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dc.contributor.authorMorrison, KDen
dc.contributor.authorHammer, Een
dc.contributor.authorBoles, Oen
dc.contributor.authorMadella, Men
dc.contributor.authorWhitehouse, Nen
dc.contributor.authorGaillard, M-Jen
dc.contributor.authorBates, Jen
dc.contributor.authorVander Linden, Men
dc.contributor.authorMerlo, Sen
dc.contributor.authorYao, Aen
dc.contributor.authorPopova, Len
dc.contributor.authorHill, ACen
dc.contributor.authorAntolin, Fen
dc.contributor.authorBauer, Aen
dc.contributor.authorBiagetti, Sen
dc.contributor.authorBishop, RRen
dc.contributor.authorBuckland, Pen
dc.contributor.authorCruz, Pen
dc.contributor.authorDreslerová, Den
dc.contributor.authorDusseldorp, Gen
dc.contributor.authorEllis, Een
dc.contributor.authorFilipovic, Den
dc.contributor.authorFoster, Ten
dc.contributor.authorHannaford, MJen
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, SPen
dc.contributor.authorHazarika, Men
dc.contributor.authorHerold, Hen
dc.contributor.authorHilpert, Jen
dc.contributor.authorKaplan, JOen
dc.contributor.authorKay, Aen
dc.contributor.authorKlein Goldewijk, Ken
dc.contributor.authorKolář, Jen
dc.contributor.authorKyazike, Een
dc.contributor.authorLaabs, Jen
dc.contributor.authorLancelotti, Cen
dc.contributor.authorLane, Pen
dc.contributor.authorLawrence, Den
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Ken
dc.contributor.authorLombardo, Uen
dc.contributor.authorLucarini, Gen
dc.contributor.authorArroyo-Kalin, Men
dc.contributor.authorMarchant, Ren
dc.contributor.authorMayle, Fen
dc.contributor.authorMcClatchie, Men
dc.contributor.authorMcLeester, Men
dc.contributor.authorMooney, Sen
dc.contributor.authorMoskal-del Hoyo, Men
dc.contributor.authorNavarrete, Ven
dc.contributor.authorNdiema, Een
dc.contributor.authorGóes Neves, Een
dc.contributor.authorNowak, Men
dc.contributor.authorOut, WAen
dc.contributor.authorPetrie, Cen
dc.contributor.authorPhelps, LNen
dc.contributor.authorPinke, Zen
dc.contributor.authorRostain, Sen
dc.contributor.authorRussell, Ten
dc.contributor.authorSluyter, Aen
dc.contributor.authorStyring, AKen
dc.contributor.authorTamanaha, Een
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Een
dc.contributor.authorVeerasamy, Sen
dc.contributor.authorWelton, Len
dc.contributor.authorZanon, Men
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-19T12:38:23Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-14en
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en
dc.identifier.othere0246662en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/18118
dc.description.abstract

<jats:p>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.</jats:p>

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dc.languageenen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dc.titleMapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonizationen
dc.typeJournal Article
plymouth.issue4en
plymouth.volume16en
plymouth.journalPLoS Oneen
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0246662en
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA14 Geography and Environmental Studies
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-01-24en
dc.rights.embargodate2021-10-20en
dc.identifier.eissn1932-6203en
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot knownen
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1371/journal.pone.0246662en
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserveden
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2021-04-14en
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen


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