Seasonality and Sedentism

Archaeological Perspectives from Old and New World Sites

Edited by Thomas R. Rocek

Edited by Ofer Bar-Yosef

    1. Introduction
    Ofer Bar-Yosef and Thomas Rocek

    2. Foraging and Sedentism
    Robert L. Kelly

    Individual Foraging and Group Movement

    Other Variables: Resource Return Rates, Length of Foraging Day, Time Frames, Risk, and Storage

    Discussion

    3. The Mobile Faunas: Reliable Seasonal Indicators for Archaeozoologist
    Arturo Morales Muniz

    Introduction

    A Brief Phonological Consideration of the Iberian Avifauna

    Phonological Patterns: Some Further Considerations

    Two Case Studies: Cueva De Neria and Zafarraya

    Discussion: Which Option Is Right?

    Conclusions

    4. Seasonality of Resource Use and Site Occupation at Badanj, Bosnia Herzegovina: Subsistence Stress in an Increasingly Seasonal Environment?
    Preston T. Miracle and Christopher J. O'Brien

    Introduction

    Paleoenvironmental Changes at the End of the Pleistocene

    Environmental Instability, Seasonality, and Global Circulation Models
    Paleoenvironments in the Adriatic Basin During the Late Glacial
    Evidence of Increased Environmental Seasonality
    Summary

    Seasonal Mobility in the Eastern Adriatic and Responses to Environmental Unpredictability

    Excavations at Badanj

    Seasonality Indicators in the Badland Faunal Remains

    Introduction
    Fetal Long Bones
    Cementum Increments
    Summary of Seasonality Indicators
    Discussion

    Conclusions

    5. Natufian "Sedentism" and the Importance of Biological Data for Estimating Reduced Mobility
    Daniel E. Lieberman

    Introduction

    "Archaeological" Evidence for Natufian Sedentism

    Biological Sources of Evidence for Sedentism

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Ofer Bar-Yosef is MacCurdy Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology, Harvard University.