Water, Life and Civilisation: Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511975219

A unique interdisciplinary study of the relationships between climate, hydrology and human society from 20,000 years ago to the present day within the Jordan Valley. It describes how state-of-the-art models can simulate the past, present and future climates of the Near East, reviews and provides new evidence for environmental change from geological deposits, builds hydrological models for the River Jordan and associated wadis and explains how present day urban and rural communities manage their water supply. The volume provides a new approach and new methods that can be applied for exploring the relationships between climate, hydrology and human society in arid and semi-arid regions throughout the world. It is an invaluable reference for researchers and advanced students concerned with the impacts of climate change and hydrology on human society, especially in the Near East.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of figures
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List of tables
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List of contributors
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Acknowledgements
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1 - Introduction: an interdisciplinary approach to Water, Life and Civilisation
pp 1-10
- By Steven Mithen, University of Reading, Emily Black, University of Reading
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Part I - Past, present and future climate
pp 11-12
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2 - The present-day climate of the Middle East
pp 13-24
- By Emily Black, University of Reading, Brian Hoskins, University of Reading, Julia Slingo, University of Reading, David Brayshaw, University of Reading
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3 - Past climates of the Middle East
pp 25-50
- By David Brayshaw, University of Reading, Emily Black, University of Reading, Brian Hoskins, University of Reading, Julia Slingo, University of Reading
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4 - Future climate of the Middle East
pp 51-62
- By Emily Black, University of Reading, David Brayshaw, University of Reading, Julia Slingo, University of Reading, Brian Hoskins, University of Reading
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5 - Connecting climate and hydrological models for impacts studies
pp 63-68
- By Emily Black, University of Reading
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Part II - The palaeoenvironmental record
pp 69-70
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6 - A review of palaeoclimates and palaeoenvironments in the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean from 25,000 to 5,000 years BP: setting the environmental background for the evolution of human civilisation
pp 71-93
- By Stuart Robinson, University College London, Stuart Black, University of Reading, Bruce Sellwood, University of Reading, Paul J. Valdes, University of Bristol
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7 - Palaeoenvironments of the southern Levant 5,000 BP to present: linking the geological and archaeological records
pp 94-104
- By Claire Rambeau, University of Reading, Stuart Black, University of Reading
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8 - Using proxy data, historical climate data and climate models to investigate aridification during the Holocene
pp 105-112
- By Emily Black, University of Reading, David Brayshaw, University of Reading, Stuart Black, University of Reading, Claire Rambeau, University of Reading
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9 - Palaeoenvironmental and limnological reconstruction of Lake Lisan and the Dead Sea
pp 113-128
- By Stuart Black, University of Reading, Stuart Robinson, University College London, Richard Fitton, Talisman Energy Inc., Rachel Goodship, University of Reading, Claire Rambeau, University of Reading, Bruce Sellwood, University of Reading
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Part III - Hydrological studies of the Jordan Valley
pp 129-130
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10 - The impacts of climate change on rainfall-runoff in the upper River Jordan: methodology and first projections
pp 131-146
- By Andrew Wade, University of Reading, Emily Black, University of Reading, Nicola Flynn, University of Reading, Paul Whitehead, University of Reading
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11 - Modelling Dead Sea levels and rainfall: past, present and future
pp 147-156
- By Paul Whitehead, University of Reading, Dan Butterfield, Water Resource Associates, Emily Black, University of Reading, David Plinston, Water Resource Associates
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12 - The hydrology of the Wadi Faynan
pp 157-174
- By Andrew Wade, University of Reading, Paul Holmes, University of Reading, Mohammed El Bastawesy, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Sam Smith, Oxford Brookes University, Emily Black, University of Reading, Steven Mithen, University of Reading
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13 - Future projections of water availability in a semi-arid region of the eastern Mediterranean: a case study of Wadi Hasa, Jordan
pp 175-188
- By Andrew Wade, University of Reading, Ron Manley, Water Resource Associates Limited, Emily Black, University of Reading, Joshua Guest, University of Reading, Sameeh Al Nuimat, CARE International – Jordan, Khalil Jamjoum, National Centre for Agricultural Research and Extension
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Part IV - Human settlement, climate change, hydrology and water management
pp 189-190
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14 - The archaeology of water management in the Jordan Valley from the Epipalaeolithic to the Nabataean, 21,000 BP (19,000 BC) to AD 106
pp 191-217
- By Bill Finlayson, Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), Jaimie Lovell, Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), Sam Smith, Oxford Brookes University, Steven Mithen, University of Reading
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15 - From global climate change to local impact in Wadi Faynan, southern Jordan: ten millennia of human settlement in its hydrological context
pp 218-244
- By Sam Smith, Oxford Brookes University, Andrew Wade, University of Reading, Emily Black, University of Reading, David Brayshaw, University of Reading, Claire Rambeau, University of Reading, Steven Mithen, University of Reading
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16 - Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction at Beidha, southern Jordan (c. 18,000–8,500 BP): Implications for human occupation during the Natufian and Pre-Pottery Neolithic
pp 245-268
- By Claire Rambeau, University of Reading, Bill Finlayson, Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), Sam Smith, Oxford Brookes University, Stuart Black, University of Reading, Robyn Inglis, University of Cambridge, Stuart Robinson, University College London
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17 - The influence of water on Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age settlement patterns in the southern Levant
pp 269-288
- By Jaimie Lovell, Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), Andrew Bradley, University of Reading
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18 - Modelling water resources and climate change at the Bronze Age site of Jawa in northern Jordan: a new approach utilising stochastic simulation techniques
pp 289-301
- By Paul Whitehead, University of Reading, Sam Smith, Oxford Brookes University, Andrew Wade, University of Reading
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19 - A millennium of rainfall, settlement and water management at Humayma, southern Jordan, c. 2,050–1,150 BP (100 BC to AD 800)
pp 302-334
- By Rebecca Foote, University of Reading, Andrew Wade, University of Reading, Mohammed El Bastawesy, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, John Peter Oleson, University of Victoria, Steven Mithen, University of Reading
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Part V - Palaeoeconomies and developing archaeological methodologies
pp 335-336
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