# Drake 2012: The influence of climatic change on the Late Bronze Age collapse and the Greek Dark Ages

> Brandon L. Drake, 2012. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. An early synthesis of the regional proxies.

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# The influence of climatic change on the Late Bronze Age collapse and the Greek Dark Ages

Brandon L. Drake, 2012. _Journal of Archaeological Science 39(6), 1862–1870_.

Combines Mediterranean sea-surface temperature, speleothem and pollen records to argue for cooling and drying around the end of the Late Bronze Age that reduced rainfall over the Aegean and Levant.

**Late Bronze Age collapse** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.029](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.029)** Checked against the original0

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An early synthesis of the regional proxies.

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Drake, B. L. (2012). The influence of climatic change on the Late Bronze Age collapse and the Greek Dark Ages. Journal of Archaeological Science 39(6), 1862–1870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.029
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