The Paleo-Anthropocene and the Genesis of the Current Landscape of Israel
Author:
Ackermann Oren1, Maeir Aren M.2, Frumin Suembikya Sue2, Svoray Tal3, Weiss Ehud2, Zhevelev Helena M.4, Horwitz Liora Kolska5
Affiliation:
1. Israel Heritage Department and the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology , Ariel University , Israel , P.O.B. 3, Ariel 4070000 2. The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology , Bar-Ilan University , Israel 3. Department of Geography and Environmental Development , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , P.O.B. 653, Beer-Sheva , 84105 Israel 4. The Laboratory of Geomorphology and Soil , The Department of Geography and Environment , Bar-Ilan University , Ramat Gan , 52900 Israel . 5. National Natural History Collections, Faculty of Life Sciences , The Hebrew University , Jerusalem , Israel
Abstract
Abstract
Worldwide, human impact on natural landscapes has intensified since prehistoric times, and this is well documented in the global archaeological record. The period between the earliest hominids and the Industrial Revolution of the late 18-19th centuries is known as the Paleo-Anthropocene. The current study reviews key geoarchaeological, floral and faunal factors of the Paleo-Anthropocene in Israel, an area that has undergone human activities in various intensities since prehistoric times. It discusses significant human imprints on these three features in the Israeli landscape, demonstrating that its current form is almost entirely anthropogenic. Moreover, some of the past physical changes still dynamically shape Israel’s zoological, archaeological and geomorphic landscape today. It is hoped that insights from this article might aid in guiding present-day management strategies of undeveloped areas through renewal of human activity guided by traditional knowledge.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Nature and Landscape Conservation,Ecology
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