Early-Holocene environments in the Wadi Faynan, Jordan

被引：46

作者：

Hunt, CO ^{[1
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Elrishi, HA

Gilbertson, DD

Grattan, J

McLaren, S

Pyatt, FB

Rushworth, G

Barker, GW

机构：

[1] Univ Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, W Yorkshire, England

[2] Garyounis Univ, Dept Geog, Benghazi, Libya

[3] Univ Plymouth, Dept Geog, Plymouth PL4 8AA, Devon, England

[4] Univ Wales, Inst Geog & Earth Sci, Aberystwyth SY23 8AX, Dyfed, Wales

[5] Univ Leicester, Dept Geog, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England

[6] Nottingham Trent Univ, Dept Life Sci, Nottingham NG11 8NS, England

[7] Univ Leicester, Dept Archaeol, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England

来源：

HOLOCENE | 2004年 / 14卷 / 06期

关键词：

Jordan; early Holocene; palynology; vegetation history; palaeoenvironment; early farming; Wadi Faynan;

D O I：

10.1191/0959-683604hl769rp

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

Evidence for early-Holocene environments in the Wadi Faynan in the rift-margin in southern Jordan is described. The early Holocene of Jordan is not well known and palynology, plant macrofossils and molluscs from Wadi Faynan provide evidence for a much more humid - forest-steppe and steppe - environment than the present stony desert and highly degraded steppe. The early-Holocene fluvial sediments in the Faynan catchment are predominantly fine-grained, epsilon crossbedded and highly fossiliferous. They provide convincing evidence for meandering perennial rivers before 6000 cal. BP. It is probable that this early-Holocene landscape was disrupted by the impact of early farmers and by climate change - the 8.1 ka event appears to be marked by desiccation. By the Chalcolithic, environmental degradation was well advanced.

引用

页码：921 / 930

页数：10

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