The chronology of reindeer hunting on Norway's highest ice patches
| Autor: | Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Martin Callanan, James H. Barrett, Atle Nesje, Espen Finstad, Brit Solli, Vivian Wangen, Lars Pilø, Julian Robert Post Martinsen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Barrett, James H [0000-0002-6683-9891], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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010506 paleontology
Climate change 01 natural sciences law.invention law reindeer hunting 0601 history and archaeology Mountain pass Radiocarbon dating Glacial period lcsh:Science 0105 earth and related environmental sciences geography Multidisciplinary geography.geographical_feature_category historical ecology 060102 archaeology Biology (Whole Organism) 06 humanities and the arts climate change economic intensification lcsh:Q alpine travel Physical geography glacial archaeology Historical ecology Chronology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Royal Society Open Science 5:171738 Royal Society Open Science, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2054-5703 |
| Popis: | The melting of perennial ice patches globally is uncovering a fragile record of alpine activity, especially hunting and the use of mountain passes. When rescued by systematic fieldwork (glacial archaeology), this evidence opens an unprecedented window on the chronology of high-elevation activity. Recent research in Jotunheimen and surrounding mountain areas of Norway has recovered over 2000 finds—many associated with reindeer hunting (e.g. arrows). We report the radiocarbon dates of 153 objects and use a kernel density estimation (KDE) method to determine the distribution of dated events from ca 4000 BCE to the present. Interpreted in light of shifting environmental, preservation and socio-economic factors, these new data show counterintuitive trends in the intensity of reindeer hunting and other high-elevation activity. Cold temperatures may sometimes have kept humans from Norway's highest elevations, as expected based on accessibility, exposure and reindeer distributions. In times of increasing demand for mountain resources, however, activity probably continued in the face of adverse or variable climatic conditions. The use of KDE modelling makes it possible to observe this patterning without the spurious effects of noise introduced by the discrete nature of the finds and the radiocarbon calibration process. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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