Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization

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• dc.contributor.author Morrison, Kathleen D.
• dc.contributor.author Hammer, Emily
• dc.contributor.author Boles, Oliver
• dc.contributor.author Madella, Marco
• dc.contributor.author Whitehouse, Nicola
• dc.contributor.author Gaillard, Marie-Jose
• dc.contributor.author Biagetti, Stefano
• dc.contributor.author Lancelotti, Carla
• dc.contributor.author Petrie, Cameron
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-07T07:39:28Z
• dc.date.available 2021-05-07T07:39:28Z
• dc.date.issued 2021
• dc.description.abstract In the 12,000 years preceding the Industrial Revolution, human activities led to significant changes in land cover, plant and animal distributions, surface hydrology, and biochemical cycles. Earth system models suggest that this anthropogenic land cover change influenced regional and global climate. However, the representation of past land use in earth system models is currently oversimplified. As a result, there are large uncertainties in the current understanding of the past and current state of the earth system. In order to improve representation of the variety and scale of impacts that past land use had on the earth system, a global effort is underway to aggregate and synthesize archaeological and historical evidence of land use systems. Here we present a simple, hierarchical classification of land use systems designed to be used with archaeological and historical data at a global scale and a schema of codes that identify land use practices common to a range of systems, both implemented in a geospatial database. The classification scheme and database resulted from an extensive process of consultation with researchers worldwide. Our scheme is designed to deliver consistent, empirically robust data for the improvement of land use models, while simultaneously allowing for a comparative, detailed mapping of land use relevant to the needs of historical scholars. To illustrate the benefits of the classification scheme and methods for mapping historical land use, we apply it to Mesopotamia and Arabia at 6 kya (c. 4000 BCE). The scheme will be used to describe land use by the Past Global Changes (PAGES) LandCover6k working group, an international project comprised of archaeologists, historians, geographers, paleoecologists, and modelers. Beyond this, the scheme has a wide utility for creating a common language between research and policy communities, linking archaeologists with climate modelers, biodiversity conservation workers and initiatives.en
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• dc.identifier.citation Morrison KD, Hammer E, Boles O, Madella M, Whitehouse N, Gaillard MJ, Bates J, Vander Linden M, Merlo S, Yao A, Popova L, Hill AC, Antolin F, Bauer A, Biagetti S, Bishop RR, Buckland P, Cruz P, Dreslerová D, Dusseldorp G, Ellis E, Filipovic D, Foster T, Hannaford MJ, Harrison SP, Hazarika M, Herold H, Hilpert J, Kaplan JO, Kay A, Klein Goldewijk K, Kolář J, Kyazike E, Laabs J, Lancelotti C, Lane P, Lawrence D, Lewis K, Lombardo U, Lucarini G, Arroyo-Kalin M, Marchant R, Mayle F, McClatchie M, McLeester M, Mooney S, Moskal-Del Hoyo M, Navarrete V, Ndiema E, Góes Neves E, Nowak M, Out WA, Petrie C, Phelps LN, Pinke Z, Rostain S, Russell T, Sluyter A, Styring AK, Tamanaha E, Thomas E, Veerasamy S, Welton L, Zanon M. Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization. PLoS One. 2021 Apr 14;16(4):e0246662. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246662
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246662
• dc.identifier.issn 1932-6203
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47352
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• dc.relation.ispartof PLoS ONE. 2021 Apr 14;16(4):e0246662
• dc.relation.isreferencedby https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.922243
• dc.rights © 2021 Morrison et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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• dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword Land useen
• dc.subject.keyword Archaeologyen
• dc.subject.keyword Historical archaeologyen
• dc.subject.keyword Agricultureen
• dc.subject.keyword Earth systemsen
• dc.subject.keyword Cattleen
• dc.subject.keyword Paleoclimatologyen
• dc.subject.keyword Radioactive carbon datingen
• dc.title Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonizationen
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