The Iranian Plateau and the Indus River Basin

Title
The Iranian Plateau and the Indus River Basin
Publication Date
2019
Author(s)
Petrie, Cameron A
Weeks, Lloyd
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4736-9633
Email: lweeks2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:lweeks2
Editor
Editor(s): Eustathios Chiotis
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
CRC Press
Place of publication
Boca Raton, United States of America
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/29673
Abstract
This chapter presents an overview of the evidence for the Holocene climate, climate change, human adaptation and human response on the Iranian Plateau and the adjacent piedmont regions, and the extensive alluvial plains of the Indus and associated rivers in western South Asia. The Iranian Plateau and the Indus River Basin and associated areas thus have the potential to provide fundamental insights into human adaptation and response to climate throughout the Holocene. The mountains and piedmonts of the Iranian Plateau combine to form one of the dominant geographical features of Western Asia, comprising major mountain ranges, alluvial plains and fans, intermontane valleys, and desert areas. The available proxies from the Iranian Plateau and the Indus River Basin provide a range of evidence for long-term trends and climatic variability. The archaeological datasets from the Iranian Plateau and the Indus River Basin show considerable variations in spatial and chronological coverage and resolution, and the nature of the archaeological evidence.
Link
Citation
Climate Changes in the Holocene: Impacts and Human Adaptation, p. 293-325
ISBN
9781351260244
9780815365938
Start page
293
End page
325

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