The Place of “Others” in Hunter‐Gatherer Intensification
Archaeologists are interested in understanding the conditions under which hunter‐gatherer intensification occurs. Typically, most models assign primacy to population pressure or social relations and address intensification as it occurs among foragers inhabiting arid or temperate environments. In thi...
| Published in: | American Anthropologist |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2005
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/aa.2005.107.2.207 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1525%2Faa.2005.107.2.207 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/aa.2005.107.2.207 |
| Summary: | Archaeologists are interested in understanding the conditions under which hunter‐gatherer intensification occurs. Typically, most models assign primacy to population pressure or social relations and address intensification as it occurs among foragers inhabiting arid or temperate environments. In this article, I explore episodes of resource intensification and “deintensification” on the subarctic island of Newfoundland. Correlating periods of resource intensification and “deintensification” with changes in the social landscape, I argue that the presence or absence of “Others” played a significant role in informing hunter‐gatherer subsistence strategies and settlement patterns. |
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