caa a22 4500 605448914 CHVBK 20210128100139.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10437-015-9186-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10437-015-9186-7 A History of Human Impact on Moroccan Mountain Landscapes [Elektronische Daten] [Rachid Cheddadi, Majda Nourelbait, Ouafaa Bouaissa, Jalal Tabel, Ali Rhoujjati, José López-Sáez, Francisca Alba-Sánchez, Carla Khater, Aziz Ballouche, Laurent Dezileau, Henry Lamb] The present study aims to review palaeoecological evidence for environmental changes induced by human activities over the last few millennia in the montane landscapes of Morocco. The study is based on well-dated pollen and geochemical records from the Rif and the Middle Atlas mountains, to show spatial and temporal variation in the onset and intensity of exploitation of forest, soil and mineral resources. Before ca. 2000 BP, anthropogenic impact was minimal. At about that time, abrupt changes of the arboreal pollen proportions, with a decline in all tree taxa, indicate a reduction of the forest cover interpreted as being anthropogenic. In the Rif Mountains, increased influx of carbonates (Ca) in the sedimentary records indicates enhanced soil erosion coincident with the reduction in tree cover. In the Middle Atlas, reduced forest cover is linked to geochemical evidence for mining and metallurgy of lead (Pb), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn). These industrial activities correspond to the expansion of the Roman Empire into Morocco at around AD 40 and show a decline when the Romans were displaced by the Vandals about five centuries later. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Morocco nationallicence Roman Empire nationallicence Middle Atlas nationallicence Rif nationallicence Human activities nationallicence Cedar forests nationallicence Cheddadi Rachid Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, UMR UM2-CNRS-IRD 5554, University of Montpellier 2, place Eugène-Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, France aut Nourelbait Majda Laboratoire Géosciences Marines et Sciences des Sols, Unité associée au CNRST (URAC 45), Département de Géologie, Université Chouaib Doukkali, 24000, El Jadida, Morocco aut Bouaissa Ouafaa Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, UMR UM2-CNRS-IRD 5554, University of Montpellier 2, place Eugène-Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, France aut Tabel Jalal Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, UMR UM2-CNRS-IRD 5554, University of Montpellier 2, place Eugène-Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, France aut Rhoujjati Ali Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Département de Géologie, Labo. Géo-Ressources (URAC 42), Bd A. Khattabi, BP 549, 40000, Guéliz, Marrakech, Morocco aut López-Sáez José G.I. Arqueobiología, Instituto de Historia, CCHS, CSIC, Albasanz 26-28, 28037, Madrid, Spain aut Alba-Sánchez Francisca Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18001, Granada, Spain aut Khater Carla Center for Remote Sensing, National Council for Scientific Research, Riad El Solh, Po Box 11-8281, Beirut, Lebanon aut Ballouche Aziz Dépt de Géographie, LETG-Angers LEESA, UMR 6554 CNRS, Université d'Angers, F-49045, Angers, France aut Dezileau Laurent Geosciences Montpellier, CNRS, UMR 5243, Université Montpellier 2, place Eugène-Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, France aut Lamb Henry Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, SY23 3DB, Aberystwyth, UK aut African Archaeological Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/2(2015-06-01), 233-248 0263-0338 32:2<233 2015 32 10437 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-015-9186-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-015-9186-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cheddadi Rachid Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, UMR UM2-CNRS-IRD 5554, University of Montpellier 2, place Eugène-Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nourelbait Majda Laboratoire Géosciences Marines et Sciences des Sols, Unité associée au CNRST (URAC 45), Département de Géologie, Université Chouaib Doukkali, 24000, El Jadida, Morocco aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bouaissa Ouafaa Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, UMR UM2-CNRS-IRD 5554, University of Montpellier 2, place Eugène-Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tabel Jalal Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, UMR UM2-CNRS-IRD 5554, University of Montpellier 2, place Eugène-Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rhoujjati Ali Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Département de Géologie, Labo. Géo-Ressources (URAC 42), Bd A. Khattabi, BP 549, 40000, Guéliz, Marrakech, Morocco aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- López-Sáez José G.I. Arqueobiología, Instituto de Historia, CCHS, CSIC, Albasanz 26-28, 28037, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alba-Sánchez Francisca Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18001, Granada, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Khater Carla Center for Remote Sensing, National Council for Scientific Research, Riad El Solh, Po Box 11-8281, Beirut, Lebanon aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ballouche Aziz Dépt de Géographie, LETG-Angers LEESA, UMR 6554 CNRS, Université d'Angers, F-49045, Angers, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dezileau Laurent Geosciences Montpellier, CNRS, UMR 5243, Université Montpellier 2, place Eugène-Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lamb Henry Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, SY23 3DB, Aberystwyth, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- African Archaeological Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/2(2015-06-01), 233-248 0263-0338 32:2<233 2015 32 10437