Early human presence in the Arctic: Evidence from 45,000-year-old mammoth remains

Science ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 351 (6270) ◽  
pp. 260-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Pitulko ◽  
A. N. Tikhonov ◽  
E. Y. Pavlova ◽  
P. A. Nikolskiy ◽  
K. E. Kuper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Arctic ◽  
Human Presence ◽  
Early Human

Oral tradition as emplacement: Ancestral Blackfoot memories of the Rocky Mountain Front

2021 ◽  
pp. 146960532110198
Author(s):  
María Nieves Zedeño ◽  
Evelyn Pickering ◽  
François Lanoë
Keyword(s):  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Place Making ◽  
Human Presence ◽  
Archaeological Practice ◽  
Intimate Connection ◽  
Origin Stories ◽  
Mountain Front ◽  
Process Event ◽  
Early Human

We highlight the significance of process, event, and context of human practice in Indigenous Creation traditions to integrate Blackfoot “Napi” origin stories with environmental, geological, and archaeological information pertaining to the peopling of the Northwestern Plains, where the northern Rocky Mountain Front may have played a prominent role. First, we discuss the potential and limitations of origin stories generally, and Napi stories specifically, for complementing the fragmentary records of early human presence in the Blackfoot homeland. Second, we demonstrate the intimate connection among processes, events, place-making practices, and stories. Last, we aim to expand multivocality in the interpretation of the deep past through an archaeological practice that considers Indigenous philosophies and stories to be as valid as non-Indigenous ones.

scholarly journals Is Svalbard a pristine ecosystem? Reconstructing 420 years of human presence in an Arctic archipelago

Polar Record ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 518-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frigga Kruse
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Ecosystem Change ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Anthropogenic Pressure ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Human Presence ◽  
Future Work

ABSTRACTThe Arctic is commonly perceived as a pristine wilderness, yet more than four centuries of human industry have not left Svalbard untouched. This paper explores the historical dimension of human-induced ecosystem change using human presence as a proxy. Its aims are fourfold: to reconstruct and quantify historical human presence, to ascertain if human presence is a suitable indicator of long-term anthropogenic pressure, to deduce trends in anthropogenic pressure on five selected species of game animal, and to postulate trends in their subpopulation sizes. Published sources give rise to 57 datasets dealing with the annual voyages to Svalbard as well as the participants in them. All known archaeological sites are visualised in a distribution map. Despite the large amount of data, the quantification of historical human presence remains biased and partial. Only with the aid of a timeline of known milestones is it possible to make hypotheses about changes in anthropogenic pressure and animal subpopulations over time. The exercise is nonetheless a necessary and instructive one: it confirms that the erroneous view of Svalbard as a pristine ecosystem hinders timely historical-ecological research. Future work must aim at the systematic quantification of past human impact in a holistic approach to environmental conservation and restoration.

scholarly journals ARCTIC TOURISM: STATE AND PROSPECTS FOR RUSSIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuriy N. Golubchikov ◽  
Victor I. Kruzhalin ◽  
Aleksandra D. Nikanorova
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Ecosystems ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Human Presence ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Travel Industry ◽  
The Arctic Region

Tourism is the key factor of human presence in the Arctic region. The number of tourist visits has been growing extensively since the end of XX century. The Arctic region is not regarded only as prospective region for oil and gas industry but now it is also recognized as the region with high potential for tourism development. The research is dedicated to the assessment of the spatial distribution of human presence within the Arctic region on the basis of statistical analysis of population and tourist visits in different parts of the Arctic. Taking into account the uncertainty of regional Arctic borders definition, which are commonly determined in accordance with given purposes and tasks, we assessed the population and tourist visits for the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation as administrative union as well as for the Arctic region as physic-geographical region.The growing number of tourists in the Arctic region influences future development prospects of the region. In 2017 the Arctic region with population of 4.3 million people was visited by 10.2 million tourist. While the favorable environmental conditions of Arctic ecosystems exist, the Arctic region should be considered as the source of nature resources for tourism and various recreational activities. Modern technologies enable the development of travel industry in the region, and therefore the industrial paradigm of “conquer” and “utilization” should be replaced with the axiological paradigm of “Arctic beauty” and recreational resource value.

scholarly journals New Archaeological Evidence for an Early Human Presence at Monte Verde, Chile

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. e0141923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom D. Dillehay ◽  
Carlos Ocampo ◽  
José Saavedra ◽  
Andre Oliveira Sawakuchi ◽  
Rodrigo M. Vega ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Human Presence ◽  
Monte Verde ◽  
Early Human

The Middle Pleistocene fluvial sequence at Uichteritz, central Germany: Chronological framework, paleoenvironmental history and early human presence during MIS 11

Geomorphology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 354 ◽  
pp. 107016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Lauer ◽  
Marcel Weiss ◽  
Wolfgang Bernhardt ◽  
Susann Heinrich ◽  
Ivo Rappsilber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Central Germany ◽  
Human Presence ◽  
Early Human

Palaeoenvironmental evidence of island colonization: a response

Antiquity ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (261) ◽  
pp. 845-847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atholl Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Island ◽  
Human Presence ◽  
Island Colonization ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Early Human

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