Hunter-gatherer economic complexity and “population pressure”: A cross-cultural analysis

Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago

“…Population expansion and population pressure remain, as always, difficult processes to demonstrate for prehistoric time periods (35)(36)(37)(38). Whereas genetics offers a new tool through which to approach the topic, neither the genetic nor archaeological records for South Asia are currently sufficient to rule on the question of Late Pleistocene population dynamics with absolute certainty.…”

Foraging Wild Resources and Sustainable Economic Development

“…In other words, an economic system with foragers-traders is possible only if trade remains marginal, i.e., if the traded wild resources correspond to a fortuitous surplus. Such situation is illustrated by what are called "complex HG" societies (Price & Brown, 1985;Keeley, 1988;Sassaman, 2004). Indeed, these "pure foragers" were labeled as complex HG (Note 9) because they were exploiting abundant and valuable resources (Note 10) and therefore were able to extract a significant surplus.…”

Registro De Máscaras en Sierra De La Ventana De La Región Pampeana Argentina: Presentación De Explicaciones Alternativas

“…El estudio de las sociedades cazadoras recolectoras comprende universos diversos, como, por ejemplo, la vinculación de estos grupos humanos con el empleo de los recursos ambientales de manera generalizada o compleja (Hayden 1981), o bien clasificaciones que establecen dentro de una lógica dicotómica la subdivisión en grupos simples o complejos (Keeley 1988). Dada esta amplia gama de posibilidades, se cree que en el estudio del registro rupestre realizado por las sociedades que habitaron en el sistema de Ventania resulta operativo, y por lo tanto oportuno, considerar el abordaje estético como una herramienta de análisis válida, tal como lo propone Thomas Heyd en varios de sus trabajos (Heyd 2003).…”