AEA 2012 Conference Reading: Socioecological dynamics at the time of Neolithic transition in Iberia

Bernabeu, Joan; Puchol, Oreto García; Pardo, Salvador; Barton, C. Michael; McClure, Sarah B.

doi:10.1179/1749631414y.0000000032

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“…This also extends earlier approaches by several scholars (Cruz Berrocal 2012;Martins et al 2015;Bernabeu Aubán et al 2014;Balsera et al 2015aBalsera et al , 2015b. The results of Isern et al (2014) indicated a general east-northwest trending gradient and a multi-source introduction pattern for the earliest agriculture, advancing from the northeast and southeast in Mediterranean Iberia with further probable southern routes, likely related to north Africa (Gibaja and Carvalho 2010;Rojo et al 2010;Cortés et al 2012;Linstädter et al 2012;Manning and Timpson 2014;Zilhão 2014).…”

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“…) for the entire Peninsula deploying geographic information systems (GIS) and (b) the growing number of high-quality radiocarbon assays available for the early Neolithic in Iberia. Drawing on these developments, recent contributions to the Neolithic transition in Iberia have provided fresh insights into its expansion dynamics based on computational modeling and the sophisticated manipulation of calibrated radiocarbon estimates (Zilhão 2011;Cruz Berrocal 2012;Isern et al 2014;Balsera et al 2015aBalsera et al , 2015bBernabeu Aubán et al 2014, 2015Fano et al 2015;García-Martínez de Lagrán 2015;Pardo Gordó et al 2015;Martins et al 2015).…”

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Regional Demographic Dynamics in the Neolithic Transition in Iberia: Results from Summed Calibrated Date Analysis

Drake

González

Lillios

2016

J Archaeol Method Theory

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This paper assesses long-term trends in human activity across the Iberian Peninsula associated with the spread of agriculture. In order to improve our understanding of regional trajectories within the two-way and multiple-velocity model proposed by Isern et al. (Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 21:447-460, 2014), we consider summed calibrated radiocarbon dates of a large audited dataset from across Iberia. To assess the role of different analytical units, two alternative peninsular divisions at different spatial resolutions were used: one, with three generalized study areas, and the second, with eight biogeographic regions. This comparison of spatiotemporal variability provides a more in-depth inter-regional reading of the Neolithic transition in Iberia than more generalized approaches. The southwest, Mediterranean coasts and interior portions of Iberia all showed significant demographic expansion with the onset of the Neolithic, as observed across Western Europe. By contrast, northern Iberia featured a close adherence to a null model of exponential growth and a longer continuation of hunter-gatherer strategies.

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Regional Demographic Dynamics in the Neolithic Transition in Iberia: Results from Summed Calibrated Date Analysis

Drake

González

Lillios

2016

J Archaeol Method Theory

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“…Although the archaeological record for the Late Mesolithic in many areas of the West Mediterranean is still quite modest, there are Late Mesolithic sites on the coast of Portugal that provide good evidence of the side-by-side coexistence of late hunter-gatherers and first farmers over a fair arc of time (8). On the other hand, there is still a shortage of good evidence for the nature and temporal length of Mesolithic and Neolithic coexistence along the Spanish coast (37). On the Mediterranean coasts of France and northern Italy, the evidence so far does not support the idea of coexistence of any real length of time (38,39).…”

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“…So far, all of the Late Mesolithic sites found in Iberia are located either near the coast or else on a river valley (e.g., the Ebro Valley), with no evidence for Mesolithic populations in the central Meseta (37). In this light, and with the aim of evaluating the effects of interaction, we consider that Mesolithic populations were restricted to coastal cells.…”

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Modeling the role of voyaging in the coastal spread of the Early Neolithic in the West Mediterranean

