The chronology and function of a new circular mammoth-bone structure at Kostenki 11

Pryor, Alexander J.E.; Beresford‐Jones, David; Dudin, Alexander E.; Ikonnikova, Ekaterina M.; Hoffecker, John F.; Gamble, Clive

doi:10.15184/aqy.2020.7

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“…Our conclusion is bolstered by evidence from various spatial and temporal contexts in northern Eurasia that modern humans occupied most climate zones and habitats of the Northern Hemisphere after 45 ka, including the LGM during 26.5–19 ka [76,84]. Rather than presenting an ecological barrier , the large mammal populations of the GAP—much of which lies within arctic Beringia—probably attracted modern humans to high latitudes, although genetic adaptation to low UV radiation, especially in the absence of dietary sources of vitamin D, may have been an important factor in the settlement history of the GAP [79].…”

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Beringia and the peopling of the Western Hemisphere

et al. 2023

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Did Beringian environments represent an ecological barrier to humans until less than 15 000 years ago or was access to the Americas controlled by the spatial–temporal distribution of North American ice sheets? Beringian environments varied with respect to climate and biota, especially in the two major areas of exposed continental shelf. The East Siberian Arctic Shelf (‘Great Arctic Plain’ (GAP)) supported a dry steppe-tundra biome inhabited by a diverse large-mammal community, while the southern Bering-Chukchi Platform (‘Bering Land Bridge’ (BLB)) supported mesic tundra and probably a lower large-mammal biomass. A human population with west Eurasian roots occupied the GAP before the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and may have accessed mid-latitude North America via an interior ice-free corridor. Re-opening of the corridor less than 14 000 years ago indicates that the primary ancestors of living First Peoples, who already had spread widely in the Americas at this time, probably dispersed from the NW Pacific coast. A genetic ‘arctic signal’ in non-arctic First Peoples suggests that their parent population inhabited the GAP during the LGM, before their split from the former. We infer a shift from GAP terrestrial to a subarctic maritime economy on the southern BLB coast before dispersal in the Americas from the NW Pacific coast.

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“…Possibly, the best example to date—albeit unrelated to archaeology—is observations on bacteria used for algorithm optimisation (Passino, 2002), hence pointing at a possible ES type of ‘inspiration for software development’ or a behavioural parallel to genetic resources ES. The large dwellings made of mammoth bones and tusks from Upper Palaeolithic/Late Pleistocene (50th to 12th millennia BCE) Europe (Iakovleva, 2015; Pryor et al, 2020) demonstrate the use of large animal bones for construction in the past. Other than the use of whalebones for construction in the Arctic until pre‐modern times (Patton & Savelle, 2008; Savelle & McCartney, 2002), there are very few recent/Holocene analogues for this ES, which has nearly become lost in time.…”

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The ecosystem services framework in archaeology (and vice versa)

Katz

2022

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Economics, ecology and archaeology study various aspects of resource utilisation and mobilisation, differing in the studied systems, objects and currencies. However, the three disciplines have developed mostly independently, resulting in limited dialogue among them. Emergent fields such as ecological economics and environmental archaeology are now linking the three disciplines and promoting dialogue among them, but a theoretical framework that links all three disciplines at once is missing. I propose that ecosystem services (ES) can serve as such a theoretical framework. Moreover, after an ES‐centred framework establishes, it will be capable of further evolving – independently of ES—into a unified superdiscipline, relieving boundaries among disciplines. To demonstrate this potential, I present some examples of archaeology‐ES linkages, relating to the past, present and future. I show, in general, how archaeology studies past ES and informs us on current ES, as well as how ES benefit archaeological practice. Thus, I demonstrate the strong interface between archaeology and ES, and how it can promote the dialogue among the three disciplines, provide them with new practical tools, and resolve theoretical issues as the sustainability of ancient societies and anthropocentricity and monetisation of ES. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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“…Finally, because many megafaunal species represented important food, building material, tool and artefactual resources for humans (e.g. [ 85 ]), thereby contributing to shaping human cultures [ 86 ], megafaunal extinction may have triggered migrations and perhaps even local extinction of human populations, as well as dietary shifts [ 87 ]. Decline or extinction of important prey species may even have contributed to cultural shifts towards new hunting strategies and subsequently domestication [ 88 ].…”

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Integrating multi-taxon palaeogenomes and sedimentary ancient DNA to study past ecosystem dynamics

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Ancient DNA (aDNA) has played a major role in our understanding of the past. Important advances in the sequencing and analysis of aDNA from a range of organisms have enabled a detailed understanding of processes such as past demography, introgression, domestication, adaptation and speciation. However, to date and with the notable exception of microbiomes and sediments, most aDNA studies have focused on single taxa or taxonomic groups, making the study of changes at the community level challenging. This is rather surprising because current sequencing and analytical approaches allow us to obtain and analyse aDNA from multiple source materials. When combined, these data can enable the simultaneous study of multiple taxa through space and time, and could thus provide a more comprehensive understanding of ecosystem-wide changes. It is therefore timely to develop an integrative approach to aDNA studies by combining data from multiple taxa and substrates. In this review, we discuss the various applications, associated challenges and future prospects of such an approach.

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The chronology and function of a new circular mammoth-bone structure at Kostenki 11

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Beringia and the peopling of the Western Hemisphere

Beringia and the peopling of the Western Hemisphere

The ecosystem services framework in archaeology (and vice versa)

Integrating multi-taxon palaeogenomes and sedimentary ancient DNA to study past ecosystem dynamics

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