Palmisano, A;
Bevan, A;
Woodbridge, J;
Roberts, CN;
Fyfe, R;
Shennan, S;
Cheddadi, R;
... Miebach, A; + view all
(2019)
Holocene landscape dynamics and long-term population trends in the Levant.
The Holocene
10.1177/0959683619826642.
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Abstract
This paper explores long-term trends in human population and vegetation change in the Levant from the early to the late Holocene in order to assess when and how human impact has shaped the region’s landscapes over the millennia. To do so, we employed multiple proxies and compared archaeological, pollen and palaeoclimate data within a multi-scalar approach in order to assess how Holocene landscape dynamics change at different geographical scales. We based our analysis on 14 fossil pollen sequences and applied a hierarchical agglomerative clustering and community classification in order to define groups of vegetation types (e.g. grassland, wetland, woodland, etc.). Human impact on the landscape has been assessed by the analysis of pollen indicator groups. Archaeological settlement data and Summed Probability Distribution (SPD) of radiocarbon dates have been used to reconstruct long-term demographic trends. In this study, for the first time, the evolution of the human population is estimated statistically and compared with environmental proxies for assessing the interplay of biotic and abiotic factors in shaping the Holocene landscapes in the Levant.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Holocene landscape dynamics and long-term population trends in the Levant |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0959683619826642 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0959683619826642 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | archaeology, climate, demography, Levant, pollen, settlement patterns, vegetation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10068433 |
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