Isern

Zilhão

Fort

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The earliest dates for the West Mediterranean Neolithic indicate that it expanded across 2,500 km in about 300 y. Such a fast spread is held to be mainly due to a demic process driven by dispersal along coastal routes. Here, we model the Neolithic spread in the region by focusing on the role of voyaging to understand better the core elements that produced the observed pattern of dates. We also explore the effect of cultural interaction with Mesolithic populations living along the coast. The simulation study shows that (i) sea travel is required to obtain reasonable predictions, with a minimum sea-travel range of 300 km per generation; (ii) leapfrog coastal dispersals yield the best results (quantitatively and qualitatively); and (iii) interaction with Mesolithic people can assist the spread, but long-range voyaging is still needed to explain the archaeological pattern.T he Neolithic transition in Europe spread at an average rate of about 1 km·y −1 (1, 2). This process can be modeled by the socalled wave-of-advance model, which describes a progressive land-based expansion due to population growth and short-range migratory activity (3). Ancient DNA studies provide support for a mainly demic expansion in many parts of Europe (4), involving two main pathways: one up the Danube, connected with the spread of the Linearbandkeramic (LBK) culture (5, 6), and the other along the Mediterranean shores (7).Current radiocarbon dates indicate a coastal spread in West Mediterranean Europe taking place at a much faster rate (above 5 km·y −1 ) than one would expect on the basis of the classical wave-of-advance model. An alternative approach is needed to explain this process. The maritime pioneer colonization model (8, also refs. 9, 10) postulates a sea-based expansion that involves voyaging along the coast in the form of cabotage (with the possibility of making a short stop here and there along the way). This model drew upon new and more reliable carbon-14 dates [including accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) determinations on short-lived samples to avoid the old wood effect], and is consistent with a demic expansion and the observed pattern (alternative approaches to the West Mediterranean spread are discussed in ref. 11). During the past 15 y, quality dates for the Early Neolithic in the West Mediterranean have continued to come in. As a result, the overall pattern is now more refined but remains consistent with the maritime pioneer model.Voyaging during the Early Neolithic is well documented in the Eastern Mediterranean (e.g.,. From the distribution of obsidian artifacts in the Cyprus, Aegean, and Tyrrhenian basins, we know that its quantity tends to fall off with distance from a given source and that long-distance crossing of the open sea between these three basins is extremely rare (15). In short, it is fair to say that early voyaging in the eastern and central parts of the Mediterranean was kept on a comparatively short leash. In the West Mediterranean, obsidian is far less common at Early Neolithic sites; it occurs in small...

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“…In these experiments, we model the effects of increasing population, reducing fallowing intervals, and resource management strategies on barranco incision (Table 1). We situate these experiments in the real-world landscape of the Penaguila Valley in northern Alicante Province, Spain, which is the location of one of the earliest farming settlements (i.e., Neolithic) in the region [27,28]. Today, the valley is dissected by deeply entrenched barrancos containing incised sections that appear to postdate early Neolithic occupation of the valley.…”

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How to Make a Barranco: Modeling Erosion and Land-Use in Mediterranean Landscapes

Barton

Ullah

Heimsath

2015

Land

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Abstract:We use the hybrid modeling laboratory of the Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics (MedLanD) Project to simulate barranco incision in eastern Spain under different scenarios of natural and human environmental change. We carry out a series of modeling experiments set in the Rio Penaguila valley of northern Alicante Province. The MedLanD Modeling Laboratory (MML) is able to realistically simulate gullying and incision in a multi-dimensional, spatially explicit virtual landscape. We first compare erosion modeled in wooded and denuded landscapes in the absence of human land-use. We then introduce simulated small-holder (e.g., prehistoric Neolithic) farmer/herders in six experiments, by varying community size (small, medium, large) and land management strategy (satisficing and maximizing). We compare the amount and location of erosion under natural and anthropogenic conditions. Natural (e.g., climatically induced) land-cover change produces a distinctly different signature of landscape evolution than does land-cover change produced by agropastoral land-use. Human land-use induces increased coupling between hillslopes and channels, resulting in increased downstream incision. OPEN ACCESSLand 2015, 4 579

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AEA 2012 Conference Reading: Socioecological dynamics at the time of Neolithic transition in Iberia

Abstract: In the above paper the title should have read as 'Socioecological dynamics at the time of Neolithic transition in Iberia'.

Cited by 37 publications

References 38 publications

Regional Demographic Dynamics in the Neolithic Transition in Iberia: Results from Summed Calibrated Date Analysis

Regional Demographic Dynamics in the Neolithic Transition in Iberia: Results from Summed Calibrated Date Analysis

Modeling the role of voyaging in the coastal spread of the Early Neolithic in the West Mediterranean

How to Make a Barranco: Modeling Erosion and Land-Use in Mediterranean Landscapes

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