DATE2019-01-08 12:44:22
IDABSTRACT2014/102
CONTACTandre@palaeo.eu
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TITLELATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE CLIMATE TRANSITION IN W MEDITERRANEAN: A VIEW FROM STABLE ISOTOPES OF LAND SNAIL SHELLS
AUTHORSAndre Carlo Colonese (1)|Giovanni Zanchetta (2)|Anthony Fallick (3)|Russell Drysdale (4)|Giuseppe Manganelli (5)
AFFILIATIONS
  1. BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK
  2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
  3. Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, East Kilbride, Scotland
  4. Department of Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  5. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
ABSTRACTThe Mediterranean landscape has been strongly shaped by natural and anthropogenic forces at least since the Holocene. Understanding past evidence of natural versus human-induced environmental configuration is a challenge for environmental scientists and an essential task for management and conservation of Mediterranean environments and biodiversity. Late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological deposits from central Mediterranean regions contain abundant terrestrial gastropod shell remains, and stable isotope studies have provided valuable snapshots on past climate and environment conditions, parallel to long-term palaeoclimatic records. Here we present stable carbon and oxygen isotope data from snail shells from several archaeological deposits in W Mediterranean (Iberian and Italian Peninsula) and discuss their implications for understanding climate and environmental changes at the onset of the Holocene. Because these records are associated with human remains they also have a great potential to elucidate human impact on the landscape.
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