Human adaptations to environmental change during the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene - Part 2

Climate change at the end of the Pleistocene was both rapid and global in extent, with important consequences for the human environment. This symposium will draw together regional perspectives on the patterns of environmental change and human adaptation that marked the last glacial-interglacial transition, against a background of continuing improvements in the quality and temporal resolution of the archaeological and palaeoenvironmental records. Participating scholars will explore whether, and to what extent, a causal relationship can be documented between environmental instability and changes in demographic patterns, subsistence strategies and social organization at different temporal and geographical scales during the Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene.