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

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....

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Autores: Morrison, Kathleen D., Hammer, Emily, Boles, Oliver, Madella, Marco, Whitehouse, Nicola, Gaillard, Marie-Jose, Biagetti, Stefano, Lancelotti, Carla, Petrie, Cameron
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246662
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Land use
Archaeology
Historical archaeology
Agriculture
Earth systems
Cattle
Paleoclimatology
Radioactive carbon dating
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spelling Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonizationMorrison, Kathleen D.Hammer, EmilyBoles, OliverMadella, MarcoWhitehouse, NicolaGaillard, Marie-JoseBiagetti, StefanoLancelotti, CarlaPetrie, CameronLand useArchaeologyHistorical archaeologyAgricultureEarth systemsCattlePaleoclimatologyRadioactive carbon datingIn 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.Public Library of Science (PLoS)202120212021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/47352http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246662reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésPLoS ONE. 2021 Apr 14;16(4):e0246662https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.922243© 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.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/473522026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
title Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
spellingShingle Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
Morrison, Kathleen D.
Land use
Archaeology
Historical archaeology
Agriculture
Earth systems
Cattle
Paleoclimatology
Radioactive carbon dating
title_short Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
title_full Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
title_fullStr Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
title_full_unstemmed Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
title_sort Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: a new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Morrison, Kathleen D.
Hammer, Emily
Boles, Oliver
Madella, Marco
Whitehouse, Nicola
Gaillard, Marie-Jose
Biagetti, Stefano
Lancelotti, Carla
Petrie, Cameron
author Morrison, Kathleen D.
author_facet Morrison, Kathleen D.
Hammer, Emily
Boles, Oliver
Madella, Marco
Whitehouse, Nicola
Gaillard, Marie-Jose
Biagetti, Stefano
Lancelotti, Carla
Petrie, Cameron
author_role author
author2 Hammer, Emily
Boles, Oliver
Madella, Marco
Whitehouse, Nicola
Gaillard, Marie-Jose
Biagetti, Stefano
Lancelotti, Carla
Petrie, Cameron
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Land use
Archaeology
Historical archaeology
Agriculture
Earth systems
Cattle
Paleoclimatology
Radioactive carbon dating
topic Land use
Archaeology
Historical archaeology
Agriculture
Earth systems
Cattle
Paleoclimatology
Radioactive carbon dating
description 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.
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