TY - JOUR
T1 - Holocene vegetation dynamics in mediterranean iberia
T2 - Historical contingency and climate-human interactions
AU - Gil-Romera, Graciela
AU - Carrión, Josó S.
AU - McClure, Sarah B.
AU - Schmich, Steven
AU - Finlayson, Clive
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In this paper we illustrate how different internal and external forcings conditioned postglacial vegetation in southern Mediterranean areas. By comparing seven Holocene sequences, we emphasize the role of glacial refugia as postglacial vegetation dispersal centers. We also identify the importance of the system's inertia in the time lags observed for vegetation response to climate change and human pressure. Finally, we explore the cascade of effects triggered by the human-climate interface, specifically the vegetation and the environmental feedbacks implicated in the collapse of the Argaric culture that emerged in arid southeastern Spain about 4,000 years before the present.
AB - In this paper we illustrate how different internal and external forcings conditioned postglacial vegetation in southern Mediterranean areas. By comparing seven Holocene sequences, we emphasize the role of glacial refugia as postglacial vegetation dispersal centers. We also identify the importance of the system's inertia in the time lags observed for vegetation response to climate change and human pressure. Finally, we explore the cascade of effects triggered by the human-climate interface, specifically the vegetation and the environmental feedbacks implicated in the collapse of the Argaric culture that emerged in arid southeastern Spain about 4,000 years before the present.
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U2 - 10.3998/jar.0521004.0065.207
DO - 10.3998/jar.0521004.0065.207
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70349705969
SN - 0091-7710
VL - 65
SP - 271
EP - 285
JO - Journal of Anthropological Research
JF - Journal of Anthropological Research
IS - 2
ER -
