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How geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology contribute to niche construction theory (NCT)
In this paper a review is given of examples of geoarchaeological and landscape archaeological research from four locations throughout Europe. Case-studies from the North Sea coastal zone in the Netherlands and the Eastern Mediterranean are presented to illustrate the potential contribution of geoarc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4811296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27069525 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12685-015-0144-8 |
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description | In this paper a review is given of examples of geoarchaeological and landscape archaeological research from four locations throughout Europe. Case-studies from the North Sea coastal zone in the Netherlands and the Eastern Mediterranean are presented to illustrate the potential contribution of geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology to niche construction theory (NCT) studies. Typical landscapes as coast lines, lake shores and rivers as example of small and large scale use of the natural landscape and/or topography are discussed with implications for NCT, mainly over the Holocene period. Through environmental reconstruction, we provide relative dates for starting points when humans (a) were altering their own selective environment as an inceptive change, or (b) responded to a (deteriorated) selective environment in a counteractive change. Geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology valuable contribution to NCT studies is the focus of the disciplines on landscape gradients. NCT phase transitions from inceptive to counteractive changes are proposed as useful alternative in the debate about the onset of the Anthropocene. |
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spelling | pubmed-48112962016-04-09 How geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology contribute to niche construction theory (NCT) Kluiving, Sjoerd J. Water Hist Article In this paper a review is given of examples of geoarchaeological and landscape archaeological research from four locations throughout Europe. Case-studies from the North Sea coastal zone in the Netherlands and the Eastern Mediterranean are presented to illustrate the potential contribution of geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology to niche construction theory (NCT) studies. Typical landscapes as coast lines, lake shores and rivers as example of small and large scale use of the natural landscape and/or topography are discussed with implications for NCT, mainly over the Holocene period. Through environmental reconstruction, we provide relative dates for starting points when humans (a) were altering their own selective environment as an inceptive change, or (b) responded to a (deteriorated) selective environment in a counteractive change. Geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology valuable contribution to NCT studies is the focus of the disciplines on landscape gradients. NCT phase transitions from inceptive to counteractive changes are proposed as useful alternative in the debate about the onset of the Anthropocene. Springer Netherlands 2015-09-21 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4811296/ /pubmed/27069525 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12685-015-0144-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Article Kluiving, Sjoerd J. How geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology contribute to niche construction theory (NCT) |
title | How geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology contribute to niche construction theory (NCT) |
title_full | How geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology contribute to niche construction theory (NCT) |
title_fullStr | How geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology contribute to niche construction theory (NCT) |
title_full_unstemmed | How geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology contribute to niche construction theory (NCT) |
title_short | How geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology contribute to niche construction theory (NCT) |
title_sort | how geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology contribute to niche construction theory (nct) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4811296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27069525 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12685-015-0144-8 |
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