Paleoeconomy more than demography determined prehistoric human impact in Arctic Norway

• Published in: PNAS Nexus
• Main Authors: Brown, Tony, Rijal, Dilli P, Heintzman, Peter D, Clarke, Charlotte L, Blankholm, Hans Peter, Høeg, Helge I, Lammers, Youri, Bråthen, Kari Anne, Edwards, Mary, Alsos, Inger G
• Other Authors: Stover, Patrick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Ceavccageađgi; Mortensnes; Norway
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac209; https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac209/46375769/pgac209.pdf; https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article-pdf/1/5/pgac209/49185989/pgac209.pdf

Abstract Population size has increasingly been taken as the driver of past human environmental impact worldwide, and particularly in the Arctic. However, sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA), pollen and archaeological data show that over the last 12,000 years, paleoeconomy and culture determined human...