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dc.contributor.authorJørgensen, Erlend Kirkeng
dc.contributor.authorPesonen, Petro
dc.contributor.authorTallavaara, Miikka
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-07T08:44:19Z
dc.date.available2020-05-07T08:44:19Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-16
dc.description.abstractSynchronized demographic and behavioral patterns among distinct populations is a well-known, natural phenomenon. Intriguingly, similar patterns of synchrony occur among prehistoric human populations. However, the drivers of synchronous human ecodynamics are not well understood. Addressing this issue, we review the role of environmental variability in causing human demographic and adaptive responses. As a case study, we explore human ecodynamics of coastal hunter-gatherers in Holocene northern Europe, comparing population, economic, and environmental dynamics in two separate areas (northern Norway and western Finland). Population trends are reconstructed using temporal frequency distributions of radiocarbon-dated and shoreline-dated archaeological sites. These are correlated to regional environmental proxies and proxies for maritime resource use. The results demonstrate remarkably synchronous patterns across population trajectories, marine resource exploitation, settlement pattern, and technological responses. Crucially, the population dynamics strongly correspond to significant environmental changes. We evaluate competing hypotheses and suggest that the synchrony stems from similar responses to shared environmental variability. We take this to be a prehistoric human example of the “Moran effect,” positing similar responses of geographically distinct populations to shared environmental drivers. The results imply that intensified economies and social interaction networks have limited impact on long-term hunter-gatherer population trajectories beyond what is already proscribed by environmental drivers.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJørgensen EKJ, Pesonen P, Tallavaara M. Climatic changes cause synchronous population dynamics and adaptive strategies among coastal hunter-gatherers in Holocene northern Europe. Quaternary Research. 2020en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1802348
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/qua.2019.86
dc.identifier.issn0033-5894
dc.identifier.issn1096-0287
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/18241
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJørgensen, E.K. (2020). Maritime Human Ecodynamics of Stone Age Arctic Norway: Developing middle-range causal linkages between climate forcing, demography, and technological responses. (Doctoral thesis). <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/19458>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/19458</a>
dc.relation.journalQuaternary Research
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 261760en_US
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/FRIHUMSAM/261760/Norway/Stone Age Demographics: multi-scale exploration of population variations and dynamics//en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holder© University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2020en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Archeology: 090en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Arkeologi: 090en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400en_US
dc.titleClimatic changes cause synchronous population dynamics and adaptive strategies among coastal hunter-gatherers in Holocene northern Europeen_US
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dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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