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1. Small-scale farming in drylands: New models for resilient practices of millet and sorghum cultivation.

Author

Ruiz-Giralt, Abel, Biagetti, Stefano, Madella, Marco, and Lancelotti, Carla

Subjects
*SORGHUM, *AGRICULTURE, *PEARL millet, *MILLETS, *RAGI, *ARID regions agriculture, *ARID regions
Abstract

Finger millet, pearl millet and sorghum are amongst the most important drought-tolerant crops worldwide. They constitute primary staple crops in drylands, where their production is known to date back over 5000 years ago. Compared to other crops, millets and sorghum have received less attention until very recently, and their production has been progressively reduced in the last 50 years. Here, we present new models that focus on the ecological factors driving finger millet, pearl millet and sorghum traditional cultivation, with a global perspective. The interaction between environment and traditional agrosystems was investigated by Redundancy Analysis of published literature and tested against novel ethnographic data. Contrary to earlier beliefs, our models show that the total annual precipitation is not the most determinant factor in shaping millet and sorghum agriculture. Instead, our results point to the importance of other variables such as the duration of the plant growing cycle, soil water-holding capacity or soil nutrient availability. This highlights the potential of finger millet, pearl millet and sorghum traditional cultivation practices as a response to recent increase of aridity levels worldwide. Ultimately, these practices can play a pivotal role for resilience and sustainability of dryland agriculture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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2. Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization

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Environmental Sciences, Morrison, Kathleen D., Hammer, Emily, Boles, Oliver, Madella, Marco, Whitehouse, Nicola, Gaillard, Marie Jose, Bates, Jennifer, Linden, Marc Vander, Merlo, Stefania, Yao, Alice, Popova, Laura, Hill, Austin Chad, Antolin, Ferran, Bauer, Andrew, Biagetti, Stefano, Bishop, Rosie R., Buckland, Phillip, Cruz, Pablo, Dreslerová, Dagmar, Dusseldorp, Gerrit, Ellis, Erle, Filipovic, Dragana, Foster, Thomas, Hannaford, Matthew J., Harrison, Sandy P., Hazarika, Manjil, Herold, Hajnalka, Hilpert, Johanna, Kaplan, Jed O., Kay, Andrea, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Kolár, Jan, Kyazike, Elizabeth, Laabs, Julian, Lancelotti, Carla, Lane, Paul, Lawrence, Dan, Lewis, Krista, Lombardo, Umberto, Lucarini, Giulio, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Marchant, Rob, Mayle, Francis, McClatchie, Meriel, McLeester, Madeleine, Mooney, Scott, Moskal-Del Hoyo, Magdalena, Navarrete, Vanessa, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Neves, Eduardo Góes, Environmental Sciences, Morrison, Kathleen D., Hammer, Emily, Boles, Oliver, Madella, Marco, Whitehouse, Nicola, Gaillard, Marie Jose, Bates, Jennifer, Linden, Marc Vander, Merlo, Stefania, Yao, Alice, Popova, Laura, Hill, Austin Chad, Antolin, Ferran, Bauer, Andrew, Biagetti, Stefano, Bishop, Rosie R., Buckland, Phillip, Cruz, Pablo, Dreslerová, Dagmar, Dusseldorp, Gerrit, Ellis, Erle, Filipovic, Dragana, Foster, Thomas, Hannaford, Matthew J., Harrison, Sandy P., Hazarika, Manjil, Herold, Hajnalka, Hilpert, Johanna, Kaplan, Jed O., Kay, Andrea, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Kolár, Jan, Kyazike, Elizabeth, Laabs, Julian, Lancelotti, Carla, Lane, Paul, Lawrence, Dan, Lewis, Krista, Lombardo, Umberto, Lucarini, Giulio, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Marchant, Rob, Mayle, Francis, McClatchie, Meriel, McLeester, Madeleine, Mooney, Scott, Moskal-Del Hoyo, Magdalena, Navarrete, Vanessa, Ndiema, Emmanuel, and Neves, Eduardo Góes

