Published: 2023-11-14

Comparative studies of Hunter-Gatherer Cultures of Europe and North America. The issue of cultural adaptation

John R.F. Bower † , Michał Kobusiewicz
Przegląd Archeologiczny
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/PA71.2023.3062

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a Polish-American research project lasting ten years comparing the widely separated hunting gathering societies that experienced similar changing environments in the Old and New World during the final Pleistocene and the early Holocene times. The study intended to compare the technological and economic histories of this societies living in the same time on the North European plain and the North Central United States. Over the period of time in question, they experienced the same changes of climate and environment. The results of the project permit us to say that the hunter gatherers adaptation process was often only slightly, and over time hardly at all dependent on environmental changes.

Keywords:

cultural adaptation, hunter gatherers, late Pleistocene, Holocene

Download files

Citation rules

Bower †, J. R., & Kobusiewicz, M. (2023). Comparative studies of Hunter-Gatherer Cultures of Europe and North America. The issue of cultural adaptation. Przegląd Archeologiczny, 71. https://doi.org/10.23858/PA71.2023.3062

Cited by / Share

Licence


This website uses cookies for proper operation, in order to use the portal fully you must accept cookies.