<p>The volume presents a study of local landscape histories in the Kahramanmara? valley--a previously understudied, but pivotal, crossroads along the Syro-Anatolian frontier. The Holocene vegetation history is presented in relation to climatic changes and human impact through the pollen analytical results of a deep core obtained from a former Sa?l?k (Gavur) lakebed. Extensive surface surveys carried out in the region between 1993 and 2000 form th...