Highlights•Trajectories in the global land system call for improvements in our understanding
of land-use intensity.•A comprehensive conceptual framework and a system of measurement …

Cover--Half-title--Title page--Copyright information--Dedication--Table of contents--List of
figures--Preface--Acknowledgments--Chapter 1 Introduction: The Social Life of food--The …

Historians and archaeologists define primary states—" cradles of civilization" from which all
modern nation states ultimately derive—as significant territorially-based, autonomous …

Over the last 12,000 y, human populations have expanded and transformed critical earth
systems. Yet, a key unresolved question in the environmental and social sciences remains …

How will archaeology contribute to agricultural sustainability? To address that question, this
overview reflects on the diverse and complementary ways that archaeology has advanced …

Island ecosystems and peoples face uncertain futures in the wake of predicted climate
change, sea level rise, and habitat alteration in the decades and centuries to come …

The main purpose of this article is to consider macro level theories for understanding the
urge for reform as well as the process of societal change both in general terms, and more …

Archaeologists are increasingly concerned that the non-linear relationship between the
calendric and radiocarbon timelines may introduce anomalous structures into radiocarbon …

Modeling Hawaiian dryland (rainfed) agriculture has been an effective means for examining
interactions between ecosystems and human behavior. Dryland agriculture in these …

Before European contact, Native Hawaiian agriculture was highly adapted to place and
expressed a myriad of forms. Although the iconic lo 'i systems (flooded irrigated terraces) are …