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Climatic Evolution of the Marmara Region during the past 50,000 years

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The Marmara region (Western Turkey) is expected to have been one of the principal key areas in the transcontinental dispersal of modern humans from the Near East to the Balkans. Two prominent time-slices are of particular interest in this area, firstly concerning the primary dispersal of modern humans and the emergence of upper Palaeolithic adaptation (50,000-30,000 a BP) and secondly dealing with the reestablishment of human habitats after the second glacial maximum and the dispersal of Neolithic economy (15,000-7,000 a BP).

This project is targeted on reconstructing the climatic and environmental history of the Marmara region since 50 ka. For this purpose, first long sediment cores will be recovered from Lake Iznik. According to pilot studies, their sedimentological, geochemical, and biological (pollen, ostracods) composition will reflect the climatic and environmental development with a high sensitivity, thus promising to enhance the understanding of environmental controlling factors for human migration from Anatolia to the Balkan Peninsula.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Richter	Deputy Speakers: Prof. Dr. Martin Melles Prof. Dr. Frank Schäbitz	Secretary: Dr. Werner Schuck

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Climatic Evolution of the Marmara Region during the past 50,000 years

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