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Late Glacial and Early Holocene human demographic responses to climatic and environmental change in Atlantic Iberia

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dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin, T. Rowan
dc.contributor.authorGómez-Puche, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorCascalheira, João
dc.contributor.authorBicho, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorFernández-López de Pablo, Javier
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-05T19:48:53Z
dc.date.available2021-01-05T19:48:53Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractSuccessive generations of hunter-gatherers of the Late Glacial and Early Holocene in Iberia had to contend with rapidly changing environments and climatic conditions. This constrained their economic resources and capacity for demographic growth. The Atlantic façade of Iberia was occupied throughout these times and witnessed very significant environmental transformations. Archaeology offers a perspective on how past human population ecologies changed in response to this scenario. Archaeological radiocarbon data are used here to reconstruct demographics of the region over the long term. We introduce various quantitative methods that allow us to develop palaeodemographic and spatio-temporal models of population growth and density, and compare our results to independent records of palaeoenvironmental and palaeodietary change, and growth rates derived from skeletal data. Our results demonstrate that late glacial population growth was stifled by the Younger Dryas stadial, but populations grew in size and density during the Early to Middle Holocene transition. This growth was fuelled in part by an increased dependence on marine and estuarine food sources, demonstrating how the environment was linked to demographic change via the resource base, and ultimately the carrying capacity of the environment. This article is part of the theme issue 'Cross-disciplinary approaches to prehistoric demography'.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipFCT: DL 57/2016/CP1361/CT0026pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rstb.2019.0724pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0962-8436
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14936
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherThe Royal Societypt_PT
dc.relationThe last hunter-gatherers of Muge (Portugal): the origins of social complexity
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectPalaeodemographypt_PT
dc.subjectRadiocarbonpt_PT
dc.subjectMesolithicpt_PT
dc.subjectPalaeolithicpt_PT
dc.subjectEuropept_PT
dc.subjectPalaeodietpt_PT
dc.titleLate Glacial and Early Holocene human demographic responses to climatic and environmental change in Atlantic Iberiapt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleThe last hunter-gatherers of Muge (Portugal): the origins of social complexity
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/PTDC%2FHIS-ARQ%2F112156%2F2009/PT
oaire.citation.issue1816pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage20190724pt_PT
oaire.citation.titlePhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciencespt_PT
oaire.citation.volume376pt_PT
oaire.fundingStream3599-PPCDT
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person.givenNameJoão
person.givenNameNuno
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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