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Negotiating interaction during the Late Woodland-Mississippian transition in Southern Appalachia

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-11-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101638

Matthew V.C. LoBiondo

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Understanding the intersection of Rapid climate change and subsistence Practices: An isotopic perspective from a Mediterranean Bell Beaker case study

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-11-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101637

Luca Lai , Ornella Fonzo , Jessica F. Beckett , Robert H. Tykot , Ethan Goddard , David Hollander , Luca Medda , Giuseppa Tanda

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Migration and state expansion: Archaeological and biochemical evidence from Pataraya, a wari outpost in Nasca, Peru (A.D. 650–1000)

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101639

Matthew J. Edwards , Corina M. Kellner , Frank C. Ramos

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The tyranny of nomadic ethnography: Re-approaching Late Bronze Age (2100–1300 BCE) mobility in the central Eurasian steppes 游牧民族学的暴政：重新认识青铜时代晚期（公元前 2100-1300 年）欧亚大草原中部的流动性

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101634

Denis V. Sharapov

{"title":"The tyranny of nomadic ethnography: Re-approaching Late Bronze Age (2100–1300 BCE) mobility in the central Eurasian steppes","authors":"Denis V. Sharapov","doi":"10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101634","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101634","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>For a number of years, researchers have associated Late Bronze Age (LBA) (2100 – 1300 BCE) settlements in the Trans-Ural steppe with nomadic pastoralism. This would have involved entire populations making periodic movements between pastures. To test this claim, I have synthesized eight lines of data from more than 40 archaeological sites. The analysis of settlement architecture, material culture accumulation rates, herd composition, osteological seasonality markers, stable isotopes, the degree of transportability of artifacts, haymaking activities, and symbolic behavior has allowed me to conclude the following. First, the settlements of the Sintashta, Petrovka, Alakul, and Srubnaya-Alakul cultural types were sedentary, i.e., occupied year-round by at least a portion of the population. If herder groups left their respective communities for extended periods of time, these moves were localized (within a 15 km radius). Furthermore, if separate nomadic pastoralist sub-groups were present, they were not numerous (∼10 % of the total population). The long-term tendency to see LBA communities as nomadic is rooted in the strong influence of ethnography on Eurasian steppe scholars. Based on these findings, I argue that LBA societies of the central steppes require no special approaches to account for community-level seasonal mobility in the context of settlement pattern studies. This opens up the possibility of focusing on the previously understudied theme of regional demography. Finally, this paper adds the Trans-Urals to the list of world regions where crop cultivation was not a necessary prerequisite for large-scale sedentism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Anthropological Archaeology","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 101634"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142696687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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New insights from Ecuador into Inca-style pottery production in the provinces 厄瓜多尔关于印加风格陶器生产的新见解

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101636

Catherine Lara , Tamara L. Bray

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Animal power: Re-thinking cattle and caprines’ roles in Late Bronze Age political life in the South Caucasus 动物的力量：重新思考南高加索青铜时代晚期政治生活中牛和毛冠鹿的作用

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101630

Hannah Chazin

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The case for schismogenesis between Late Developmental Northern Rio Grande and Chacoan communities in Northern New Mexico 新墨西哥州北部北格兰德河发展晚期与查科人族群之间的分裂形成案例

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101635

Zachary J. Cooper , Jeffrey R. Ferguson , David V. Hill

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Classic Maya deity concurrence: Brides, gods, and inter-dynastic ritual exchange 经典玛雅神祇并存：新娘、神和朝代间的仪式交流

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101632

Mallory E. Matsumoto

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Blood symbolism at the root of symbolic culture? African hunter-gatherer perspectives 象征文化的根源是血液象征？非洲狩猎采集者的视角

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101627

Ian Watts

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Kinship as social strategy: A contextual biodistance analysis of the Early Mycenaean Ayios Vasileios North Cemetery, southern Greece 作为社会战略的亲缘关系：对希腊南部早迈锡尼时代阿依奥斯-瓦西莱奥斯北墓地的背景生物距离分析

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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101633

Paraskevi Tritsaroli , Efthymia Nikita , Ioanna Moutafi , Sofia Voutsaki

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