Computational modeling in archeology has proven to be a useful tool in quantifying changes in the paleoenvironment. This especially useful method combines data from diverse disciplines to answer questions focusing on the complex and non-linear aspects of human-environment interactions. The research presented here uses various proxy records to compare the changes in climate during the Bronze Age in the Malatya Plain in eastern Anatolia, which is situated at the northern extremity of northern Mesopotamia. Extensive agropastoral land use modeling was applied to three sites of different size and function in the Malatya Plain during the Early Bronze Age I period to simulate the varying scale and intensity of human impacts in relation to changes in the level of social organization, demography, and temporal length. The results suggest that even in land use types subjected to a light footprint, the scale and intensity of anthropogenic impacts change significantly in relation to the level of social organization

Comparative modeling of bronze age land use in the Malatya Plain (Turkey) / Arıkan, Bülent; BALOSSI RESTELLI, Francesca; Masi, Alessia. - In: QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS. - ISSN 0277-3791. - STAMPA. - 136:(2016), pp. 122-133. [10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.013]

Comparative modeling of bronze age land use in the Malatya Plain (Turkey)

Francesca Balossi Restelli
;
Alessia Masi
2016

Abstract

Computational modeling in archeology has proven to be a useful tool in quantifying changes in the paleoenvironment. This especially useful method combines data from diverse disciplines to answer questions focusing on the complex and non-linear aspects of human-environment interactions. The research presented here uses various proxy records to compare the changes in climate during the Bronze Age in the Malatya Plain in eastern Anatolia, which is situated at the northern extremity of northern Mesopotamia. Extensive agropastoral land use modeling was applied to three sites of different size and function in the Malatya Plain during the Early Bronze Age I period to simulate the varying scale and intensity of human impacts in relation to changes in the level of social organization, demography, and temporal length. The results suggest that even in land use types subjected to a light footprint, the scale and intensity of anthropogenic impacts change significantly in relation to the level of social organization
2016
paleoclimate; land use; anthropogenic impacts; modeling; bronze age; social organization
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Comparative modeling of bronze age land use in the Malatya Plain (Turkey) / Arıkan, Bülent; BALOSSI RESTELLI, Francesca; Masi, Alessia. - In: QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS. - ISSN 0277-3791. - STAMPA. - 136:(2016), pp. 122-133. [10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.013]
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