The land of the last hunter-gatherer groups in the Ebro basin: Forgers of their own destiny
Alday, Alfonso ; Rodríguez-Lejarza, Ander ; Soto, Adriana ; Montes, Lourdes (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Resumen: In this paper we adopt a new perspective on the chronology and settlement strategies of the last Mesolithic societies of the Ebro basin. For this purpose, we applied concepts from population biology (carrying capacity) and redefined the catchment area of the sites using GIS analysis tools. We concluded that the last hunter-gatherer groups lived below their means, so that physical and cultural reproduction was guaranteed. Therefore, the changes that the societies underwent—from Notches and Denticulate Mesolithic to Geometric Mesolithic, and from there to Neolithic—were not motivated by external factors, but rather were social decisions. The chronology suggests a rapid assumption of the new technological norms—in either of the technological transitions, although the process of experimentation with the production economy must have been slower, so that the Mesolithic territorial strategy remained in force during the first three centuries of the Neolithic. Throughout this process, the efficient Mesolithic networks allowed the transmission of objects, ideas and people.
Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101626
Año: 2024
Publicado en: JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY 76 (2024), 101626 [21 pp.]
ISSN: 0278-4165
Factor impacto JCR: 2.2 (2024)
Categ. JCR: ANTHROPOLOGY rank: 16 / 141 = 0.113 (2024) - Q1 - T1
Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.128 - Archeology (Q1) - Human Factors and Ergonomics (Q1) - History (Q1) - Archeology (arts and humanities) (Q1)
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2020-116598GB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/H14-20R
Tipo y forma: Review (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Prehistoria (Dpto. Ciencias de la Antigüed.)
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Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101626
Año: 2024
Publicado en: JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY 76 (2024), 101626 [21 pp.]
ISSN: 0278-4165
Factor impacto JCR: 2.2 (2024)
Categ. JCR: ANTHROPOLOGY rank: 16 / 141 = 0.113 (2024) - Q1 - T1
Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.128 - Archeology (Q1) - Human Factors and Ergonomics (Q1) - History (Q1) - Archeology (arts and humanities) (Q1)
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2020-116598GB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/H14-20R
Tipo y forma: Review (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Prehistoria (Dpto. Ciencias de la Antigüed.)
You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Exportado de SIDERAL (2025-09-22-14:51:25)
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