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DOCUMENT Citation Only Kathleen Morrison.

Some scholars take the label 'archaeology of the present' to refer to the study of very recent archaeological records and material remains, but here I use it to refer to the ways in which even ancient human action has ongoing significance for the present and the future. One of the many arenas of the contemporary significance of the 'archaeological' past is the legacy of past land use, including that of irrigated agriculture, on regional and global vegetation, landforms, and even climate. I...