Archaeological assessment reveals Earth's early transformation through land use
Archaeological assessment reveals Earth's early transformation through land use
Authors
Stephens, Lucas
Fuller, Dorian
Boivin, Nicole
Rick, Torben
Gauthier, Nicolas
Kay, Andrea
Marwick, Ben
Armstrong, Chelsey Geralda Denise
Barton, C. Michael
Denham, Tim
Douglass, Kristina
Driver, Jonathan
Janz, Lisa
Roberts, Patrick
Rogers, J. Daniel
Thakar, Heather
Altaweel, Mark
Johnson, Amber L.
Sampietro Vattuone, Maria Marta
Aldenderfer, Mark
Archila, Sonia
Artioli, Gilberto
Bale, Martin T.
Beach, Timothy
Borrell, Ferran
Braje, Todd
Buckland, Philip I.
Jimenez Cano, Nayeli Guadalupe
Capriles, Jose M.
Diez Castillo, Agustin
Cilingiroglu, Ciler
Cleary, Michelle Negus
Conolly, James
Coutros, Peter R.
Covey, R. Alan
Cremaschi, Mauro
Crowther, Alison
Der, Lindsay
di Lernia, Savino
Doershuk, John F.
Doolittle, William E.
Edwards, Kevin J.
Erlandson, Jon M.
Evans, Damian
Fairbairn, Andrew
Faulkner, Patrick
Feinman, Gary
Fernandes, Ricardo
Fitzpatrick, Scott M.
Fyfe, Ralph
Garcea, Elena
Goldstein, Steve
Goodman, Reed Charles
Guedes, Jade Dalpoim
Herrmann, Jason
Hiscock, Peter
Hommel, Peter
Horsburgh, K. Ann
Hritz, Carrie
Ives, John W.
Junno, Aripekka
Kahn, Jennifer G.
Kaufman, Brett
Kearns, Catherine
Kidder, Tristram R.
Lanoe, Francois
Lawrence, Dan
Lee, Gyoung Ah
Levin, Maureece J.
Lindskoug, Henrik B.
Antonio Lopez Saez, Jose
Macrae, Scott
Marchant, Rob
Marston, John M.
McClure, Sarah
Mccoy, Mark D.
Miller, Alicia Ventresca
Morrison, Michael
Matuzeviciute, Giedre Motuzaite
Mueller, Johannes
Nayak, Ayushi
Noerwidi, Sofwan
Peres, Tanya M.
Peterson, Christian E.
Proctor, Lucas
Randall, Asa R.
Renette, Steve
Schug, Gwen Robbins
Ryzewski, Krysta
Saini, Rakesh
Scheinsohn, Vivian
Schmidt, Peter
Sebillaud, Pauline
Seitsonen, Oula
Simpson, Ian A.
Soltysiak, Arkadiusz
Speakman, Robert J.
Spengler, Robert N.
Steffen, Martina L.
Storozum, Michael J.
Strickland, Keir M.
Thompson, Jessica
Thurston, T. L.
Ulm, Sean
Ustunkaya, M. Cemre
Welker, Martin H.
West, Catherine
Williams, Patrick Ryan
Wright, David K.
Wright, Nathan
Zahir, Muhammad
Zerboni, Andrea
Beaudoin, Ella
Garcia, Santiago Munevar
Powell, Jeremy
Thornton, Alexa
Kaplan, Jed O.
Gaillard, Marie Jose
Goldewijk, Kees Klein
Ellis, Erle
archaeoGLOBE Project
Fuller, Dorian
Boivin, Nicole
Rick, Torben
Gauthier, Nicolas
Kay, Andrea
Marwick, Ben
Armstrong, Chelsey Geralda Denise
Barton, C. Michael
Denham, Tim
Douglass, Kristina
Driver, Jonathan
Janz, Lisa
Roberts, Patrick
Rogers, J. Daniel
Thakar, Heather
Altaweel, Mark
Johnson, Amber L.
Sampietro Vattuone, Maria Marta
Aldenderfer, Mark
Archila, Sonia
Artioli, Gilberto
Bale, Martin T.
Beach, Timothy
Borrell, Ferran
Braje, Todd
Buckland, Philip I.
Jimenez Cano, Nayeli Guadalupe
Capriles, Jose M.
Diez Castillo, Agustin
Cilingiroglu, Ciler
Cleary, Michelle Negus
Conolly, James
Coutros, Peter R.
Covey, R. Alan
Cremaschi, Mauro
Crowther, Alison
Der, Lindsay
di Lernia, Savino
Doershuk, John F.
Doolittle, William E.
Edwards, Kevin J.
Erlandson, Jon M.
Evans, Damian
Fairbairn, Andrew
Faulkner, Patrick
Feinman, Gary
Fernandes, Ricardo
Fitzpatrick, Scott M.
Fyfe, Ralph
Garcea, Elena
Goldstein, Steve
Goodman, Reed Charles
Guedes, Jade Dalpoim
Herrmann, Jason
Hiscock, Peter
Hommel, Peter
Horsburgh, K. Ann
Hritz, Carrie
Ives, John W.
Junno, Aripekka
Kahn, Jennifer G.
Kaufman, Brett
Kearns, Catherine
Kidder, Tristram R.
Lanoe, Francois
Lawrence, Dan
Lee, Gyoung Ah
Levin, Maureece J.
Lindskoug, Henrik B.
Antonio Lopez Saez, Jose
Macrae, Scott
Marchant, Rob
Marston, John M.
McClure, Sarah
Mccoy, Mark D.
Miller, Alicia Ventresca
Morrison, Michael
Matuzeviciute, Giedre Motuzaite
Mueller, Johannes
Nayak, Ayushi
Noerwidi, Sofwan
Peres, Tanya M.
Peterson, Christian E.
Proctor, Lucas
Randall, Asa R.
Renette, Steve
Schug, Gwen Robbins
Ryzewski, Krysta
Saini, Rakesh
Scheinsohn, Vivian
Schmidt, Peter
Sebillaud, Pauline
Seitsonen, Oula
Simpson, Ian A.
Soltysiak, Arkadiusz
Speakman, Robert J.
Spengler, Robert N.
Steffen, Martina L.
Storozum, Michael J.
Strickland, Keir M.
Thompson, Jessica
Thurston, T. L.
Ulm, Sean
Ustunkaya, M. Cemre
Welker, Martin H.
West, Catherine
Williams, Patrick Ryan
Wright, David K.
Wright, Nathan
Zahir, Muhammad
Zerboni, Andrea
Beaudoin, Ella
Garcia, Santiago Munevar
Powell, Jeremy
Thornton, Alexa
Kaplan, Jed O.
Gaillard, Marie Jose
Goldewijk, Kees Klein
Ellis, Erle
archaeoGLOBE Project
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10.1126/science.aax1192
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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.