Published
2021

3. Mapping past human land use using archaeological data : A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization

Author

Morrison, Kathleen D., Hammer, Emily, Boles, Oliver, Madella, Marco, Whitehouse, Nicola, Gaillard, Marie-Jose, Bates, Jennifer, Vander Linden, Marc, Merlo, Stefania, Yao, Alice, Popova, Laura, Hill, Austin Chad, Antolin, Ferran, Bauer, Andrew, Biagetti, Stefano, Bishop, Rosie R., Buckland, Philip I., Cruz, Pablo, Dreslerová, Dagmar, Dusseldorp, Gerrit, Ellis, Erle, Filipovic, Dragana, Foster, Thomas, Hannaford, Matthew J., Harrison, Sandy P., Hazarika, Manjil, Herold, Hajnalka, Hilpert, Johanna, Kaplan, Jed O., Kay, Andrea, Klein Goldewijk, Kees, Kolář, Jan, Kyazike, Elizabeth, Laabs, Julian, Lancelotti, Carla, Lane, Paul, Lawrence, Dan, Lewis, Krista, Lombardo, Umberto, Lucarini, Giulio, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Marchant, Rob, Mayle, Francis, McClatchie, Meriel, McLeester, Madeleine, Mooney, Scott, Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena, Navarrete, Vanessa, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Góes Neves, Eduardo, Nowak, Marek, Out, Welmoed A., Petrie, Cameron, Phelps, Leanne N., Pinke, Zsolt, Rostain, Stéphen, Russell, Thembi, Sluyter, Andrew, Styring, Amy K., Tamanaha, Eduardo, Thomas, Evert, Veerasamy, Selvakumar, Welton, Lynn, Zanon, Marco, Morrison, Kathleen D., Hammer, Emily, Boles, Oliver, Madella, Marco, Whitehouse, Nicola, Gaillard, Marie-Jose, Bates, Jennifer, Vander Linden, Marc, Merlo, Stefania, Yao, Alice, Popova, Laura, Hill, Austin Chad, Antolin, Ferran, Bauer, Andrew, Biagetti, Stefano, Bishop, Rosie R., Buckland, Philip I., Cruz, Pablo, Dreslerová, Dagmar, Dusseldorp, Gerrit, Ellis, Erle, Filipovic, Dragana, Foster, Thomas, Hannaford, Matthew J., Harrison, Sandy P., Hazarika, Manjil, Herold, Hajnalka, Hilpert, Johanna, Kaplan, Jed O., Kay, Andrea, Klein Goldewijk, Kees, Kolář, Jan, Kyazike, Elizabeth, Laabs, Julian, Lancelotti, Carla, Lane, Paul, Lawrence, Dan, Lewis, Krista, Lombardo, Umberto, Lucarini, Giulio, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Marchant, Rob, Mayle, Francis, McClatchie, Meriel, McLeester, Madeleine, Mooney, Scott, Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena, Navarrete, Vanessa, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Góes Neves, Eduardo, Nowak, Marek, Out, Welmoed A., Petrie, Cameron, Phelps, Leanne N., Pinke, Zsolt, Rostain, Stéphen, Russell, Thembi, Sluyter, Andrew, Styring, Amy K., Tamanaha, Eduardo, Thomas, Evert, Veerasamy, Selvakumar, Welton, Lynn, and Zanon, Marco

Abstract

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.

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2021
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4. Identifying anthropogenic features at Seoke (Botswana) using pXRF: Expanding the record of southern African Stone Walled Sites.

Author

Fundación Palarq, University of Botswana, European Commission, Generalitat de Catalunya, Ibáñez Insa, Jordi [0000-0002-8909-6541], Biagetti, Stefano, Alcaina-Mateos, Jonas, Ruiz-Giralt, Abel, Lancelotti, Carla, Groenewald, Patricia, Ibáñez Insa, Jordi, Gur-Arieh, Shira, Morton, Fred, Merlo, Stefania, Fundación Palarq, University of Botswana, European Commission, Generalitat de Catalunya, Ibáñez Insa, Jordi [0000-0002-8909-6541], Biagetti, Stefano, Alcaina-Mateos, Jonas, Ruiz-Giralt, Abel, Lancelotti, Carla, Groenewald, Patricia, Ibáñez Insa, Jordi, Gur-Arieh, Shira, Morton, Fred, and Merlo, Stefania

