Early-Holocene environments in the Wadi Faynan, Jordan

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作者：
Hunt, CO [1 ]
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.
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页码：921 / 930
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