The Impact of Radiocarbon Dating on Old World Archaeology: Past Achievements and Future Expectations

Bar‐Yosef, Ofer

doi:10.1017/s0033822200053029

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“…The open oak woodlands and wild cereals that were exploited by the Natufians in the Levant and northern Mesopotamia changed dramatically and abruptly with the initiation of the Younger Dryas 12,900 years ago (Moore and Hillman 1992). The cooler and drier climatic conditions likely affected the production of wild cereals to the point that gathering alone was not enough to provide sustenance to the Natufians, forcing a relocation of settlements to areas where cultivation of the cereals was possible (Hole 1998, Bar-Yosef 2000. Permanent location and agriculture also require dramatic socioeconomic changes including changes in the division of labor and work schedule seasonality.…”

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Syndromes of Production in Agriculture: Prospects for Social-Ecological Regime Change

Vandermeer¹,

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2012

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ABSTRACT. Agricultural syndromes of production can be recognized in both historical and contemporary times. Recent literature in ecology focuses on alternative ecological states and the tipping points that may separate them, suggesting a point of view that "regime" changes will happen at those points. In agricultural ecosystems the idea of a regime is equivalent to a syndrome of production and there is no reason not to expect that regime switches will occur when tipping points are reached. Using very minimal qualitative models of economic and ecological forces, it is shown that the basic structure of regime change expected in natural ecosystems might be also expected in agroecosystems. In particular structures of nonlinearity suggest alternative syndromes and the potential for catastrophic shifts resulting from small changes in driving conditions. Furthermore, relaxing the assumption of monotonicity reveals the potential for such catastrophic shifts resulting from stochastic forces or chaotic dynamics, even in the absence of changes in driving conditions.

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Syndromes of Production in Agriculture: Prospects for Social-Ecological Regime Change

Vandermeer¹,

Perfecto

2012

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“…4.2, which is based on the INTCAL98 version of the calibration curve (Stuiver et al, 1998). This comprehensive approach using individual samples was necessary because it provided the chronological accuracy needed to make this sort of comparative study (see also Aurenche et al, 2001;Bar-Yosef, 2000b;Weinstein-Evron, 1998, pp. 72-78).…”

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“…Moreover, this process occurred in various places throughout the Levant as well as along the Taurus-Zagros flanks, occurring over a much larger area than Early Natufian developments. While correlation is not causation, it is clear, however, that Early Natufian sedentism and then PPNA early village life flourished immediately after rapid improvements in climate initiated by the Bølling and Preboreal events (see also Bar-Yosef, 2000b;Bar-Yosef and Belfer-Cohen, 2002;Harris, 2002).…”

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Reassessing the Emergence of Village Life in the Near East

Byrd

2005

J Archaeol Res

146

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This article reassesses the timing, context, and impetus for the onset of sedentary, complex hunter-gatherers, food production, and village life in the Near East during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene. Drawing on recent paleoclimatic and archaeological results, I argue that sedentism and then village life were rapid rather than gradual events that occurred during optimal climatic conditions and took place in resource-rich settings. These two social milestones included fundamental changes in economic strategies, social interaction, and ideology. Only by understanding the interplay between preexisting social institutions and human agency within communities prior to and during these periods of major social change will we be able to understand how and why food production began.

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“…Since the chronologies for the Glacial period discussed in this issue differ considerably (by several millennia towards the end of the 14 C time range), one has to be careful stating conclusions. For instance, in Archaeological discussions about the Upper/Middle Paleolithic chronologies, it seems that everybody is looking for a proposed synchronization between 14 C and TL or other dating technique (Bar Yosef 2000;van Andel 1997). This plays a role in the Neanderthal/human interference discussion (Mellars et al 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%