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Willow Smoke and Dogs’ Tails: Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Systems and Archaeological Site Formation
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In this paper, a theory of adaptation is proposed to anticipate both differences in settlement-subsistence strategies and patterning in the archaeological record through a more detailed knowledge of the distribution of environmental variables.Abstract:
Hunter-gatherer subsistence-settlement strategies are discussed in terms of differing organizational components, "mapping-on" and "logistics," and the consequences of each for archaeological intersite variability are discussed. It is further suggested that the differing strategies are responsive to different security problems presented by the environments in which hunter-gatherers live. Therefore, given the beginnings of a theory of adaptation, it is possible to anticipate both differences in settlement-subsistence strategies and patterning in the archaeological record through a more detailed knowledge of the distribution of environmental variables.read more
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4 – Seasonality Studies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a framework for integrating the results of individual methods of seasonality estimation, and present a review of the individual methods and their rationale, methods, and framework.
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Explaining Prehistoric Variation in the Abundance of Large Prey: A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Deer and Rabbit Hunting Along the Pecho Coast of Central California
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the trade-offs between hunting rabbits (Sylvilagus spp.) and deer (Odocoileus hemionus) using models derived from human behavioral ecology.
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The perverse realities of change: world system incorporation and the Okhotsk culture of Hokkaido
TL;DR: In this paper, the interplay between human adaptation and political economy in the context of the Okhotsk culture of Hokkaido (c. AD 550-1200) is considered.
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Boats, Bones and Biface Bias: the Early Holocene Mariners of Eel Point, San Clemente Island, California
TL;DR: By 8000 B.P., sea-mammal hunting and open-sea voyages were established at Eel Point, San Clemente Island, California as discussed by the authors, and the early inhabitants of Eel point depended heavily on sea-mite hunting and shellfish collecting, rather than the intensive fishing that developed during the Late Holocene along the Southern California coast.
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Quartz technology in Scottish prehistory
TL;DR: Quartz Technology in Scottish Prehistory as discussed by the authors is a project that aims to increase awareness of the significance of quartz in earlier pre-history, and to increase the understanding of the relationship between flint, chert and quartz in the Stone and Bronze Ages of Scotland.
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Man the Hunter
Richard B. Lee,Irven DeVore +1 more
TL;DR: Man the Hunter as discussed by the authors is a collection of papers presented at a symposium on research done among the hunting and gathering peoples of the world, which is a necessary background to broader discussions with archaeologists, biologists, and students of human evolution.
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What hunters do for a living, or, how to make out on scarce resources
TL;DR: The anthropological view of hunter-gatherer subsistence rests on two questionable assumptions: the notion that these peoples are primarily dependent on the hunting of game animals, and the assumption that their way of life is generally a precarious and arduous struggle for existence.
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Dimensional analysis of behavior and site structure: learning from an Eskimo hunting stand
TL;DR: In this article, detailed behavioral observations permitted the dimensional analysis of formation processes operative on the Mask site, a Nunamiut Eskimo hunting stand, and a critical evaluation of his “conclusions” was conducted from the perspective of the Eskimo experience.