Two thousand years of epidemics in Marseille and the Mediterranean Basin
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2018.08.009
Abstract: Marseille has been exposed to epidemics for two millennia, including plague, cholera and yellow fever. This long-standing exposure to epidemics has given the people of Marseilles a particular expertise in fighting epidemics. Lazarets and other… read more here.
Keywords: years epidemics; mediterranean basin; thousand years; two thousand ... See more keywords
One Hundred Thousand Years of Geomagnetic Field Evolution
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DOI: 10.1029/2019rg000656
Abstract: Paleomagnetic records from sediments, archeological artifacts, and lava flows provide the foundation for studying geomagnetic field changes over 0–100 ka. Late Quaternary time‐varying spherical harmonic models for 0–100 ka produce a global view used to… read more here.
Keywords: field; geomagnetic field; thousand years; one hundred ... See more keywords
Five thousand years of inequality in the Carpathian Basin
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu0323
Abstract: The emergence of sedentary farming economies, especially in contexts intensified by plow agriculture, has been argued to underpin marked increases in economic inequality and its intergenerational transmission across Eurasia. To assess this presumed causal relationship,… read more here.
Keywords: basin; carpathian basin; thousand years; five thousand ... See more keywords
A radiometric timescale challenges the chronology of the iconic 1992 Guliya ice core
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adx8837
Abstract: The Guliya (Tibet) ice core drilled in 1992 (GP1992) has garnered special interest because of its exceptionally long timescale of ~760 thousand years. This timescale makes GP1992 currently the second oldest ice core in the… read more here.
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Two thousand years of garden urbanism in the Upper Amazon
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DOI: 10.1126/science.adi6317
Abstract: A dense system of pre-Hispanic urban centers has been found in the Upano Valley of Amazonian Ecuador, in the eastern foothills of the Andes. Fieldwork and light detection and ranging (LIDAR) analysis have revealed an… read more here.
Keywords: upper amazon; thousand years; culture; urbanism ... See more keywords