@article {548,
	title = {Seasonal climate change across the Roman Warm Period/Vandal Minimum transition using isotope sclerochronology in archaeological shells and otoliths, southwest Florida, USA},
	journal = {Quaternary International},
	volume = {308},
	year = {2013},
	note = {id: 2298},
	month = {Oct 2},
	pages = {230-241},
	abstract = {Archaeological evidence suggests that southwest Florida experienced variably warmer and wetter climate during the Roman Warm Period (RWP; 300 BC{\textendash}550 AD) relative to the Vandal Minimum (VM; 550{\textendash}800 AD). This hypothesis was tested by reconstructing seasonal-scale climate conditions for the latter part of the RWP (1{\textendash}550 AD) by using high-resolution oxygen isotope ratios (δ18O) of archaeological shells (Mercenaria campechiensis) and otoliths (Ariopsis felis). Eight shells radiocarbon-dated to 150{\textendash}550 AD recorded that the RWP summers at 150{\textendash}250 AD were insignificantly different from today and the RWP summers at 250{\textendash}350 AD and 450{\textendash}550 AD were drier relative to today. Eight otoliths indicate that the winters were variable during the RWP, colder than today at 150{\textendash}200 AD and 250{\textendash}300 AD, similar to today at 200{\textendash}250 AD, 300{\textendash}350 AD and 450{\textendash}500 AD, and warmer than today at 500{\textendash}550 AD. The climate reconstructions agree with archaeological observations and are partially coherent with the history of sea-level change, with a drying and cooling trend at the 95\% confidence level across the RWP/VM transition. The climate transition is not only consistent with falling sea level, but also coherent with reduced solar radiation. Reduced solar radiation may have triggered a change in atmospheric circulation patterns that precipitated the observed climate transition.},
	issn = {1040-6182},
	doi = {10.1016/j.quaint.2012.11.013},
	author = {Wang, Ting and Surge, Donna and Walker, Karen Jo}
}
