How Dry was too Dry? Evaluating the Impact of Climatic Stress on Prehistoric Human Populations in southern Ethiopia.

Verena E Foerster1, Asfawossen Asrat2, Andrew S Cohen3, Annett Junginger4, Henry F. Lamb5, Frank Schaebitz1, Martin H Trauth6 and Ralf Vogelsang7, (1)University of Cologne, Institute of Geography Education, Cologne, Germany, (2)Addis Ababa University, School of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (3)University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, United States, (4)University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Tübingen, Germany, (5)Aberystwyth University, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, (6)University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, (7)University of Cologne, Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Cologne, Germany