Contents
Abstract
Chapter One: Introduction and Causation Theory
Chapter Two: Climate Proxies and Reconstruction
Content Analysis of Agricultural Records
Content Analysis Coding System
Historical Documents and Climate
Scientific Methodology of Reconstructing Climate
Huber and German Dendrochronology
Becker and German Dendrochronology
Rainer-Buch and the 27-Year Error
Sustenance-types and Palynology
Chapter Three: Current German Migration Theories
Chapter Four: Evidence of Climate Change in 3rd and 4th Century AD Germania
Meteorological Data and Tree Rings
Climate Relationship of Central Europe
The Droughts of the 3rd and 4th Centuries AD
Chapter Five: The Movement and Attacks of the Germanic Tribes
Filtering the Historic Events of the 3rd and 4th Centuries AD
Movements and Invasions of the Germanic Tribes
Timeline of Events in and around Germania AD 150-410
The Disparity in Identifying the Germanic Tribes
Germanic Tribes Migrating as a Unit
Chapter Six: Climate Change and the Migration of the Germanic Tribes
Abridged Timeline for Germania AD 150 - 410
Analysis of the Abridged Timeline and Climate Data
Tree Rings, Agriculture and the Germanic Tribes
Chapter Seven: Possible Implications and Conclusions
Climate Change Theories and Europe
The Germanic Migrations of the 3rd and 4th Centuries AD