Land Use Change in a Pericolonial Society: Intensification and Diversification in Ifugao, Philippines Between 1570 and 1800 CE

• Main Authors: Findley, David Max, Acabado, Stephen, Amano, Noel, Kay, Andrea U, Hamilton, Rebecca, Barretto-Tesoro, Grace, Bankoff, Greg, Kaplan, Jed O, Roberts, Patrick
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: ifugao; circle diagrams; land use modelling; pericolonialism; Philippines; socio-ecology; History; Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/94; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1093&context=history-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Land use modelling is increasingly used by archaeologists and palaeoecologists seeking to quantify and compare the changing influence of humans on the environment. In Southeast Asia, the intensification of rice agriculture and the arrival of European colonizers have both been seen as major catalysts...