A new article on the site of Tell Tayinat in southwestern Turkey offers a new view on how the site’s inhabitants experienced climatic instability during the boundaries of the Early and Middle Bronze ages and the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age. Among other findings, the authors report that the local population appears to have flourished during these eras where the eastern Levant more broadly is said to have been undergoing a period of collapse. Instead, they find evidence of Tell Tayinat’s integration into long-range trade networks and agricultural prosperity, suggesting it may have acted as a “refugia” while other sites experienced climatic crisis. Read the full article here.
Climate History Network