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SUMMARY:Modelling land use dynamics and responses to climate variability i
 n late antique Basel\, Switzerland - Margaux Depaermentier (University of 
 Basel\, Switzerland) and Michael Kempf (University of Kiel\, Germany) 
DTSTART:20230424T150000Z
DTEND:20230424T163000Z
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CONTACT:Simon Carrignon
DESCRIPTION:Multicomponent environmental models are increasingly used in a
 rchaeological research to understand human patterns as a result of past cl
 imate and environmental conditions over the long term. However\, particula
 r challenges include the number of model variables\, the comprehensiveness
  of the underlying explanatory parameters and the integration of socio-cul
 tural decision-making into the model. With a novel approach to generate an
 nual land cover variability using a wide range of climatic\, geological\, 
 hydrological topographic and dendrochronological data\, we estimate land u
 se and settlement capacity and vulnerability to understand the socio-cultu
 ral transformation processes in late antique and early medieval Basel.\n\n
 Drawing on a high-resolution local case study\, our results demonstrate th
 e potential of tree-ring derived proxy data to predict local environmental
  feedbacks. The model provides a means of tracing both land use and socio-
 cultural response to climate variability and subsequent adaptation to chan
 ges in environmental sensitivity. This approach enables to understand loca
 l human-environment interactions and the determination of site-specific is
 otope baselines from which past subsistence strategies as well as mobility
  patterns can be derived.\n
LOCATION:McDonald Institute Seminar Room\, Department of Archaeology\, Dow
 ning Site
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