We review and evaluate human adaptations during the last glacial-interglacial climatic
transition in southwest Asia. Stable isotope data imply that climatic change was synchronous …

Sedimentary, geochemical and mineralogical analyses of the ICDP cores recovered from
the Northern Basin (NB) of Lake Van provide evidence of lake level and climatic changes …

Millennial to orbital-scale rainfall changes in the Mediterranean region and corresponding
variations in vegetation patterns were the result of large-scale atmospheric reorganizations …

The Fertile Crescent, its hilly flanks and surrounding drylands has been a critical region for
studying how climate has influenced societal change, and this review focuses on the region …

Lake Van sediment cores from the Ahlat Ridge and Northern Basin drill sites of the ICDP
project PALEOVAN contain a wealth of information about past environmental processes …

Understanding climate variability and stability under extremely warm 'greenhouse'conditions
in the past is essential for future climate predictions. However, information on millennial …

With its well-preserved archaeological and environmental records, Aghitu-3 Cave permits us
to examine the settlement patterns of the Upper Paleolithic (UP) people who inhabited the …

The core of Turkey's land is the Anatolian Peninsula, which is surrounded by several seas
(Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Sea). Offering a high variety of morphological …

Detailed analyses of the Lake Van pollen, Ca/K ratio, and stable oxygen isotope record
allow the identification of millennial-scale vegetation and environmental changes in eastern …

Abstract The southern Caspian Lowland sensitively reacted to Pleistocene climate change
and is a key area for reconstructing climate dynamics and landscape evolution in Southern …