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Since the Neolithic and throughout history cultivation and agriculture-based civilizations concentrated along rivers, or above groundwater reservoirs, depended critically on availability of water, which in turn depended on the climate, including annual river rhythms, the effects of forests on microclimate, soil erosion, and in some parts of the world such as southeast Asia on volcanic regimes.

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  1. School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, A.D. Hope Building #14, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

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Glikson, A.Y. (2014). Climate and Holocene Civilizations. In: Evolution of the Atmosphere, Fire and the Anthropocene Climate Event Horizon. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7332-5_7

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