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Cultural and economic negotiation

A new perspective on the Neolithic Transition of Southern Scandinavia

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ID3781571
AuthorsK J Gron (0000-0002-0415-2891, Durham University, corresponding author), Lasse Sørensen (0000-0001-5687-5357, National Museum of Denmark)
Year2018
Volume92
Issue364
Pages958-974
Publication date2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2018.71
OpenAlexW2888479292
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited27

The diversity of archaeological evidence for the adoption of farming in Northern Europe has led to competing hypotheses about this critical shift in subsistence strategy. Through a review of the archaeological material alongside ethnographic evidence, we reconsider the Neolithic Transition in Southern Scandinavia, and argue for both continuity and change during the early Funnel Beaker Culture (c. 4000–3500 cal BC). A new model is proposed for understanding the processes of regional transition—one which allows for compromise between the dominant explanatory frameworks. We conclude that the first centuries of the Scandinavian Neolithic saw cultural and economic negotiation between the last foragers and the first farmers. This has major implications for the understanding of agricultural origins in Northern Europe

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Economic geography · Ethnology · Geography · Negotiation · Perspective (graphical) · Social science · Sociology · Transition (genetics) · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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Citations per year4,5
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
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Citation typesNeutral: 33
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