About the Authors

Rebecca W. Kariuki

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

rebecca.kariuki@nm-aist.ac.tz

Affiliations School of Life Sciences and Bio-Engineering, Nelson Mandela—African Institution of Science and Technology, Tengeru, Arusha, Tanzania, Department of Environment and Geography, York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems, University of York, Heslington, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Linus K. Munishi

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Bio-Engineering, Nelson Mandela—African Institution of Science and Technology, Tengeru, Arusha, Tanzania

Colin J. Courtney-Mustaphi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Environmental Sciences, Geoecology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Center for Water Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy (WISE) Futures, Nelson Mandela—African Institution of Science and Technology, Tengeru, Arusha, Tanzania

Affiliation Department of Environment and Geography, York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems, University of York, Heslington, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Claudia Capitani

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environment and Geography, York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems, University of York, Heslington, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Anna Shoemaker

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Center for Water Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy (WISE) Futures, Nelson Mandela—African Institution of Science and Technology, Tengeru, Arusha, Tanzania

Affiliation Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Paul J. Lane

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Rob Marchant

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environment and Geography, York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems, University of York, Heslington, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.