id
	13044
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13044
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Holocene landscape dynamics and long-term population trends in the Levant
Creator
	Palmisano, Alessio
	Woodbridge, Jessie
	Roberts, C Neil
	Bevan, Andrew
	Fyfe, Ralph
	Shennan, Stephen
	Cheddadi, Rachid
	Greenberg, Raphael
	Kaniewski, David
	Langgut, Dafna
	Leroy, Suzanne AG
	Litt, Thomas
	Miebach, Andrea
Date
	2019
Language
	eng
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.
Is Part Of
	The Holocene
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619826642
Issn
	0959-6836
Issue
	5
Pages
	708-727
Uri
	https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619826642
Volume
	29
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/WEW7XFHP/item-list

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