A fresh speleothem record for the same region suggests the occurrence of a short-lived period of climatic instability followed by a marked peak of aridity. The unfavorable concomitance between human overgrazing and climatic-triggered environmental pressure, amplified the ongoing societal crisis, likely leading to the breakdown of the Terramare civilization at the turn of a generation.
A fresh speleothem record for the same region suggests the occurrence of a short-lived period of climatic instability followed by a marked peak of aridity. The unfavorable concomitance between human overgrazing and climatic-triggered environmental pressure, amplified the ongoing societal crisis, likely leading to the breakdown of the Terramare civilization at the turn of a generation.