Neolithisation of the Aegean and Southeast Europe during the 6600–6000 calBC period of Rapid Climate Change

Bernhard Weninger; Lee Clare; Fokke Gerritsen; Barbara Horejs; Raiko Krauß; Jörg Linstädter; Rana Özbal; Eelco J Rohling

doi:10.4312/dp.41.1

Authors

Bernhard Weninger Institute of Prehistory, University Cologne, Köln,
Lee Clare Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Berlin
Fokke Gerritsen Netherlands Institute in Turkey, Beyog˘ lu,
Barbara Horejs Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Science, Vienna
Raiko Krauß Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters, Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen
Jörg Linstädter Institute of Prehistory, University Cologne, Köln
Rana Özbal Koç Üniversitesi, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Tarihi Bölümü, Rumeli Feneri Yolu, Istanbul
Eelco J Rohling Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.41.1

Keywords:

Neolithisation, radiocarbon chronology, Rapid Climate Change

Abstract

In extension of the recently established ‘Rapid Climate Change (RCC) Neolithisation Model’ (Clare 2013), in the present paper we demonstrate the existence of a remarkable coincidence between the exact (decadel-scale) entry and departure dates of the Neolithic into/from the Aegean (~6600/6050 calBC) with begin/end of RCC-conditions.