Changes in limiting factors for forager population dynamics in Europe across the last glacial-interglacial transition

A Ordonez, F Riede - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Population dynamics set the framework for human genetic and cultural evolution. For
foragers, demographic and environmental changes correlate strongly, although the causal …

Explaining population booms and busts in Mid-Holocene Europe

D Kondor, JS Bennett, D Gronenborn, N Antunes… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Archaeological evidence suggests that the population dynamics of Mid-Holocene (Late
Mesolithic to Initial Bronze Age, ca. 7000–3000 BCE) Europe are characterized by recurrent …

Subsistence and population development from the Middle Neolithic B (2800–2350 BCE) to the Late Neolithic (2350–1700 BCE) in Southern Scandinavia

J Winther Johannsen, J Laabs, MME Bunbury… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The present study aims to explore the hypothesis of a link between a population increase
derived from intensified food production and the development from the widespread cultural …

Collapse and resilience in prehistoric archaeology: Questioning concepts and causalities in models of climate-induced societal transformations

C Heitz, J Laabs, M Hinz, A Hafner - … and Ancient Societies in Europe and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract 'Resilience', in addition to 'collapse', has become increasingly important as a
concept for the study of social challenges in archaeology since the turn of the millennium. In …

Coping with marsh floods and fires: Resilience at the pile‐dwelling site of Dispilio, Northwestern Greece

M Gkouma - Geoarchaeology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Lacustrine environments are considered favorable locations for Neolithic settlements,
constituting a reliable year‐round water resource, which contributes to fertile arable land …

[PDF][PDF] Patterns of Socio-economic Cultural Transformations in Neolithic and Bronze Age Societies in the Central Northern European Plain: Human-Environmental …

JP Brozio, J Kneisel, S Schaefer-Di Maida… - … in Ancient Europe, 2024 - library.oapen.org
There are distinct advantages in writing and researching as an ensemble of scholars in the
field of archaeology, especially when they include people of distinct genders, age-groups …

Soil fertility depletion is not a credible mechanism for population boom/bust cycles in early agricultural societies

D Kondor, P Turchin - Human Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Soil fertility depletion presents a negative feedback mechanism that could have impacted
early adopters of agriculture. We consider whether such feedback can lead to population …

[PDF][PDF] Bayesian inference of prehistoric population dynamics from multiple proxies: A case study from the North of the Swiss Alps

M Hinz, J Roe, J Laabs, C Heitz, J Kolář - 2022 - files.de-1.osf.io
Prehistorians have long recognised demography as a fundamental force in human cultural
evolution (Childe, 42 1936). Despite decades of interest in the population dynamics of …

Introduction: Community Resilience in Ancient Egypt

AL Mourad - Claroscuro. Revista del Centro de Estudios …, 2023 - claroscuro.unr.edu.ar
Este número temático especial se centra en la Resiliencia Comunitaria en el Antiguo Egipto.
Aunque el tema de la resiliencia se hizo presente en las disciplinas de la arqueología y la …