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

dc.creatorMorrison, Kathleen D.
dc.creatorHammer, Emily
dc.creatorBoles, Oliver
dc.creatorMadella, Marco
dc.creatorWhitehouse, Nicola
dc.creatorGaillard, Marie-Jose
dc.creatorBates, Jennifer
dc.creatorLinden, Marc Vander
dc.creatorMerlo, Stefania
dc.creatorYao, Alice
dc.creatorPopova, Laura
dc.creatorHill, Austin Chad
dc.creatorAntolin, Ferran
dc.creatorBauer, Andrew
dc.creatorBiagetti, Stefano
dc.creatorBishop, Rosie R.
dc.creatorBuckland, Phillip
dc.creatorCruz, Pablo
dc.creatorDreslerová, Dagmar
dc.creatorDusseldorp, Gerrit
dc.creatorEllis, Erle C.
dc.creatorFilipovich, Ruben Eduardo
dc.creatorFoster, Thomas
dc.creatorHannaford, Matthew J.
dc.creatorHarrison, Sandy P.
dc.creatorHazarika, Manjil
dc.creatorHerold, Hajnalka
dc.creatorHilpert, Johanna
dc.creatorKaplan, Jed O.
dc.creatorKay, Andrea
dc.creatorGoldewijk, Kees Klein
dc.creatorKolár, Jan
dc.creatorKyazike, Elizabeth
dc.creatorLaabs, Julian
dc.creatorLancelotti, Carla
dc.creatorLane, Paul
dc.creatorLawrence, Dan
dc.creatorLewis, Krista
dc.creatorLombardo, Umberto
dc.creatorLucarini, Giulio
dc.creatorArroyo Kalin, Manuel
dc.creatorMarchant, Rob
dc.creatorMayle, Francis
dc.creatorMcClatchie, Meriel
dc.creatorMcLeester, Madeleine
dc.creatorMooney, Scott
dc.creatorMoskal-Del Hoyo, Magdalena
dc.creatorNavarrete, Vanessa
dc.creatorNdiema, Emmanuel
dc.creatorNeves, Eduardo Góes
dc.creatorNowak, Marek
dc.creatorOut, Welmoed A.
dc.creatorPetrie, Cameron
dc.creatorPhelps, Leanne N.
dc.creatorSzakonyi, Zsolt
dc.creatorRostain, Stéphen
dc.creatorRussell, Thembi
dc.creatorSluyter, Andrew
dc.creatorStyring, Amy K.
dc.creatorTamanaha, Eduardo
dc.creatorThomas, Evert
dc.creatorVeerasamy, Selvakumar
dc.creatorWelton, Lynn
dc.creatorZanon, Marco
dc.date2021-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-25T20:20:49Z
dc.date.available2026-02-25T20:20:49Z
dc.descriptionIn 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.
dc.descriptionFil: Morrison, Kathleen D.. University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Hammer, Emily. University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Boles, Oliver. University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Madella, Marco. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España
dc.descriptionFil: Whitehouse, Nicola. University of Glasgow; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Gaillard, Marie-Jose. Linnaeus University; Suecia
dc.descriptionFil: Bates, Jennifer. University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Linden, Marc Vander. Bournemouth University; Sudáfrica
dc.descriptionFil: Merlo, Stefania. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica
dc.descriptionFil: Yao, Alice. University of Chicago; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Popova, Laura. Arizona State University; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Hill, Austin Chad. University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Antolin, Ferran. Universiat Basel; Suiza
dc.descriptionFil: Bauer, Andrew. University of Stanford; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Biagetti, Stefano. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España
dc.descriptionFil: Bishop, Rosie R.. University of Stavanger; Noruega
dc.descriptionFil: Buckland, Phillip. Universidad de Umea; Suecia
dc.descriptionFil: Cruz, Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Unidad Ejecutora en Ciencias Sociales Regionales y Humanidades. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Unidad Ejecutora en Ciencias Sociales Regionales y Humanidades; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Dreslerová, Dagmar. Institute Of Archaeology Of The Academy Of Sciences Of The Czech Republic; Hungría
dc.descriptionFil: Dusseldorp, Gerrit. Leiden University; Países Bajos
dc.descriptionFil: Ellis, Erle C.. University of Maryland; Estados Unidos. University Of Johannesburg; Sudáfrica
dc.descriptionFil: Filipovich, Ruben Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Bio y Geociencias del NOA. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. Museo de Ciencias Naturales. Instituto de Bio y Geociencias del NOA; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Foster, Thomas. University of Tulsa; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Hannaford, Matthew J.. Lincoln University.; Nueva Zelanda
