干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Middle to Late Quaternary palaeolandscapes of the central Azraq Basin, Jordan: Deciphering discontinuous records of human-environment dynamics at the arid margin of the Levant

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DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2021.10.007
	Middle to Late Quaternary palaeolandscapes of the central Azraq Basin, Jordan: Deciphering discontinuous records of human-environment dynamics at the arid margin of the Levant
	Ames, Christopher J. H.; Cordova, Carlos E.; Boyd, Kelsey; Schmidt, Christoph; Degering, Detlev; Kalbe, Johannes; Jones, Brian G.; Dosseto, Anthony; Pokines, James T.; Alsouliman, Amer S.; Beller, Jeremy A.; Nowell, April
通讯作者	Ames, CJH
来源期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN	1040-6182
EISSN	1873-4553
出版年	2022
卷号	635 页码:31-52
英文摘要	The Azraq oasis in the Eastern Desert of Jordan has produced considerable stone artefacts attributed to the early Palaeolithic, yet relatively few data are available regarding the chronology and palaeoenvironmental contexts of the remains. In this study, we present stratigraphic, sedimentological, and micropalaeontological analyses of the Late Acheulean site SM1 located within the former Shishan Marsh, which we combine with geochronological and sedimentological data from 13 neighbouring geological exposures to reconstruct landscape evolution at the western margin of the Shishan Marsh. We then discuss the Late Quaternary palaeolandscapes of the Greater Azraq Oasis Area over the past c. 350 ka. Our work demonstrates that the central Azraq Basin experienced three local wetting-drying cycles since the late Middle Pleistocene that would have dramatically shifted the quantity and distribution of freshwater resources, ranging from expansive wetland landscapes to desert refugia charac-terised by isolated spring pools-changes that would have significantly impacted the mobility decisions and settlement patterns of Palaeolithic inhabitants. Our study highlights that developing long-term records of human -environment dynamics in arid environments requires a mosaic approach to palaeoenvironmental reconstruction that is nested within a well-developed understanding of landscape evolution.
英文关键词	Deposit modelling Palaeolithic Acheulean Wetlands Levant Azraq
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000861493900001
WOS关键词	DEAD-SEA ; SOUTHERN LEVANT ; AL-AZRAQ ; PLEISTOCENE ; PALEOENVIRONMENT ; LANDSCAPE ; DESERT ; SITE ; VARIABILITY ; SPELEOTHEMS
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/394096
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ames, Christopher J. H.,Cordova, Carlos E.,Boyd, Kelsey,et al. Middle to Late Quaternary palaeolandscapes of the central Azraq Basin, Jordan: Deciphering discontinuous records of human-environment dynamics at the arid margin of the Levant[J],2022,635:31-52.
APA	Ames, Christopher J. H..,Cordova, Carlos E..,Boyd, Kelsey.,Schmidt, Christoph.,Degering, Detlev.,...&Nowell, April.(2022).Middle to Late Quaternary palaeolandscapes of the central Azraq Basin, Jordan: Deciphering discontinuous records of human-environment dynamics at the arid margin of the Levant.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,635,31-52.
MLA	Ames, Christopher J. H.,et al."Middle to Late Quaternary palaeolandscapes of the central Azraq Basin, Jordan: Deciphering discontinuous records of human-environment dynamics at the arid margin of the Levant".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 635(2022):31-52.