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J Archaeol Res 15 (2)
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J Archaeol Res 15 (2)
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Journal of Archaeological Research
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15 (2)
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Journal
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Editor:
T Douglas Price
Gary M Feinman
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Springer
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Year of Publication:
2007
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://link.springer.com/journal/10814/15/2/page/1
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27 Aug 2008
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Abstract
Fortifications and enclosures in European prehistory; a cross-cultural perspective
William A Parkinson
Paul R J Duffy
97 - 141
The article reviews recent research into the archaeological interpretation and investigation of fortifications and enclosures during the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Europe. Recent methodological, technological, and cultural developments have expanded our understanding of the temporal, spatial, and formal variability of these features on the landscape. Interpretations of this variability also have varied with different theoretical trends in the discipline. The authors advocate a cross-cultural approach that focuses on the occurrence of enclosures and fortifications over the long term at the continental scale. Such a macroscalar approach complements interpretive frameworks at the regional and microregional scales. The geographic and temporal distribution of these features indicates that social institutions associated with principles of segmentation and substitutability became formalized and tethered to the landscape during the Neolithic.
Evolutionary foraging models in zooarchaeological analysis; recent applications and future challenges
Karen D Lupo
143 - 189
The author notes the rapid rise in the use of foraging models derived from behavioural ecology to explain and predict temporal and spatial differences in faunal assemblages. Although these models build on conventional ideas about utility firmly embedded in zooarchaeological analyses, when cast in an evolutionary framework these ideas produce some of the most sophisticated and elegant interpretations of archaeofaunas to date. The author reviews the methodological and practical strengths and weaknesses of current zooarchaeological applications of foraging models. Recent applications of foraging models to the zooarchaeological record reveal important variability in human-prey interactions across time and space. Case-specific applications generate theoretical and methodological advances that augment and are complementary to model building in allied fields. Recent applications also identify shortcomings in the underlying assumptions and rationale of some foraging models that mirror past and on-going discussions in anthropology and biology. The author discusses how these shortcomings can fruitfully direct future applications and research in foraging economics.