‘The Emergence of Interdisciplinary Environmental History. Collaborative Approaches to the Late Holocene’

This article considers how the efflorescence of palaeoscientific approaches to the past, has given rise to historians being confronted with a wealth of new evidence on both human and natural phenomena. It considers how Humanities-based historical inquiry must embrace this emerging evidence, highlighting how historians need to engage critically with new approaches, just as they do with textual and material sources. The authors argue that active engagement with new approaches is urgently needed if historians want to contribute to our evolving understanding of the challenges of the Anthropocene.

Authors: John Haldon et al. Published online by Cambridge University Press, 30 April 2024.