
Human Colonization of the Arctic: The Interaction Between Early Migration and the Paleoenvironment
Description
Key Features
- Written by pioneering experts who understand the relationship between humans and the environment in the arctic
- Addresses why the patterns of colonization were so irregular
- Includes coverage of the earliest examples of humans, developing an understanding of ecosystem services for economic development in extreme climates
- Covers both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
Readership
Arctic specialists, climate scientists, biologists, ecologists, paleogeographers, archeologists, anthropologists, ethnographers, geologists
Table of Contents
THE FIRST PART
REGIONS OF INITIAL COLONIZATION
Section 1. European North
Section 2. Siberian North
Section 3. Beringia (North-East of Asia, Alaska, Yukon)
Section 4. Canadian North, Greenland, Iceland
Section 5. Greenland
Section 6. Iceland
THE SECOND PART
SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE INITIAL COLONIZATION
7. Expansion of the oecumene northwards and paleodiet tradition on the Paleolithic humans in Eurasia: Neanderthals and Modern Humans
8. Mesolithic population in the north of Eastern Europe
9. Way to North: anthropological evidence of adaptive abilities of the first inhabitants in the High Latitudes
10. Genetic data on the colonization of the High Latitudes
11. Stages of initial human colonization of Arctic and Subarctic
Conclusion
Product details
- No. of pages: 650
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2017
- Published: September 11, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128135334
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128135327
About the Editors
V.M. Kotlyakov
Affiliations and Expertise
A. A. Velichko
Affiliations and Expertise
S. A. Vasil'ev
Affiliations and Expertise
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