© Figure 1
The only recent attempt at a global Holocene temperature reconstruction available today is the one by Marcott, et al. (2013), the paper abstract can be viewed
here. His reconstruction is shown in figure 1.
The Y axis is a reconstructed global temperature anomaly from the 1961-1990 mean. "Years BP" are years before 1950. This reconstruction shows a fairly flat Holocene Climatic Optimum (or HCO, also called the Holocene Thermal Optimum, see description
here) temperature anomaly of +0.4°C from 9500 BP to 5000 BP, declining to a low of -0.4°C about 300 BP (1650 AD) in the Little Ice Age (LIA). This 0.8°C difference between the HCO and the LIA is smaller than the generally accepted difference of 1°C to 1.5°C.
This is documented in some detail by Javier
here. The higher accepted difference is clear in glacial records as shown by Koch, et al., 2014 (
link). It can also be seen in the biosphere as shown by Kullman 2001 (
link); Pisaric et al. 2003 (
link); MacDonald et al. 2000 (
link); Tinner, et al. 1996 (
link) and Thouret et al. 1996 (
link)). Further, the marine biosphere also shows a larger temperature difference as seen in Werne et al., 2000 (
link) and Rosenthal et al., 2013 (
link).
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