Subsistence and population development from the Middle Neolithic B (2800-2350 BCE) to the Late Neolithic (2350-1700 BCE) in Southern Scandinavia.
| Autor: | Winther Johannsen J; ROMU/Frederikssund Museum, Jægerspris, Denmark., Laabs J; Department of History, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.; CRC 1266 'Scales of Transformation', Kiel University, Kiel, Germany., Bunbury MME; ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University, Brisbane, Australia.; ROOTS, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany., Mortensen MF; National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Oct 28; Vol. 19 (10), pp. e0301938. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 28 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0301938 |
| Abstrakt: | The present study aims to explore the hypothesis of a link between a population increase derived from intensified food production and the development from the widespread cultural diversity of the Middle Neolithic B (MNB) to the cultural unity towards the end of the Late Neolithic (LN) in Southern Scandinavia. We explore this through quantitative modelling of radiocarbon dates, aoristic time series of material culture and palynological data. On this basis, we propose three main results that may explain the transformation: (1) A supra-regional population increase, culminating in the middle of the LN (c. 2100 BCE). (2) A depopulation in Western Jutland at the transition from the MNB to the LN (c. 2400-2300 BCE) counterbalanced by a population increase in North and East Denmark. (3) A population boom in Southern Sweden around 2250-2000 BCE, possibly leading to migrations towards west. Furthermore, we propose an overall decline in population in the final LN (c. 1850 BCE). Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright: © 2024 Winther Johannsen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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