- Tytuł:
- Mapping past human land use using archaeological data : a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
- Autorzy:
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Cruz, Pablo
Zanon, Marco
Filipovic, Dragana
Hannaford, Matthew J.
Herold, Hajnalka
Antolin, Ferran
Harrison, Sandy P.
Bauer, Andrew
Marchan, Rob
Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena
Thomas, Evert
Hammer, Emily
Mayle, Francis
Hilpert, Johanna
Hazarika, Manjil
Lancelotti, Carla
Veerasamy, Selvakumar
Lombardo, Carla
Welton, Lynn
Dreslerova, Dagmar
Kay, Andrea
Ndiema, Emmanuel
Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel
Buckland, Phillip
Dusseldorp, Gerrit
Morrison, Kathleen D.
Sluyter, Andrew
Lucarini, Giulio
Rostain, Stéphen
Gaillard, Marie-Jose
Bates, Jennifer
Merlo, Stefania
Lane, Paul
Biagetti, Stefano
Lawrence, Dan
Mooney, Scott
Kyazike, Elizabeth
Whitehouse, Nicola
Kolář, Jan
Popova, Laura
Navarrete, Vanessa
Pinke, Zsolt
Russell, Thembi
Lewis, Krista
Nowak, Marek
Kaplan, Jed O.
Ellis, Erle
Foster, Thomas
Bishop, Rosie R.
McClatchie, Meriel
Petrie, Cameron
Chad Hill, Austin
Boles, Oliver
Out, Welmoed A.
Yao, Alice
Phelps, Leanne N.
Styring, Amy K.
McLeester, Madeleine
Tamanaha, Eduardo
Klein Goldewijk, Kees
Laabs, Julian
Neves, Góes Eduardo
Vander Linden, Marc
Madella, Marco - Opis:
- 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.
- Dostawca treści:
- Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
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