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Climate/geo data from c.14,000 BC

  • 10-01-2010 06:45PM
    #1
    Flamed Diving
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    Hello, I am looking for regional data sources which can provide information on what the local climate was like in different areas at c.14,000 BC. The kind of data used in biogeography would be handy. I have no idea where to start.


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  • #2
    Flamed Diving
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    Could anyone recommend a forum I could ask for this? I don't want to spam different forums.


  • #3
    SeaFields
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    How wide of an area are you talking? For a country, county, etc.?


  • #4
    Flamed Diving
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    SeaFields wrote: »
    How wide of an area are you talking? For a country, county, etc.?

    Country-level data, if possible. I know data for this time will not be easy to come by, but I'm just putting my feelers out. To be more specific, I'm looking to do a sort of economic analysis of Jared Diamond's (among others) path dependence hypothesis, seeing how pre-civilisation geographic factors may have influenced modern-day economic/institutional development.


  • #5
    SeaFields
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    Sorry if this sounds a bit basic.

    I'd start with a geographical atlas for the area. There will be (at least in a decent one there should be :D) a chapter on the climate history and trends for the area. That would give basic info.

    After that I would see, through the references for that chapter, where they got their data from for the particular chapter. It may be commonly available through publications in science papers.

    Finally, whoever wrote the chapter will probably have done research in the area. If they are still lecturing contact them directly.

    I hope thats of some help.


  • #6
    Flamed Diving
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    SeaFields wrote: »
    Sorry if this sounds a bit basic.

    I'd start with a geographical atlas for the area. There will be (at least in a decent one there should be :D) a chapter on the climate history and trends for the area. That would give basic info.

    After that I would see, through the references for that chapter, where they got their data from for the particular chapter. It may be commonly available through publications in science papers.

    Finally, whoever wrote the chapter will probably have done research in the area. If they are still lecturing contact them directly.

    I hope thats of some help.


    Never thought of that, thanks.


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  • #7
    Ostrom
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    Drop an email to either John Sweeney (director of the irish climate analysis and research unit), or Steve McCarron (glacial geomorphologist) both at Maynooth, John may have data on site. He will know where to send you anyway if not. There were some archaeologists working in the discovery programme who may have had an interest in this. Sounds interesting, is there much published on the topic?


  • #8
    Flamed Diving
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    efla wrote: »
    Drop an email to either John Sweeney (director of the irish climate analysis and research unit), or Steve McCarron (glacial geomorphologist) both at Maynooth, John may have data on site. He will know where to send you anyway if not. There were some archaeologists working in the discovery programme who may have had an interest in this. Sounds interesting, is there much published on the topic?

    Thanks, I have moved in a slightly different direction since, but here is a link to such a paper:

    http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.11.1835&rep=rep1&type=pdf

    and a search result:

    http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&safe=off&q=Biogeography%20and%20long-run%20economic%20development&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=ws


  • #9
    YourSQL
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    I'll ask my granddad, he will remember what the weather was like back then. all i know about that time is there was a worldwide recession going on as well


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