Landscape scientists have increasingly studied sustainability during the past three decades,
with a plurality of perspectives and methods. However, a comprehensive review of the …

How do technologies develop? This study proposes the theory of technological parasitism
that is based on the idea that parasite-host relationships between technologies and …

Anthropogenic climate change is currently driving environmental transformation on a scale
and at a pace that exceeds historical records. This represents an undeniably serious …

There seems to be a general feeling that some fundamental changes are underway in
archaeological thinking and have been for some time now. One need only look at some …

How to measure the evolution of technology in order to predict innovations that grow
rapidly? This study suggests a new perspective based on the theory of technological …

This paper here proposes a theory of classification and evolution of technology based on
taxonomic characteristic of interaction between technologies that is an under-studied field of …

Throughout the history of archaeology, researchers have evaluated human societies in
terms of systems and systems interactions. Complex systems theory (CST), which emerged …

The study suggests a new definition of technology with a systemic-purposeful perspective:
Technology here is a complex system of artifact, made and/or used by living systems, that is …

Abstract Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) represents a methodology with significant potential
for altering archaeological analytical practice. The continued growth in the number of …

During the last few decades, scientific capabilities for understanding and predicting weather
and climate risks have advanced rapidly. At the same time, technological advances, such as …