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

Morrison, K. D.; Hammer, E.; Boles, O.; Madella, M.; Whitehouse, N.; Gaillard, M.-J.; Bates, J.; Linden, M. V.; Merlo, S.; Yao, A.; Popova, L.; Hill, A. C.; Antolin, F.; Bauer, A.; Biagetti, S.; Bishop, R. R.; Buckland, P.; Cruz, P.; Dreslerová, Dagmar; Dusseldorp, G.; Ellis, E.; Filipović, D.; Foster, T.; Hannaford, M. J.; Harrison, S. P.; Hazarika, M.; Herold, H.; Hilpert, J.; Kaplan, J. O.; Kay, A.; Klein Goldewijk, K.; Kolář, Jan; 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.; Neves, E. G.; Nowak, M.; Out, W. A.; Petrie, C.; Phelps, L. N.; Pinke, Z.; Rostain, S.; Russell, T.; Sluyter, A.; Styring, A. K.; Tamanaha, E.; Thomas, E.; Veerasamy, S.; Welton, L.; Zanon, M.

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

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SYSNO ASEP	0542197
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization
Author(s)	Morrison, K. D. (US) Hammer, E. (US) Boles, O. (US) Madella, M. (ES) Whitehouse, N. (GB) Gaillard, M.-J. (SE) Bates, J. (US) Linden, M. V. (GB) Merlo, S. (ZA) Yao, A. (US) Popova, L. (US) Hill, A. C. (US) Antolin, F. (CH) Bauer, A. (US) Biagetti, S. (ES) Bishop, R. R. (NO) Buckland, P. (SE) Cruz, P. (AR) Dreslerová, Dagmar (ARU-G)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Dusseldorp, G. (NL) Ellis, E. (ZA) Filipović, D. (DE) Foster, T. (US) Hannaford, M. J. (GB) Harrison, S. P. (GB) Hazarika, M. (IN) Herold, H. (GB) Hilpert, J. (DE) Kaplan, J. O. (HK) Kay, A. (DE) Klein Goldewijk, K. (NL) Kolář, Jan (BU-J)_ORCID Kyazike, E. (UG) Laabs, J. (CH) Lancelotti, C. (ES) Lane, P. (GB) Lawrence, D. (GB) Lewis, K. (US) Lombardo, U. (CH) Lucarini, G. (IT) Arroyo-Kalin, M. (GB) Marchant, R. (GB) Mayle, F. (GB) McClatchie, M. (IE) McLeester, M. (US) Mooney, S. (AU) Moskal-del Hoyo, M. (PL) Navarrete, V. (ES) Ndiema, E. (KE) Neves, E. G. (BR) Nowak, M. (PL) Out, W. A. (DK) Petrie, C. (ES) Phelps, L. N. (GB) Pinke, Z. (HU) Rostain, S. (FR) Russell, T. (ZA) Sluyter, A. (US) Styring, A. K. (GB) Tamanaha, E. (BR) Thomas, E. (PE) Veerasamy, S. (IN) Welton, L. (ZA) Zanon, M. (DE)
Number of authors	64
Article number	e0246662
Source Title	PLoS ONE. - : Public Library of Science - ISSN 1932-6203 Roč. 16, č. 4 (2021)
Number of pages	38 s.
Publication form	Online - E
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	past human land use ; classification systems ; landscape ; archaeology ; Land6k
Subject RIV	AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology
OECD category	Archaeology
Subject RIV - cooperation	Institute of Botany - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology
R&D Projects	GJ19-20970Y GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Method of publishing	Open access
Institutional support	ARU-G - RVO:67985912 ; BU-J - RVO:67985939
UT WOS	000640604500034
EID SCOPUS	85104147535
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0246662
Annotation	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.
Workplace	Institute of Archaeology (Prague)
Contact	Lada Šlesingerová, slesingerova@arup.cas.cz, Tel.: 257 014 412
Year of Publishing	2022
Electronic address	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0246662&type=printable

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