Understanding the sustainability of land use systems over time requires an accounting of the diversity of land uses and their varying influences on the environment. Here we present a standardized review of land use systems in the Peloponnese, Greece, from the Neolithic to the Roman period (~6500 BC–AD 300). Using a combination of sources, we synthesize the fundamental information required to characterize and quantify the spatial requirements of land use. We contextualize our results in a discussion of temporal trends, the probable drivers of change, and how these changes can be integrated with the general knowledge of these societies and the overall effect of land use across time. While our review concentrates on the Peloponnese, our methodology is widely applicable where suitable archaeological and historical records are available, and is broadly representative of the prehistoric and early historical evolution of agricultural land use systems in the eastern Mediterranean.

了解土地利用系统随着时间的推移的可持续性，需要对土地利用的多样性及其对环境的不同影响进行核算。在这里，我们介绍了从新石器时代到罗马时期（〜6500 BC–AD 300）希腊伯罗奔尼撒的土地利用系统的标准化回顾。通过使用多种资源，我们综合了表征和量化土地使用空间需求所需的基本信息。我们在讨论时间趋势，变化的可能驱动因素以及如何将这些变化与这些社会的常识以及整个土地使用的总体影响相结合的过程中，将我们的研究结果具体化。虽然我们的审查集中在伯罗奔尼撒半岛，但我们的方法学广泛适用于有适当考古和历史记录的地方，