Abstract

Numerous and extensive 'Stone Walled Sites' have been identified in southern African Iron Age landscapes. Appearing from around 1200 CE, and showing considerable variability in size and form, these settlements are named after the dry-stone wall structures that characterize them. Stone Walled Sites were occupied by various Bantu-speaking agropastoral communities. In this paper we test the use of pXRF (portable X-ray fluorescence analysis) to generate a 'supplementary' archaeological record where evident stratigraphy is lacking, survey conditions may be uneven, and excavations limited, due to the overall site size. We propose herein the application of portable X-ray fluorescence analysis (pXRF) coupled with multivariate exploratory analysis and geostatistical modelling at Seoke, a southern African SWS of historical age (18th century CE). The aim of the paper is twofold: to explore the potential of the application of a low cost, quick, and minimally invasive technique to detect chemical markers in anthropogenic sediments from a Stone Walled Site, and to propose a way to analyse the results in order to improve our understanding of the use of space at non-generalized scales in such sites.

Published
2021

5. Identifying anthropogenic features at Seoke (Botswana) using pXRF: Expanding the record of southern African Stone Walled Sites.

Author

Biagetti, Stefano, Alcaina-Mateos, Jonas, Ruiz-Giralt, Abel, Lancelotti, Carla, Groenewald, Patricia, Ibañez-Insa, Jordi, Gur-Arie, Shira, Morton, Fred, and Merlo, Stefania

Subjects
*X-ray spectroscopy, *STONE, *ARCHAEOLOGICAL geology, *IRON Age
Abstract

Numerous and extensive 'Stone Walled Sites' have been identified in southern African Iron Age landscapes. Appearing from around 1200 CE, and showing considerable variability in size and form, these settlements are named after the dry-stone wall structures that characterize them. Stone Walled Sites were occupied by various Bantu-speaking agropastoral communities. In this paper we test the use of pXRF (portable X-ray fluorescence analysis) to generate a 'supplementary' archaeological record where evident stratigraphy is lacking, survey conditions may be uneven, and excavations limited, due to the overall site size. We propose herein the application of portable X-ray fluorescence analysis (pXRF) coupled with multivariate exploratory analysis and geostatistical modelling at Seoke, a southern African SWS of historical age (18th century CE). The aim of the paper is twofold: to explore the potential of the application of a low cost, quick, and minimally invasive technique to detect chemical markers in anthropogenic sediments from a Stone Walled Site, and to propose a way to analyse the results in order to improve our understanding of the use of space at non-generalized scales in such sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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7. Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization

Author

Morrison, Kathleen D., Hammer, Emily, Boles, Oliver, Madella, Marco, Whitehouse, Nicola, Gaillard, Marie-Jose, Bates, Jennifer, Vander Linden, Marc, Merlo, Stefania, Yao, Alice, Popova, Laura, Hill, Austin Chad, Antolin, Ferran, Bauer, Andrew, Biagetti, Stefano, Bishop, Rosie R., Buckland, Phillip, Cruz, Pablo, Dreslerová, Dagmar, Dusseldorp, Gerrit, Ellis, Erle, Filipovic, Dragana, Foster, Thomas, Hannaford, Matthew J., Harrison, Sandy P., Hazarika, Manjil, Herold, Hajnalka, Hilpert, Johanna, Kaplan, Jed O., Kay, Andrea, Klein Goldewijk, Kees, Kolář, Jan, Kyazike, Elizabeth, Laabs, Julian, Lancelotti, Carla, Lane, Paul, Lawrence, Dan, Lewis, Krista, Lombardo, Umberto, Lucarini, Giulio, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Marchant, Rob, Mayle, Francis, McClatchie, Meriel, McLeester, Madeleine, Mooney, Scott, Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena, Navarrete, Vanessa, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Góes Neves, Eduardo, Nowak, Marek, Out, Welmoed A., Petrie, Cameron, Phelps, Leanne N., Pinke, Zsolt, Rostain, Stéphen, Russell, Thembi, Sluyter, Andrew, Styring, Amy K., Tamanaha, Eduardo, Thomas, Evert, Veerasamy, Selvakumar, Welton, Lynn, and Zanon, Marco

Subjects
13. Climate action, 11. Sustainability, 15. Life on land, 12. Responsible consumption

8. Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization

Author

Freeman, Jacob, Morrison, Kathleen D., Hammer, Emily, Boles, Oliver, Madella, Marco, Whitehouse, Nicola, Gaillard, Marie-Jose, Bates, Jennifer, Vander Linden, Marc, Merlo, Stefania, Yao, Alice, Popova, Laura, Hill, Austin Chad, Antolin, Ferran, Bauer, Andrew, Biagetti, Stefano, Bishop, Rosie R., Buckland, Phillip, Cruz, Pablo, Dreslerová, Dagmar, Dusseldorp, Gerrit, Ellis, Erle, Filipovic, Dragana, Foster, Thomas, Hannaford, Matthew J., Harrison, Sandy P., Hazarika, Manjil, Herold, Hajnalka, Hilpert, Johanna, Kaplan, Jed O., Kay, Andrea, Klein Goldewijk, Kees, Kolář, Jan, Kyazike, Elizabeth, Laabs, Julian, Lancelotti, Carla, Lane, Paul, Lawrence, Dan, Lewis, Krista, Lombardo, Umberto, Lucarini, Giulio, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Marchant, Rob, Mayle, Francis, McClatchie, Meriel, McLeester, Madeleine, Mooney, Scott, Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena, Navarrete, Vanessa, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Góes Neves, Eduardo, Nowak, Marek, Out, Welmoed A., Petrie, Cameron, Phelps, Leanne N., Pinke, Zsolt, Rostain, Stéphen, Russell, Thembi, Sluyter, Andrew, Styring, Amy K., Tamanaha, Eduardo, Thomas, Evert, Veerasamy, Selvakumar, Welton, Lynn, Zanon, Marco, Freeman, Jacob, Morrison, Kathleen D., Hammer, Emily, Boles, Oliver, Madella, Marco, Whitehouse, Nicola, Gaillard, Marie-Jose, Bates, Jennifer, Vander Linden, Marc, Merlo, Stefania, Yao, Alice, Popova, Laura, Hill, Austin Chad, Antolin, Ferran, Bauer, Andrew, Biagetti, Stefano, Bishop, Rosie R., Buckland, Phillip, Cruz, Pablo, Dreslerová, Dagmar, Dusseldorp, Gerrit, Ellis, Erle, Filipovic, Dragana, Foster, Thomas, Hannaford, Matthew J., Harrison, Sandy P., Hazarika, Manjil, Herold, Hajnalka, Hilpert, Johanna, Kaplan, Jed O., Kay, Andrea, Klein Goldewijk, Kees, Kolář, Jan, Kyazike, Elizabeth, Laabs, Julian, Lancelotti, Carla, Lane, Paul, Lawrence, Dan, Lewis, Krista, Lombardo, Umberto, Lucarini, Giulio, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Marchant, Rob, Mayle, Francis, McClatchie, Meriel, McLeester, Madeleine, Mooney, Scott, Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena, Navarrete, Vanessa, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Góes Neves, Eduardo, Nowak, Marek, Out, Welmoed A., Petrie, Cameron, Phelps, Leanne N., Pinke, Zsolt, Rostain, Stéphen, Russell, Thembi, Sluyter, Andrew, Styring, Amy K., Tamanaha, Eduardo, Thomas, Evert, Veerasamy, Selvakumar, Welton, Lynn, and Zanon, Marco

Abstract

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.

9. Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization.

Author

Morrison KD, Hammer E, Boles O, Madella M, Whitehouse N, Gaillard MJ, Bates J, Vander Linden M, Merlo S, Yao A, Popova L, Hill AC, Antolin F, Bauer A, Biagetti S, Bishop RR, Buckland P, Cruz P, Dreslerová D, Dusseldorp G, Ellis E, Filipovic D, Foster T, Hannaford MJ, Harrison SP, Hazarika M, Herold H, Hilpert J, Kaplan JO, Kay A, Klein Goldewijk K, Kolář J, Kyazike E, Laabs J, Lancelotti C, Lane P, Lawrence D, Lewis K, Lombardo U, Lucarini G, Arroyo-Kalin M, Marchant R, Mayle F, McClatchie M, McLeester M, Mooney S, Moskal-Del Hoyo M, Navarrete V, Ndiema E, Góes Neves E, Nowak M, Out WA, Petrie C, Phelps LN, Pinke Z, Rostain S, Russell T, Sluyter A, Styring AK, Tamanaha E, Thomas E, Veerasamy S, Welton L, and Zanon M

Subjects
Arabia, Biodiversity, Climate, Conservation of Natural Resources, Data Management, Earth, Planet, Ecosystem, History, Ancient, Humans, Mesopotamia, Archaeology, Natural Resources
Abstract

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., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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2021
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