Human Land Use Strategies and Responses to Risk during the Pleistocene–Holocene Transition in Eastern Beringia

Summary

Recent investigations in central Alaska at multiple scales (macro-regional, watershed, site cluster, intrasite) have revealed robust patterning among technological, faunal, and feature datasets. These responses are explored in the context of both regional environmental change associated with climatic oscillations between the Bolling-Allerod, Younger Dryas, and early Holocene chronozones as well as systemic change incorporating more logistical organization, shifts in diet breadth, and changes in seasonal mobility and habitat use. I track system-wide changes in the development of communal hunting, increased storage dependence, and increased social interaction in the Holocene. However, resilience in the earlier system allowed for relatively minor changes to accommodate major climate shifts (and resulting resource variability).

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• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 21613