As part of the Changing the Face of the Mediterranean Project, we consider how human
pressure and concomitant erosion has affected a range of Mediterranean landscapes …

In semi-arid environments of the Near East water availability and soil fertility are limiting
factors for crop growing and land use is locally adjusted to environmental features. In the last …

The Pergamon micro-region (western Türkiye) has experienced several phases of increased
geomorphodynamics during the Holocene. However, the role of local–regional human …

Archaeological data tend to be gathered at the local level: human agency also operates at
this scale. By combining data from multiple surveys conducted within a larger area, it is …

The paper comprises data from 27 case studies to assess large-scale human-vegetation
interferences in the Carpathian region during the Mid-Holocene. The main focus is put on …

Abstract The Younger Quaternary erosion history was reconstructed in a catchment close to
the Chalcolithic giant settlement Maidanetske, central Ukraine based on dated sediment …

A general summary is given on archaeological work made on agricultural terraces in the
Mediterranean zone of the southern Levant during the last decades, while also taking into …

Over the past decades multi-element analyses have become increasingly important for
archaeological and geoarchaeological research. In particular the recent expansion in …

From 300 BC to AD 300, the city of Pergamon underwent a profound transformation that
impacted the rural settlement patterns and the concomitant geomorphodynamics. We …

Soil erosion in forests is often considered negligible or minimal. In some tropical forest
ecosystems, however, the combination of continuous surface exposure of fine soil particles …