Don’t abhor your neighbor for he is a pastoralist: the GIS-based modeling of the past human–environment interactions and landscape changes in the Wadi el-Hasa, west-central Jordan

Arıkan, Bülent

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.04.051

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“…These changes led to the drastic economic transformations and the apparent decentralization in the political organization during the onset of the EBA. Stochastic and ABM platforms make it possible to simulate the dynamics of the newly introduced economic system of site-tethered pastoralism and to explore the plausibility of different possible developments (Arıkan 2012).…”

Section: The Paleoenvironment Of Arslantepementioning

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Exploring the common ground of landscape ecology and landscape archaeology through a case study from eastern Anatolia, Turkey

2020

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Context. Landscape archaeology has a lot to offer to landscape ecology, being an interdisciplinary approach that emphasizes the study of long-term human-environment dynamics.Objectives. We outline different conceptualizations of landscape in landscape archaeology and illustrate the potential of the approach for collaborating with landscape ecologists by describing a case study from the multi-period site of Arslantepe, located in the Malatya province of eastern Anatolia, Turkey.Methods. We use an agent-based modeling platform to understand the socio-economic transformations at Arslantepe during the Early Bronze Age-I.Results. These simulations revealed long-term dynamics of grassland and woodland under different climate and population scenarios. It was found that both grassland and woodland responded most strongly to changes in population, with woodlands being more sensitive.Further, it becomes evident that the adapted site-tethered pastoralism could have brought more sustainable land use practices. Conclusions.The example shows the tremendous potential landscape archaeology has for studying long-term sustainability issues, especially related to modes of production. The landscape archaeological perspective can be linked with expertise provided by landscape ecologists, and we propose more in-depth collaboration of these two fields that offer diverse yet complementary perspectives.

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Exploring the common ground of landscape ecology and landscape archaeology through a case study from eastern Anatolia, Turkey

2020

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“…In this research, stochastic simulation models are used to assess the range of ancient environmental changes in the Malatya Plain due to natural (e.g., change in precipitation) and anthropogenic (i.e., extensive agropastoral land use) factors. Unlike agent-based models, stochastic models only focus on one variable such as climate and applies random variations to estimate the end result (Arıkan, 2012).…”

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Comparative modeling of Bronze Age land use in the Malatya Plain (Turkey)

Arıkan

Restelli

Masi

2016

Quaternary Science Reviews

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“…With the development of GIS and archaeological technology, geographic data are widely used to augment the exploration and analysis of past lifeways [1]. A wide variety of spatial data, such as climatic, geological and cultural, were combined to estimate how long-term interactions among these factors contribute to the changes in natural environment and anthropogenic landscapes [2]. Archaeological sites and relics can be displayed with 3D reconstruction and visualization technology.…”

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A Settlement Landscape Reconstruction Approach Using GIS Analysis with Integrated Terrain Data of Land and Water: A Case Study of the Panlongcheng Site in the Shang Dynasty (Wuhan, China)

Liu

Zou

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Remote Sensing

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The landscape of ancient sites has changed greatly with the passage of time. Among all of the factors, human activities and the change in natural environment are the main factors leading to the change in site landscape. The Panlongcheng site, which is located in Hubei Province, China, has a history of 3500 years with the most abundant relics in the Yangtze River Basin during the Shang Dynasty. As a near-water site, the landscape of the Panlongcheng site is greatly affected by water level changes and water conservancy activities. In this paper, by using spatial information technology, the data obtained from land and underwater archaeological exploration were integrated to restore landscapes of Panlongcheng sites in different periods. After removing modern artificial features and topsoil, the landscapes of the sites before the Shang Dynasty, in the Shang Dynasty and modern time were reconstructed. Combining historical records of water level changes, the landscape and water–land distribution of the Panlongcheng site were compared. The analysis results reflect the interaction between water level changes and human activities in this region for thousands of years, and support the archaeological findings in the near-water area of the Panlongcheng site, which provides a new idea for the landscape reconstruction and analysis of near-water sites.

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Don’t abhor your neighbor for he is a pastoralist: the GIS-based modeling of the past human–environment interactions and landscape changes in the Wadi el-Hasa, west-central Jordan

Cited by 11 publications

References 22 publications

Exploring the common ground of landscape ecology and landscape archaeology through a case study from eastern Anatolia, Turkey

Exploring the common ground of landscape ecology and landscape archaeology through a case study from eastern Anatolia, Turkey

Comparative modeling of Bronze Age land use in the Malatya Plain (Turkey)

A Settlement Landscape Reconstruction Approach Using GIS Analysis with Integrated Terrain Data of Land and Water: A Case Study of the Panlongcheng Site in the Shang Dynasty (Wuhan, China)

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