The intensification of production: Archaeological approaches

Morrison, Kathleen D.

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“…The nature and quantity of resources available to societies affects how much wealth can be inherited, and whether inequalities can persist over multiple generations (Borgerhoff Mulder et al 2009). Sedentary agricultural societies are able to produce food surpluses that can be used to support nonproductive ('elite') members of society, whereas hunter-gatherer societies generally do not produce a surplus (Morrison 1994, Hayden 1995. The historical and archaeological records suggest that hierarchy and inequality increased after the advent of agriculture with the development of ranked societies and chiefdoms (Trigger 2003, Ames 2007.…”

Section: The Evolution Of Hierarchy and Inequality In Human Societiesmentioning

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Turchin¹,

Brennan²,

Currie³

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Section: The Evolution Of Hierarchy and Inequality In Human Societiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Turchin¹,

Brennan²,

Currie³

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120

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“…Las causas que originan este proceso son usualmente difíciles de reconstruir a partir del registro arqueológico, pero se sostiene que una de las principales razones que generan el proceso de intensificación son los cambios en la relación entre disponibilidad de recursos y la densidad demográfica, es decir que se considera a la intensificación como una respuesta a la interacción local o regional entre las poblaciones y sus hábitats (Boserup, 1965: 43;Morrison, 1994;Binford, 2001:221;Johnson & Hard, 2008).…”

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¿intensificación en La Cordillera Del Sur De Mendoza?: Un Enfoque Tafonómico

Otaola¹

2013

Magallania

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RESUMENEn esta contribución se reconsideran las propuestas previas sobre el proceso de intensificación en la explotación de recursos en la región cordillerana del sur de Mendoza, Argentina. Se hace especial énfasis en examinar la existencia de variaciones en el consumo de fauna, teniendo en cuenta un aspecto que no había sido considerado anteriormente: los procesos tafonómicos. Los resultados de dichos análisis señalan que, si bien las condiciones de preservación de las arqueofaunas no son óptimas, los daños post-depositacionales no habrían condicionado los resultados taxonómicos observados. En cuanto a las presas consumidas, se observa que, si bien existe un aumento en la cantidad de taxones aprovechados en momentos posteriores al mencionado proceso de intensificación, la contribución relativa de los mismos no habría sido tan significativa como para señalar cambios en las estrategias de obtención de las presas.PALABRAS CLAVE: procesos de intensificación, Centro Oeste Argentino, diversidad faunística, tafonomía, holoceno tardío. INTENSIFICATION PROCESS IN SOUTHERN MENDOZA ANDEAN CORDILLERA?A TAPHONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ABSTRACTIn this contribution, previous proposals about an intensification process in resource exploitation in Southern Mendoza Andean Cordillera are reconsidered. The studies of variations in faunal consumption are specially emphasized taking into consideration an aspect that was not considered previously: the taphonomic process. The results of such analyses showed that, even though the preservation is not good, post-depositional damage may not conditioned taxonomic results. On the other hand, prey consumption analyses show that even though existed an increase in the quantity of taxa consumed after the mentioned intensification process, the relative contribution of each taxon was uneven, and not very significative to conduct changes in hunting strategies.

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“…Boserup (2) outlined a theoretical sequence for intensification based on the frequency of cropping versus fallowing, but other forms of intensification involving investments in agricultural infrastructure such as terracing and irrigation ("landesque capital intensification") are also well documented (3,4). Intensification refers to a process that may follow distinctive pathways depending upon particular environmental, agronomic, social, and political conditions (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11).…”

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Household expansion linked to agricultural intensification during emergence of Hawaiian archaic states

Field

Ladefoged

2011

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

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The Leeward Kohala Field System (LKFS) covering ∼60 km 2 on Hawai'i Island is one of the world's best-studied archaeological examples of preindustrial agricultural intensification. Archaeological correlates for households over a 400-y period of intensification of the LKFS (A.D. 1400-1800) indicate that household age, number, and distribution closely match the expansion of agricultural features at both macro-and microscales. We excavated and dated residential complexes within portions of five traditional Hawaiian land units (ahupua'a), two in the central core of the field system and three in the southern margins. Forty-eight radiocarbon dates from 43 residential features indicate an overall pattern of exponential increase in the numbers of households over time. Spatial distribution of these dates suggests that the core of the LKFS may have reached a population saturation point earlier than in the southern margins. Bayesian statistical analysis of radiocarbon dates from residential features in the core region, combined with spatial analysis of agricultural and residential construction sequences, demonstrates that the progressive subdivision of territories into smaller socioeconomic units was matched by addition of new residences, probably through a process of household fissioning. These results provide insights into the economic processes underlying the sociopolitical transformation from chiefdom to archaic state in precontact Hawai'i.household archaeology | radiocarbon dating | relative chronology | sociopolitical evolution | paleodemography

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The intensification of production: Archaeological approaches

Cited by 176 publications

References 92 publications

Seshat: The Global History Databank

Seshat: The Global History Databank

¿intensificación en La Cordillera Del Sur De Mendoza?: Un Enfoque Tafonómico

Household expansion linked to agricultural intensification during emergence of Hawaiian archaic states

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