dc.descriptionFil: Harrison, Sandy P.. University of Reading; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Hazarika, Manjil. Cotton University; India
dc.descriptionFil: Herold, Hajnalka. University of Exeter; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Hilpert, Johanna. Universitat zu Köln; Alemania
dc.descriptionFil: Kaplan, Jed O.. The University Of Hong Kong; Hong Kong
dc.descriptionFil: Kay, Andrea. Max Planck Institute For The Science Of Human History; Alemania
dc.descriptionFil: Goldewijk, Kees Klein. Utrecht University; Países Bajos
dc.descriptionFil: Kolár, Jan. Masaryk University; República Checa
dc.descriptionFil: Kyazike, Elizabeth. Kyambogo University; Uganda
dc.descriptionFil: Laabs, Julian. University of Bern; Suiza
dc.descriptionFil: Lancelotti, Carla. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España
dc.descriptionFil: Lane, Paul. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica. University of Cambridge; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Lawrence, Dan. University of Durham; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Lewis, Krista. University of Arkansas; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Lombardo, Umberto. University of Bern; Suiza
dc.descriptionFil: Lucarini, Giulio. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Italia. University of Naples; Italia
dc.descriptionFil: Arroyo Kalin, Manuel. Colegio Universitario de Londres; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Marchant, Rob. University of York; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Mayle, Francis. University of Reading; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: McClatchie, Meriel. University College; Irlanda
dc.descriptionFil: McLeester, Madeleine. Dartmouth College; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Mooney, Scott. Unsw Sydney; Australia
dc.descriptionFil: Moskal-Del Hoyo, Magdalena. Wladyslaw Szafer Institute Of Botany Of The Polish Academy Of Sciences; Polonia
dc.descriptionFil: Navarrete, Vanessa. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; España
dc.descriptionFil: Ndiema, Emmanuel. National Museums Of Kenya; Kenia
dc.descriptionFil: Neves, Eduardo Góes. Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brasil
dc.descriptionFil: Nowak, Marek. Jagiellonian University; Polonia
dc.descriptionFil: Out, Welmoed A.. Moesgaard Museum; Dinamarca
dc.descriptionFil: Petrie, Cameron. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España. University of Cambridge; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Phelps, Leanne N.. Royal Botanic Gardens; Reino Unido. University of Edinburgh; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Szakonyi, Zsolt. Eötvös University; Hungría
dc.descriptionFil: Rostain, Stéphen. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Francia
dc.descriptionFil: Russell, Thembi. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica
dc.descriptionFil: Sluyter, Andrew. Louisiana State University; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Styring, Amy K.. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Tamanaha, Eduardo. The Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute; Brasil
dc.descriptionFil: Thomas, Evert. The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT; Perú
dc.descriptionFil: Veerasamy, Selvakumar. Tamil University; India
dc.descriptionFil: Welton, Lynn. University of the Witwatersrand; Sudáfrica
dc.descriptionFil: Zanon, Marco. Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology; Alemania
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dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/153180
dc.identifierMorrison, Kathleen D.; Hammer, Emily; Boles, Oliver; Madella, Marco; Whitehouse, Nicola; et al.; Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization; Public Library of Science; Plos One; 16; 4 April; 4-2021
dc.identifier1932-6203
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dc.identifier.urihttps://ri.unju.edu.ar/handle/123456789/205
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246662
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0246662
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dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectLANDUSE
dc.subjectLANDCOVER
dc.subjectMAPPING
dc.subjectCLASSIFICATION
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.titleMapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
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