Archaeological Sites as Distributed Long-term Observing Networks of the Past (DONOP)
Archaeological records provide a unique source of direct data on long-term human-environment interactions and samples of ecosystems affected by differing degrees of human impact. Distributed long-term datasets from archaeological sites provide a significant contribution to establish local, regional,...
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ftunivmaryland:oai:drum.lib.umd.edu:1903/20639 2023-05-15T17:35:00+02:00 Archaeological Sites as Distributed Long-term Observing Networks of the Past (DONOP) Hambrecht, George Anderung, Cecillia Brewington, Seth Dugmore, Andrew Edvardsson, Ragnar Feeley, Francis Gibbons, Kevin Harrison, Ramona Hicks, Megan Jackson, Rowan Olafsdóttir, Guðbjörg Asta Rockman, Marcy Smiarowski, Konrad Streeter, Richard Szabo, Vicki McGovern, Thomas 2018 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1903/20639 https://doi.org/10.13016/M2901ZJ8F en_US eng Quaternary International College of Behavioral & Social Sciences Anthropology Digital Repository at the University of Maryland University of Maryland (College Park, MD) doi:10.13016/M2901ZJ8F 2018. Archaeological Sites as Distributed Long-term Observing Networks of the Past (DONOP). George Hambrecht, Cecilia Anderung, Seth Brewington, Andrew Dugmore, Ragnar Edvardsson, Francis Feeley, Kevin Gibbons, Ramona Harrison, Megan Hicks, Rowan Jackson, Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir, Marcy Rockman, Konrad Smiarowski, Richard Streeter, Vicki Szabo, Thomas McGovern. Quaternary International http://hdl.handle.net/1903/20639 DONOP Archaeology Zooarchaeology aDNA Historical Ecology North Atlantic Article 2018 ftunivmaryland https://doi.org/10.13016/M2901ZJ8F 2022-11-11T11:17:10Z Archaeological records provide a unique source of direct data on long-term human-environment interactions and samples of ecosystems affected by differing degrees of human impact. Distributed long-term datasets from archaeological sites provide a significant contribution to establish local, regional, and continental-scale environmental baselines and can be used to understand the implications of human decision-making and its impacts on the environment and the resources it provides for human use. Deeper temporal environmental baselines are essential for resource and environmental managers to restore biodiversity and build resilience in depleted ecosystems. Human actions are likely to have impacts that reorganize ecosystem structures by reducing diversity through processes such as niche construction. This makes data from archaeological sites key assets for the management of contemporary and future climate change scenarios because they combine information about human behavior, environmental baselines, and biological systems. Sites of this kind collectively form Distributed Long-term Observing Networks of the Past (DONOP), allowing human behavior and environmental impacts to be assessed over space and time. Behavioral perspectives are gained from direct evidence of human actions in response to environmental opportunities and change. Baseline perspectives are gained from data on species, landforms, and ecology over timescales that long predate our typically recent datasets that only record systems already disturbed by people. And biological perspectives can provide essential data for modern managers wanting to understand and utilize past diversity (i.e., trophic and/or genetic) as a way of revealing, and potentially correcting, weaknesses in our contemporary wild and domestic animal populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic University of Maryland: Digital Repository (DRUM) |
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Archaeological records provide a unique source of direct data on long-term human-environment interactions and samples of ecosystems affected by differing degrees of human impact. Distributed long-term datasets from archaeological sites provide a significant contribution to establish local, regional, and continental-scale environmental baselines and can be used to understand the implications of human decision-making and its impacts on the environment and the resources it provides for human use. Deeper temporal environmental baselines are essential for resource and environmental managers to restore biodiversity and build resilience in depleted ecosystems. Human actions are likely to have impacts that reorganize ecosystem structures by reducing diversity through processes such as niche construction. This makes data from archaeological sites key assets for the management of contemporary and future climate change scenarios because they combine information about human behavior, environmental baselines, and biological systems. Sites of this kind collectively form Distributed Long-term Observing Networks of the Past (DONOP), allowing human behavior and environmental impacts to be assessed over space and time. Behavioral perspectives are gained from direct evidence of human actions in response to environmental opportunities and change. Baseline perspectives are gained from data on species, landforms, and ecology over timescales that long predate our typically recent datasets that only record systems already disturbed by people. And biological perspectives can provide essential data for modern managers wanting to understand and utilize past diversity (i.e., trophic and/or genetic) as a way of revealing, and potentially correcting, weaknesses in our contemporary wild and domestic animal populations. |
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Hambrecht, George Anderung, Cecillia Brewington, Seth Dugmore, Andrew Edvardsson, Ragnar Feeley, Francis Gibbons, Kevin Harrison, Ramona Hicks, Megan Jackson, Rowan Olafsdóttir, Guðbjörg Asta Rockman, Marcy Smiarowski, Konrad Streeter, Richard Szabo, Vicki McGovern, Thomas |
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Archaeological Sites as Distributed Long-term Observing Networks of the Past (DONOP) |
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College of Behavioral & Social Sciences Anthropology Digital Repository at the University of Maryland University of Maryland (College Park, MD) doi:10.13016/M2901ZJ8F 2018. Archaeological Sites as Distributed Long-term Observing Networks of the Past (DONOP). George Hambrecht, Cecilia Anderung, Seth Brewington, Andrew Dugmore, Ragnar Edvardsson, Francis Feeley, Kevin Gibbons, Ramona Harrison, Megan Hicks, Rowan Jackson, Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir, Marcy Rockman, Konrad Smiarowski, Richard Streeter, Vicki Szabo, Thomas McGovern. Quaternary International http://hdl.handle.net/1903/20639 |
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