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The Place of “Others” in Hunter‐Gatherer Intensification
Author(s) -
HOLLY DONALD H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.2005.107.2.207
Subject(s) - hunter gatherer , subsistence agriculture , subarctic climate , settlement (finance) , geography , resource (disambiguation) , population , temperate climate , arid , ecology , ethnology , archaeology , sociology , biology , agriculture , demography , economics , computer network , finance , computer science , payment
Archaeologists are interested in understanding the conditions under which hunter‐gatherer intensification occurs. Typically, most models assign primacy to population pressure or social relations and address intensification as it occurs among foragers inhabiting arid or temperate environments. In this article, I explore episodes of resource intensification and “deintensification” on the subarctic island of Newfoundland. Correlating periods of resource intensification and “deintensification” with changes in the social landscape, I argue that the presence or absence of “Others” played a significant role in informing hunter‐gatherer subsistence strategies and settlement patterns.