responses , desert , kites , tumuli
JournalTitle
Syria
To Page
58
JournalTitle
Syria
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