Human-environment dynamics in the ancient Mediterranean. Keywords of a research field

Human-environment dynamics in past societies has been a major field of research the Mediterranean for long time, but grown significantly following increase number and quality palaeoclimate palaeoenvironmental records last two decades. Here we sketch outline this based on 1,531 author keywords from 280 peer-reviewed articles published 78 different scientific journals during 2016–2021. Sourced Web Science, selected studies cover time span Neolithic to Roman period across provide large entry points interested reader regardless their prior knowledge specific interests. The results make evident breadth interdisciplinary nature show that it is possible approach questions human-environment many diverse ways. Among other things, our overview outlines importance temporal spatial scales, as well elusive causality, highlights monocausal models connecting climate events societal collapse are increasingly replaced by scenarios favouring more nuanced renditions sequence within which internal factors given room play.