A Critical Review of "the Mesolithic" in Relation to Siberian Archaeology
This paper explores the potential of the economic-ecological method based on the exploitation of fish resources for Mesolithic site identification, as compared to the recently popular yet indecisive technological-typological method, to predict the existence of "Mesolithic-like" subsistence...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65183 2023-05-15T14:19:15+02:00 A Critical Review of "the Mesolithic" in Relation to Siberian Archaeology Dolitsky, Alexander B. 1985-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65183 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65183/49097 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65183 ARCTIC; Vol. 38 No. 3 (1985): September: 167–260; 178-187 1923-1245 0004-0843 Adaptation (Biology) Animal behaviour Animals Archaeology Artifacts Climate change Deglaciation Economic conditions Economic development Fresh-water ecology Fishing Human bioclimatology Human ecology Human migration Hunting Land use Pleistocene epoch Psychology Recent epoch Salmoninae Social change Social conditions Subsistence Villages Angara River region Russian Federation Angara River Baykal Lake region Yenisey River region Yenisey River Alaska Southcentral info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1985 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:19Z This paper explores the potential of the economic-ecological method based on the exploitation of fish resources for Mesolithic site identification, as compared to the recently popular yet indecisive technological-typological method, to predict the existence of "Mesolithic-like" subsistence activities in Siberia during the Sartan-Holocene "transition" period. The article is an attempt to establish, or at least to propose, new criteria that can lead to a higher level of understanding of Mesolithic economies in subarctic and arctic regions. Also, decision-making processes that operate to achieve behavioral goals based on efficiency of human beings are suggested. The model, designed with respect to geographical regions identified as interbiotic zones, has the advantage of offering specific alternative hypotheses enabling the definition of both environmental properties and predicted human behavior.Key words: Mesolithic, Siberia, interbiotic zone Mots clés: mésolithique, zone interbiotique Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Climate change Subarctic yenisey river Alaska Siberia University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Yenisey ENVELOPE(82.680,82.680,71.828,71.828) ARCTIC 38 3 |
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Adaptation (Biology) Animal behaviour Animals Archaeology Artifacts Climate change Deglaciation Economic conditions Economic development Fresh-water ecology Fishing Human bioclimatology Human ecology Human migration Hunting Land use Pleistocene epoch Psychology Recent epoch Salmoninae Social change Social conditions Subsistence Villages Angara River region Russian Federation Angara River Baykal Lake region Yenisey River region Yenisey River Alaska Southcentral |
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Adaptation (Biology) Animal behaviour Animals Archaeology Artifacts Climate change Deglaciation Economic conditions Economic development Fresh-water ecology Fishing Human bioclimatology Human ecology Human migration Hunting Land use Pleistocene epoch Psychology Recent epoch Salmoninae Social change Social conditions Subsistence Villages Angara River region Russian Federation Angara River Baykal Lake region Yenisey River region Yenisey River Alaska Southcentral Dolitsky, Alexander B. A Critical Review of "the Mesolithic" in Relation to Siberian Archaeology |
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Adaptation (Biology) Animal behaviour Animals Archaeology Artifacts Climate change Deglaciation Economic conditions Economic development Fresh-water ecology Fishing Human bioclimatology Human ecology Human migration Hunting Land use Pleistocene epoch Psychology Recent epoch Salmoninae Social change Social conditions Subsistence Villages Angara River region Russian Federation Angara River Baykal Lake region Yenisey River region Yenisey River Alaska Southcentral |
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This paper explores the potential of the economic-ecological method based on the exploitation of fish resources for Mesolithic site identification, as compared to the recently popular yet indecisive technological-typological method, to predict the existence of "Mesolithic-like" subsistence activities in Siberia during the Sartan-Holocene "transition" period. The article is an attempt to establish, or at least to propose, new criteria that can lead to a higher level of understanding of Mesolithic economies in subarctic and arctic regions. Also, decision-making processes that operate to achieve behavioral goals based on efficiency of human beings are suggested. The model, designed with respect to geographical regions identified as interbiotic zones, has the advantage of offering specific alternative hypotheses enabling the definition of both environmental properties and predicted human behavior.Key words: Mesolithic, Siberia, interbiotic zone Mots clés: mésolithique, zone interbiotique |
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A Critical Review of "the Mesolithic" in Relation to Siberian Archaeology |
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A Critical Review of "the Mesolithic" in Relation to Siberian Archaeology |
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A Critical Review of "the Mesolithic" in Relation to Siberian Archaeology |
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A Critical Review of "the Mesolithic" in Relation to Siberian Archaeology |
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A Critical Review of "the Mesolithic" in Relation to Siberian Archaeology |
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