The influence of enhanced post-glacial coastal margin productivity on the emergence of complex societies

• Main Authors: Day Jr., John W., Gunn, Joel D., Folan, William J., Yáñez-Arancibia, Alejandro., Horton, Benjamin P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99559; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12970
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We analyze the dynamics of post-glacial coastal margin (CM) productivity and explore how it affected the emergence of six complex CM societies. Following deglaciation, global relative sea level stabilized after ~7000 BP and CM productivity significantly increased in many areas. Primary and secondary...