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Unveiling Neolithic Economic Behavior: A Novel Approach to Chert Procurement at Çukuriçi Höyük, Western Anatolia
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory ( IF 3.2 ) Pub Date : 2024-12-24 , DOI: 10.1007/s10816-024-09681-6
Michael Brandl, Maria M. Martinez, Christoph Hauzenberger, Peter Filzmoser, Bogdana Milić, Barbara Horejs

The expansion of the Neolithic way of life triggered the most profound changes in peoples’ socioeconomic behaviors, including how critical resources for everyday life were managed. Recent research spearheaded by ancient DNA analysis has greatly contributed to our understanding of the main direction of Neolithisation spreading from western Anatolia into central Europe. Due to the diverse processes involved in Neolithisation, which resulted in a high diversity of regional and local phenomena, the underlying mechanisms of these developments are still largely unexplored. One of these mechanisms is economic behavior and resource management. Neolithic economic behavior is the result of social processes involving the physical actions of the procurement, processing, use, discard, and distribution of raw materials as well as finished products for utilitarian needs and to create and maintain social relations. Within this continuum, the key for tracing meaningful behavioral patterns is the identification of raw material procurement. Since stone tools are among the most ubiquitous and stable finds at Neolithic sites, they are ideally suited for this endeavor. Here, we present the results of a case study from the Neolithic site of Çukuriçi Höyük in western Anatolia tracing lithic raw material procurement. We employ a novel approach using geochemical provenance analyses coupled with quantitative technological and econometric methods. The key finding of this diachronic study covering almost 700 years revealed patterns of socioeconomic dynamics undetectable through conventional analytical approaches. We demonstrate that technological concepts fluctuate over time and are subject to innovations, whereas raw material procurement remains a stable element.



中文翻译:


揭开新石器时代经济行为的面纱:安纳托利亚西部 Çukuriçi Höyük 的燧石采购新方法



新石器时代生活方式的扩展引发了人们社会经济行为的最深刻变化,包括日常生活中关键资源的管理方式。以古代 DNA 分析为主导的最新研究极大地促进了我们对新石器化从安纳托利亚西部蔓延到中欧的主要方向的理解。由于新石器化涉及的不同过程,这导致了区域和地方现象的高度多样性,这些发展的潜在机制在很大程度上仍未得到探索。其中一种机制是经济行为和资源管理。新石器时代的经济行为是社会过程的结果,涉及原材料和成品的采购、加工、使用、丢弃和分配的物理行为,以满足实用需求以及建立和维持社会关系。在这个连续体中,追踪有意义的行为模式的关键是识别原材料采购。由于石器是新石器时代遗址中最普遍和最稳定的发现之一,因此它们非常适合这项工作。在这里,我们展示了安纳托利亚西部 Çukuriçi Höyük 新石器时代遗址的案例研究结果,该遗址追踪了石器原材料的采购。我们采用了一种新颖的方法,将地球化学来源分析与定量技术和计量经济学方法相结合。这项历时研究跨越近 700 年,其主要发现揭示了传统分析方法无法检测到的社会经济动态模式。我们证明,技术概念会随着时间的推移而波动,并受到创新的影响,而原材料采购仍然是一个稳定的元素。

更新日期:2024-12-24
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