Evaluating the Early Anthropocene Hypothesis
The Impact of Early Farming Economies on the Environment in East and West Asia
This conference aims at bringing together archaeologists, earth scientists and scholars from related fields working in east and west Asia to evaluate the early Anthropocene hypothesis and the impact Neolithic farming economies had on local environments and global climate.
The conference is hosted by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen and sponsored by Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, The Asian Dynamics Initiative, The Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish Institute in Damascus.