In:
Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, PERSEE Program, Vol. 106, No. 4 ( 2009), p. 785-802
Abstract:
Firewood gathering is largely determined by the characteristics of the environment. Nevertheless, within the natural constraints a vast array of human behaviours can exist. These are particularly detectable in sites with a high temporal resolution, such as lakeshore settlements. Communities make choices according to technical, social, cultural and economic criteria which lead to specific transformations of the environment. The Neolithic site of Arbon-Bleiche 3 (Lake Constance, Switzerland) has allowed a description of these sets of choices and constraints in a context where determinisms, whether social (few nearby contemporaneous villages) or environmental (abundance of vegetal resources), are limited. Since the exploitation of firewood is part of a larger technical system, the anthracological study sheds new light on how Neolithic societies evolved in interaction with their environment.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0249-7638
DOI:
10.3406/bspf.2009.13895
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
2009
detail.hit.zdb_id:
215297-6
SSG:
6,12
SSG:
6,11
