Is it Intensification Yet? Current Archaeological Perspectives on the Evolution of Hunter-Gatherer Economies

摘要: Originally designed to explain causes of increased productivity in agricultural systems, the concept intensification has become widely linked hunter-gatherer archaeology. Worldwide, recent applications show that progress been made with regard recognizing, describing, and modeling declining foraging efficiency predicted by traditional models take into account confounding factors like taphonomy, environmental change, differential goals. Less explaining due problems identifying primacy environmental, demographic, technological, social mechanisms lead production. These are confounded imprecise usage “intensification,” which runs gamut from behaviors either increase or decrease as means increasing productivity. Resolving these hinges on unpacking very currently applied This requires much greater specificity adherence a Boserupian perspective marks processes. Alternative modes production do not necessarily entail efficiency—specialization, diversification, innovation—also must be taken evolution economies.