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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Vegetation history and human-environment interactions through the late Holocene in Konar Sandal, SE Iran
Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 194, Year 2018
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The Jiroft valley, situated on banks of the Halil Rud developed as an important agricultural and trading center during the Early Bronze Age. Known for its famous steatite sculptures and clay pottery, the first settlement in Konar Sandal collapsed around 3rd millennium BCE. A second shorter, but major phase of occupation in the settlement occurred towards the end of 2nd millennium BCE. A 250-cm long peat sequence near the archaeological complex at Konar Sandal was investigated to reconstruct the human-environment history using palynological, sedimentological and geochemical data. With a basal age of 4 ka, the core traces the hydroclimatic changes and human activities that started just after large scale abandonment of Konar Sandal and extends from the late Bronze Age to the Mongol invasion. The results show that Jiroft had an arid dry climate dominated by the Saharo-Sindian open pseudo-savanna vegetation. However, due to human clearance and intensified agro-sylvo-pastoral activities, and climatic factors, the land-cover shifted from open xeric scrublands to a more open degraded landscape. The principal human occupation was cereal cultivation and herding. However, it is likely that during the more arid periods, communities retreated and abandoned agriculture, facilitating successional processes. Such droughts occurred around 4.0–3.8 ka and 3.4–2.8 ka and are related to the Siberian Anticyclonic system. Declining Artemisia and shrubs indicate milder climates ca. 3.8–3.4 ka and 2.8–0.6 ka. The latter period that started with the rule of the Persian empires (550–650 BCE), and continued through the Islamic era, coincides with intensive human activities, and the highest degradation of vegetation. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
Authors & Co-Authors
Routh, Joyanto
Sweden, Linkoping
Linköpings Universitet
Djamali, Morteza
France, Marseille
Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et D'ecologie Marine et Continentale
Vaezi, Alireza
Iran, Tehran
University of Tehran
Naderi Beni, Abdolmajid
Iran, Tehran
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science
Tavakoli, Vahid
Iran, Tehran
University of Tehran
Kylin, Henrik
Sweden, Linkoping
Linköpings Universitet
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Citations: 14
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.06.026
ISSN:
02773791
Research Areas
Environmental