Evaluating the Anthropocene
Is There Something Useful About a Geological Epoch of Humans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3168751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T J Braje (0000-0002-3138-1665, San Diego State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 350 |
| Pages | 504-512 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2016.32 |
| OpenAlex | W2314360359 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 35 |
The concept of the Anthropocene has become increasingly prominent in recent years, but is it best defined as a geological period or as part of a longer-term pattern of human actions? And when did it begin? Todd Braje launches this Debate feature by arguing for a shift away from definitions and toward an emphasis on the human causes and consequences. This piece is followed by a series of reactions from geologists and anthropologists, with a concluding reply from the author
Aesthetics · Anthropocene · Archaeology · Environmental ethics · Epoch (astronomy) · Feature (linguistics) · Period (music) · Term (time) · Computer Science · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Geology · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Philosophy
The Anthropocene as Process
Deep Pasts – Deep Futures A Palaeoenvironmental Humanities Perspective from the Stone Age to the Human Age
Beyond the Anthropocene
Precursors and Antecedents of the Anthropocene
From nonidentity to resonance and back
Mediterranean archeology and environmental histories in the spotlight of the Anthropocene
Anthropocene Dynamics in the Prehistoric Pacific
Archaeology and the Anthropocene in the Study of Settler Australia
The Anthropocene Concept in the Natural and Social Sciences, the Humanities and Law – A Bibliometric Analysis and a Qualitative Interpretation (2000–2020)
Climate change? Archaeology and Anthropocene
Anthropological Archaeology in 2016
Geohistorical records of the Anthropocene in Chile
New Book Chronicle
Archaeology, climate change and environmental ethics
The Spectacular Anthropocene
Religion, 'nature' and environmental ethics in ancient India
Cultural heritage and climate adaptation
New directions in the archaeology of medicine
Integrating the Anthropocene in Legal Education
The archaeology of Anthropocene rivers
The future of archaeology, interdisciplinarity and global challenges
Transgressing Time
The Anthropocene Divide
The Anthropogenic Greenhouse Era Began Thousands of Years Ago
Are we now living in the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene
Is the Anthropocene an issue of stratigraphy or pop culture?
Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?
Planetary Opportunities
How Long Have We Been in the Anthropocene Era?
Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems
The Anthropocene
Anthropogenic transformation of the terrestrial biosphere
Defining the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene
Geology of mankind
Dating the Anthropocene
Anthropogenic soils are the golden spikes for the Anthropocene
Earth Systems, Human Agency, and the Anthropocene
Some Reflections on Heritage and Archaeology in the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene
When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal
European colonialism and the Anthropocene
Human acceleration of animal and plant extinctions
The onset of the Anthropocene
Looking forward, looking back
Shell middens and other anthropogenic soils as global stratigraphic signatures of the Anthropocene
The Palaeoanthropocene - The beginnings of anthropogenic environmental change
On the Poverty of Our Nomenclature
The geology of mankind? A critique of the Anthropocene narrative
Was the Anthropocene anticipated
The trajectory of the Anthropocene
| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |