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The technofossil record of humans

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Zalasiewicz, Jan, Williams, Mark, Waters, Colin N, Barnosky, Anthony D, Haff, Peter·2014·The Anthropocene Review
DOI 10.1177/2053019613514953
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As humans have colonised and modified the Earth’s surface, they have developed progressively more sophisticated tools and technologies. These underpin a new kind of stratigraphy, that we term technostratigraphy, marked by the geologically accelerated evolution and diversification of technofossils – the preservable material remains of the technosphere (Haff, 2013), driven by human purpose and transmitted cultural memory, and with the dynamics of an emergent system. The technosphere, present in some form for most of the Quaternary, shows several thresholds. Its expansion and transcontinental synchronisation in the mid 20th century has produced a global technostratigraphy that combines very high time-resolution, great geometrical complexity and wide (including transplanetary) extent. Technostratigraphy can help characterise the deposits of a potential Anthropocene Epoch and its emergence marks a step change in planetary mode.

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Authors
Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., Waters, C. N., Barnosky, A. D., & Haff, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Leicester (GB)
  • British Geological Survey (GB)
  • Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (US)
  • Duke University (US)
ORCID
Venue
The Anthropocene Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2014-01-07
Volume
1
Issue
1
Pages
34-43
ISSN
  • 2053-0196 (ISSN-L)
  • 2053-020X
DOI
10.1177/2053019613514953
OpenAlex
W2161092780
Cited by
272
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 57 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 8
FWCI
17.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Locations
  • The Anthropocene Review (publishedVersion)
  • NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council) (acceptedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
Natural Environment Research Council (bgs05001)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil and Environmental Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
Keywords
technosphere, Anthropocene, anthropogenic landscapes, cultural memory, Quaternary

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