Prehistoric pathways to Anthropocene adaptation: Evidence from the Red River Delta, Vietnam.

ABSTRACT: Over the past twenty years, government advisory bodies have placed increasing emphasis on the need for adaptive measures in response to the effects of human-induced climate change. Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs), which incorporate macroeconomic and climate variables, feature prominently in advisory content, though they rarely draw on data from outside strictly constrained hypothetical systems. This has led to assertions that they are not well-suited to approximate complex systemic human-environment processes. Modular, interdisciplinary approaches have offered a way to address this shortcoming; however, beyond climate records, prehistoric data continue to be under-utilised in developing such models. In this paper we highlight the contribution that archaeology and palaeoecology can make

SUBMITTER: Rabett RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9907861 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature