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Extreme weather events and 10,000 years of land-use change in the Gediz River valley (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicolas Gauthier. Christina Luke. Christopher Roosevelt.

We analyze long-term community responses to extreme weather events in the Gediz River valley of western Anatolia. Today, as in antiquity, the valley is one of the most agriculturally productive in Turkey, and its agroecosystem is well-adapted to the seasonal variability of its Mediterranean environment. Nevertheless — and in spite of modern water-management infrastructure — unpredictable droughts, storms, and floods can still devastate the region’s food production. How were the valley’s ancient...