Journal article
Archaeological assessment reveals Earth's early transformation through land use
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.365(6456), pp.897-902
08/30/2019
DOI: 10.1126/science.aax1192
PMID: 31467217
Abstract
Environmentally transformative human use of land accelerated with the emergence of agriculture, but the extent, trajectory, and implications of these early changes are not well understood. An empirical global assessment of land use from 10,000 years before the present (yr B.P.) to 1850 CE reveals a planet largely transformed by hunter-gatherers, farmers, and pastoralists by 3000 years ago, considerably earlier than the dates in the land-use reconstructions commonly used by Earth scientists. Synthesis of knowledge contributed by more than 250 archaeologists highlighted gaps in archaeological expertise and data quality, which peaked for 2000 yr B.P. and in traditionally studied and wealthier regions. Archaeological reconstruction of global land-use history illuminates the deep roots of Earth's transformation and challenges the emerging Anthropocene paradigm that large-scale anthropogenic global environmental change is mostly a recent phenomenon.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Archaeological assessment reveals Earth's early transformation through land use
- Creators
- Lucas Stephens - University of Maryland, BaltimoreDorian Fuller - UCL, London, EnglandNicole Boivin - Max Planck SocietyTorben Rick - Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC 20560 USANicolas Gauthier - Arizona State UniversityAndrea Kay - Max Planck SocietyBen Marwick - University of WashingtonChelsey Geralda Denise Armstrong - Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC 20560 USAC. Michael Barton - Arizona State UniversityTim Denham - University of CanberraKristina Douglass - Pennsylvania State UniversityJonathan Driver - Simon Fraser UniversityLisa Janz - Trent UniversityPatrick RobertsJ. Daniel Rogers - Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC 20560 USAHeather Thakar - Texas A&M Univ, College Stn, TX 77843 USAMark Altaweel - UCL, Inst Archaeol, London, EnglandAmber L. Johnson - Truman State UniversityMaria Marta Sampietro Vattuone - Natl Univ Tucuman, CONICET, Lab Geoarqueol, San Miguel De Tucuman, Tucuman, ArgentinaMark Aldenderfer - Univ Calif, Merced, CA USASonia Archila - Universidad de Los AndesGilberto Artioli - Univ Padua, Padua, ItalyMartin T. Bale - Yeungnam UniversityTimothy Beach - Univ Texas Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USAFerran Borrell - CSIC, IMF, Madrid, SpainTodd Braje - Calif Acad Sci, San Francisco, CA 94118 USAPhilip I. Buckland - Umeå UniversityNayeli Guadalupe Jimenez Cano - Univ Autonoma Yucatan, Merida, MexicoJose M. Capriles - Pennsylvania State UniversityAgustin Diez Castillo - Universitat de ValènciaCiler Cilingiroglu - Ege UniversityMichelle Negus Cleary - The University of MelbourneJames Conolly - Trent UniversityPeter R. Coutros - University of Puget SoundR. Alan Covey - Univ Texas Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USAMauro Cremaschi - University of MilanAlison Crowther - Max Planck SocietyLindsay Der - University of British ColumbiaSavino di Lernia - Sapienza University of RomeJohn F. Doershuk - University of IowaWilliam E. Doolittle - Univ Texas Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USAKevin J. Edwards - University of AberdeenJon M. Erlandson - Univ Oregon, Museum Nat & Cultural Hist, Eugene, OR 97403 USADamian Evans - Ecole Francaise Extreme Orient, Paris, FranceAndrew Fairbairn - The University of QueenslandPatrick Faulkner - The University of SydneyGary Feinman - Field Museum Nat Hist, Chicago, IL 60605 USARicardo Fernandes - Max Planck SocietyScott M. Fitzpatrick - Univ Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USARalph Fyfe - University of PlymouthElena Garcea - Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio MeridionaleSteve GoldsteinReed Charles Goodman - Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAJade Dalpoim Guedes - Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USAJason Herrmann - University of TübingenPeter Hiscock - The University of SydneyPeter Hommel - University of OxfordK. Ann Horsburgh - Southern Methodist UniversityCarrie HritzJohn W. Ives - University of AlbertaAripekka Junno - University of GroningenJennifer G. Kahn - Coll William & Mary, Dept Anthropol, Williamsburg, VA 23187 USABrett Kaufman - Univ Illinois, Dept Class, Urbana, IL 61801 USACatherine Kearns - University of ChicagoTristram R. Kidder - Washington Univ, Dept Anthropol, St Louis, MO 14263 USAFrancois Lanoe - University of ArizonaDan Lawrence - Univ Durham, Durham, EnglandGyoung-Ah Lee - Univ Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 USAMaureece J. Levin - Stanford UniversityHenrik B. Lindskoug - Univ Catolica Temuco, Fac Ciencias Sociales & Humanidades, Dept Antropol, Temuco, ChileJosé Antonio López-Sáez - CSIC, Inst Hist, GI Arqueobiol, Madrid, SpainScott Macrae - Trent UniversityRob Marchant - Univ York, KITE, York, N Yorkshire, EnglandJohn M. Marston - Boston UniversitySarah McClure - University of California, Santa BarbaraMark D. Mccoy - Southern Methodist UniversityAlicia Ventresca MillerMichael Morrison - Flinders UniversityGiedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute - Vilnius UniversityJohannes Mueller - Univ Kiel, Prehist Archaeol, Kiel, GermanyAyushi Nayak - Max Planck SocietySofwan Noerwidi - Balai Arkeol Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaTanya M. Peres - Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USAChristian E. Peterson - University of Hawaii SystemLucas Proctor - Univ Connecticut, Storrs, CT USAAsa R. Randall - University of OklahomaSteve Renette - University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyGwen Robbins Schug - Appalachian State UniversityKrysta Ryzewski - Wayne State UniversityRakesh Saini - Dr Harsingh Gour Cent Univ, Sagar, MP, IndiaVivian Scheinsohn - Universidad de Buenos AiresPeter Schmidt - Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USAPauline Sebillaud - Jilin UniversityOula Seitsonen - University of OuluIan A. Simpson - University of StirlingArkadiusz Soltysiak - University of WarsawRobert J. Speakman - Univ Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USARobert N. Spengler - Max Planck SocietyMartina L. Steffen - University of ArizonaMichael J. Storozum - Fudan UniversityKeir M. Strickland - La Trobe UniversityJessica Thompson - University of New HavenT. L. Thurston - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkSean Ulm - James Cook UniversityM. Cemre Ustunkaya - Arthur B. McDonald-Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research InstituteMartin H. Welker - Pennsylvania State UniversityCatherine West - Boston UniversityPatrick Ryan Williams - Field Museum, Chicago, IL USADavid K. Wright - University of SeoulNathan Wright - University of CambridgeMuhammad Zahir - Hazara UniversityAndrea Zerboni - University of MilanElla Beaudoin - Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC 20560 USASantiago Munevar Garcia - University of Maryland, BaltimoreJeremy Powell - University of Maryland, BaltimoreAlexa Thornton - University of Maryland, BaltimoreJed O. Kaplan - Max Planck SocietyMarie-Jose Gaillard - Linnaeus UniversityKees Klein Goldewijk - Netherlands Environmental Assessment AgencyErle Ellis - University of Maryland, BaltimorearchaeoGLOBE Project
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.365(6456), pp.897-902
- DOI
- 10.1126/science.aax1192
- PMID
- 31467217
- NLM abbreviation
- Science
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
- eISSN
- 1095-9203
- Publisher
- Amer Assoc Advancement Science
- Number of pages
- 36
- Grant note
- CNS 1125210 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) NE/G005540/1 / NERC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/30/2019
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology; Office of the State Archaeologist; University College Courses
- Record Identifier
- 9984397951502771
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