Thirty Years of Mesolithic Research in Atlantic Coastal Iberia (1970-2000)

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ID3031680
AuthorsGeoffrey A Clark (0000-0003-0161-8438, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume56
Issue1
Pages17-37
Publication date2000-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/jar.56.1.3630966
OpenAlexW2317120606
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited6

After a lapse of about two decades (1950-1970), and partly because of generational replacement, Late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic hunter-gatherer adaptations along the Atlantic coasts of Iberia have been the subject of renewed research efforts. Conducted under a broadly defined ecofunctionalist paradigm, post-1970 work has yielded a more complete picture of regional variability than was previously available. Although differences are apparent in the tempo and intensity of research along the Cantabrian coast of Spain and in Atlantic Portugal, similar processes of resource diversification and intensification appear to be documented in both areas. These processes can be traced back to the pleniglacial maximum and are explained by population-resource imbalances created by an influx of immigrants from the north into already densely populated coastal areas

Archaeology · Diversification (marketing strategy) · Geography · Mesolithic · Population · Upper Paleolithic · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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