ID:
S_049/060
Landscapes, Climate, and Society: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Holocene Environmental Change
Lead Convener
Shalini Sharma Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences,China. sharma_bot@itpcas.ac.cn & Alessia Masi Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. alessia.masi@uniroma1.it
Co Convener(s)
Anil K. Pokharia Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India. anilk_pokharia@bsip.res.in Ryoma Hayashi Lake Biwa Museum, Kusatsu, Japan. hayashi-ryoma@biwahaku.jp Satish Shivaji Naik A.I.H.C. and Archaeology, Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India. satish.naik@dcpune.ac.in Katerina Kouli Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens, Greece. akouli@geol.uoa
Session Keywords
Holocene climate, Paleo-agriculture, Landscape evolution, Societal and vegetation resilience, Environmental archaeology
Commission
HABCOM
Abstract Category
Geoarcheology
Session Description
This session examines Holocene human-plant-environment interactions, focusing on how communities adapted agricultural practices, land use, and settlement systems in response to climate variability. Integrating archaeobotanical, palynological, biomarker, geomorphological, and archaeological-historical evidence, it investigates how vegetation, landscapes, and societies co-evolved under changing environmental and human pressures. We invite contributions addressing agricultural innovation, resilience of vegetation systems, land‐use intensity, and the interplay between natural versus anthropogenic processes. Case studies combining multiple proxies such as pollen, biomarkers, sediments, geomorphic mapping, or settlement records, are particularly welcome. By linking diverse datasets, the session aims to build integrated narratives of Holocene landscape and socio-environmental evolution, illuminating long-term adaptive strategies relevant to contemporary climate challenges.
