摘要:The complexity of the Mediterranean climate makes the reconstruction of its past variability a challenging task. There is, therefore, a strong need for more high quality and high temporally resolved paleo-records from the region. Currently, spatial coverage is lopsided with little information available from northern Africa. The increase in research conducted on natural proxies in the Eastern Mediterranean, especially in Turkey, could help to compensate the scarcity of documentary records in that area. This interdisciplinary Symposium aimed to bring together researchers from natural and human sci