# Kaniewski 2013: Environmental roots of the Late Bronze Age crisis > David Kaniewski, Elise Van Campo, Joël Guiot et al., 2013. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The Cyprus climate record and the climate-first… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4649SG2EN1/environmental-roots-of-the-late-bronze-age-crisis Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse)Kaniewski 2013 **0** # Environmental roots of the Late Bronze Age crisis David Kaniewski, Elise Van Campo, Joël Guiot et al., 2013. _PLOS ONE 8(8), e71004_. Pollen-based palaeoclimate data from the Larnaca Salt Lake complex in Cyprus with a radiocarbon chronology linking archaeological and climate proxies; argues for climate-driven famine as the ultimate cause, with the Sea Peoples' invasions in Cyprus and Syria as a linked proximate cause. **Late Bronze Age collapse** Articledoi: **[10.1371/journal.pone.0071004](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071004)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The Cyprus climate record and the climate-first reading of the Sea Peoples. ## The document 10 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 10 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61/p10)10] ![Page 1 of Environmental roots of the Late Bronze Age crisis](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61/p1) Text taken from the file. Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 6 records [Drought and cooling, with extreme multi-year droughts, caused harvest failure and famine that the palace…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D464P7Y1K2G/drought-and-cooling-with-extreme-multi-year-droughts-caused) Answer ANS [Populations displaced by famine and the failure of their own states, moving with their families.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D464ZGT4G84/populations-displaced-by-famine-and-the-failure-of-their-own) Answer ANS [Larnaca Salt Lake pollen, climate reconstruction and radiocarbon chronology (Kaniewski et al. 2013)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D46554G2JZZ/larnaca-salt-lake-pollen-climate-reconstruction-and) Dataset DAT [Climate, migration and destruction are each independently attested around 1200 BC.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464SX45J7X/climate-migration-and-destruction-are-each-independently) Evidence EVD [In Cyprus and Syria, climate-driven famine and the invasions are linked in one radiocarbon chronology.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464ZRM3M28/in-cyprus-and-syria-climate-driven-famine-and-the-invasions) Evidence EVD [The Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse) The mystery article MYS ## Cite it ``` Kaniewski, D., Van Campo, E., Guiot, J., Le Burel, S., Otto, T., & Baeteman, C. (2013). Environmental roots of the Late Bronze Age crisis. PLOS ONE 8(8), e71004. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071004 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071004)[Download PDF · 2.6 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/4d93a2f7448be6745e1171159537281a050dd2d08f9d1f179b5f9c93961d2a61) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0D4649SG2EN1 Kind Journal article Rights CC-BY-4.0 Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4649SG2EN1/environmental-roots-of-the-late-bronze-age-crisis/csl.json)