Approaches to Interpreting Mesolithic Mobility and Settlement in Britain and Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7324939 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Preston (0000-0001-6766-0810), T Kador (0000-0002-9452-1725, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 321-345 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of World Prehistory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0892-7537 • E-ISSN: 1573-7802 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10963-018-9118-y |
| OpenAlex | W2807971709 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 59 |
The Mesolithic communities of northwest Europe have generally been considered inherently mobile, and all the material evidence associated with them has been interpreted accordingly. This has resulted in entrenched, theoretically polemical and largely hypothetical mobility models, focusing on seasonal rounds and extraction activities. However, recent reanalyses of the ethnographic sources, and discoveries of both substantial and ephemeral Mesolithic structures, as well as new data from recent innovative lithic and scientific analyses (including DNA, isotope research on human remains, and geochemical analyses of lithic artefacts), have forced us to rethink the rather static models of Mesolithic mobility strategies. This paper, examining Mesolithic hunter-gatherer mobility and settlement models from Britain and Ireland, is part of that reassessment. In particular, it assesses the impact of the multiple lines of consilience on our understanding of Mesolithic habitation of landscapes. These include the archaeological evidence and the efficacy of recent theoretical and methodological approaches that have been employed to interpret it
Archaeology · Geography · Hunter-gatherer · Mesolithic · Settlement (finance · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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Introduction
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
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| Citations per year | 2,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |