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Accepted Paper:
Modeling the past: combining land use models and history in the Philippine archipelago
David Max Findley
(Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology)
Greg Bankoff
(University of Hull)
Paper short abstract:
We discuss our work within the PANTROPOCENE project integrating archival analysis into land use models for the Philippine Archipelago prior to and throughout the Spanish Colonial Period (1565-1898), and how this novel methodology strengthens understandings of past land use and environmental change.
Paper long abstract:
Land Use Modelling (LUM), despite finding increasing acceptance amongst archaeologists, anthropologists, and political scientists, remains largely eschewed by historians. Here, we argue that LUM provides a platform and methodology for multidisciplinary collaboration that historians can contribute to and improve. For the last four years, the PANTROPOCENE project has worked to create land use models for the Philippine Islands just prior to and throughout the Spanish Colonial Period (1565-1898 CE). In this paper, we draw on our research integrating archival analysis into LUM to show how each can enrich the other and contribute to a deeper understanding of land use change and environmental practices in the past.