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To evaluate the cause-and-effect relationship between demographic fluctuations and sociocultural transformations during the Bronze Age.

June 24, 2019The HoloceneOpen Access

Cultural change and population dynamics during the Bronze Age: Integrating archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence for Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany

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JKJutta KneiselCurt Engelhorn Centre Archaeometry WDWalter DörflerKiel University SDStefan DreibrodtState Administration of Cultural Heritage

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Synthesis reveals synchrony between demographic boom-and-bust cycles and sociocultural shifts in Bronze Age populations, highlighting population stress as a driver of cultural transformation.

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To evaluate the cause-and-effect relationship between demographic fluctuations and sociocultural transformations during the Bronze Age.
Synthesized quantitative and qualitative archaeological datasets—including settlements, hoards, burials, and architectural remains—from Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany.
Compared chronological patterns in material culture with regional palaeoenvironmental proxies of environmental impact and demographic boom-and-bust cycles.
Identified synchronized shifts in material culture and palaeoenvironmental records at approximately 1500 BC and 1100 BC.
Demonstrated that major episodes of sociocultural reorganization coincided with demographic boom-and-bust cycles, with population stress acting as a catalyst for cultural innovation.

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Kneisel et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a73c6bf46cd4472af69f092 https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619857237

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Synthesis reveals synchrony between demographic boom-and-bust cycles and sociocultural shifts in Bronze Age populations, highlighting population stress as a driver of cultural transformation.

Cultural change and population dynamics during the Bronze Age: Integrating archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence for Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany

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Cultural change and population dynamics during the Bronze Age: Integrating archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence for Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany

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