Demographic and cultural dynamics of the Portuguese Estremadura in the 4th-3rd millennia BC: A multi-proxy approach

Summary

The cultural dynamics of the Late Neolithic-Copper Age of the Portuguese Estremadura have traditionally been viewed in purely socio-economic terms, involving an increase in social differentiation and economic intensification. In this study, by using analyses of dental morphology and stable and radiogenic isotopes from collective burial populations in the region, we contribute additional lines of evidence to this historical trajectory. In particular we use this biological evidence to elucidate demographic relationships within and between these late prehistoric communities, including bio-distance and mobility patterns and dietary heterogeneity, and relate these to social practices and environmental constraints.

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• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

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