The anthropogenic transformation of an island landscape: Evidence for agricultural development revealed by LiDAR on the island of Efate, Central Vanuatu, South‐West Pacific. Issue 1 (22nd August 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The anthropogenic transformation of an island landscape: Evidence for agricultural development revealed by LiDAR on the island of Efate, Central Vanuatu, South‐West Pacific. Issue 1 (22nd August 2017)
- Main Title:
- The anthropogenic transformation of an island landscape: Evidence for agricultural development revealed by LiDAR on the island of Efate, Central Vanuatu, South‐West Pacific
- Authors:
- BEDFORD, STUART
SIMÉONI, PATRICIA
LEBOT, VINCENT - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Traditional agricultural systems have been a fundamental research focus of Pacific archaeologists for decades. In many island groups, it has been demonstrated that whole landscapes have been transformed to facilitate increased agricultural production. High‐resolution digital elevation models (DEM) derived from recent LiDAR survey data from Efate, Central Vanuatu, have now revealed that much of that island was completely modified by human activity prior to European contact. There are a range of substantial and more minor linear mound and circular features associated with agricultural development and innovation, of which researchers and contemporary populations are largely unaware. Detailed analysis of the features across one alluvial plain provides some quantification of the scale of landscape modification. These new data radically change perceptions of the Efate landscape and contribute to a range of debates including traditional Pacific Island food production, its surplus and sustainability, sociopolitical development, environmental change and depopulation.
- Is Part Of:
- Archaeology in Oceania. Volume 53:Issue 1(2018)
- Journal:
- Archaeology in Oceania
- Issue:
- Volume 53:Issue 1(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 53, Issue 1 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 53
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0053-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 1
- Page End:
- 14
- Publication Date:
- 2017-08-22
- Subjects:
- LiDAR -- Efate -- Vanuatu -- agricultural development -- LiDAR -- Efaté -- Vanouatou -- développement agricole
Archaeology -- Islands of the Pacific -- Periodicals
Archaeology -- Australia -- Periodicals
Physical anthropology -- Islands of the Pacific -- Periodicals
Physical anthropology -- Australia -- Periodicals
Anthropology, Physical -- Southeast Asia -- Periodicals
Anthropology, Physical -- Australia -- Periodicals
Anthropology, Physical -- Pacific Islands -- Periodicals
Archaeology -- Southeast Asia -- Periodicals
Archaeology -- Australia -- Periodicals
Archaeology -- Pacific Islands -- Periodicals
990 - Journal URLs:
- http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/7785113.html ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1834-4453/ ↗
http://www.jstor.org/journals/00038121.html ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1002/arco.5137 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0728-4896
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