Ref ID:	25701
Ref Type:	Book Section in a Series
Authors:	Geel, B. van Bokovenko, N. A. Burova, N. D. Chugunov, K. V. Dergachev, V. A. Dirksen, V. G. Kulkova, M. Nagler, A. Parzinger, H. Plicht, J. van der Vasiliev, S. S. Zaitseva, G. I.
Title:	The sun, climate change and the expansion of the Scythian culture after 850 BC
Date:	2004
Source:	Impact of the environment on human migration in Eurasia
Place of Publication:	Boston
Publisher:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Abstract:	The climate shift towards wetter conditions at the transition from Subboreal to Subatlantic in NW-Europe (ca 850 cal. yrs BC caused by a decline of solar activity), is also evident in South Siberia. Areas that initially were hostile semi-deserts changed into attractive steppe landscapes with a high biomass production, and therefore high carrying capacity. We focus on south-central Siberia where an acceleration of cultural development and an increase in the density of nomadic Scythian populations took place shortly after 850 BC. We hypothesize a causal relationship between the Scythian expansion and migration, and the early Subatlantic shift towards increased humidity.
Date Created:	6/26/2008
Editors:	Scott, E. Marian Alekseev, Andrey Yu. Zaitseva, Ganna
Page Start:	151
Page End:	158
Series Title:	NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences