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Paleolimnology and Prehistory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John DeCosta  and
Claude N. Warren
John DeCosta
Affiliation:
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Claude N. Warren
Affiliation:
Wayne State University, Pocatello, Idaho
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Abstract

Archaeologists have failed to use all available data relevant to climatic changes and other environmental factors necessary for the reconstruction of paleoclimates. This neglect has fostered the continuance of significant problems of reconstruction and interpretation in archaeology. Paleolimnology can be helpful in elucidating some of these problems. Research of this sort has already provided valuable evidence for the advent of agricultural man in Austria, as well as providing data for the reconstruction of paleoclimates in other areas. While pollen analysis has traditionally been used as an indication of climatic change, certain aquatic micro-organisms manifest a more rapid and subtle response to slight climatic changes. Paleolimnological evidence can provide important data for paleoclimatic reconstruction in archaeology.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 31 - 35
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1967

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