El proceso de poblamiento en Misiones-Argentina: un abordaje a partir de la obra de Robert Eidt.

<p><em>Pioneer Settlement in Northeast Argentina</em>, libro escrito por el geógrafo estadounidense Robert C. Eidt en 1971, centra su atención en el proceso de poblamiento de Misiones producido a lo largo de varios siglos de historia analizando los factores intervinientes en dicho fenómeno, las relaciones de poder implícitas, los cambios espaciales suscitados y los actores involucrados. Al mismo tiempo, el libro que presenta puntos de contacto entre varias disciplinas: historia, geografía, economía, política y biología y representa una referencia prácticamente obligada para toda investigación que centre su interés ya sea en el poblamiento de Misiones como en la evolución del principal cultivo de esas tierras: la yerba mate.</p>

Ørnfløya 1. En pionertidslokalitet fra tidlig eldre steinalder på yttersida av Kvaløya i Troms.

Ørnfløya 1. An early Older Stone Age pioneer locality on the outer coast of Kvaløya, Troms. During the past couple of decades both research projects and rescue excavations have contributed considerably to our understanding of the early Older Stone Age pioneer settlement along the entire Norwegian coast. However, understanding of the pioneers along the coast between northern Nordland and Finnmark counties is still rather limited. Excavations have largely taken place on sites within the middle and inner reaches of the fjord systems. The excavation of Ørnfløya 1 in 2013–14 offers new insights into the pioneer settlement on the outer coast facing the North Atlantic. The topographical and environmental settings of the site at the time of occupation are described, followed by a discussion of the excavation, chronology, raw material use, the artifacts, a possible dwelling, and the spatial organization of activities. The site is then interpreted in its regional, economic and settlement system setting, and in its national context.

Bayesian Spatiotemporal Analysis of Radiocarbon Dates from Eastern Fennoscandia

Archaeological phenomena, especially those that have been radiocarbon dated, can be utilized as indications of human activity and occupancy in space and time. 14C dates from archaeological contexts have been used as proxies for population history events in several recent studies (e.g. Gamble et al. 2005; Shennan and Edinborough 2007; Oinonen et al. 2010; Tallavaara et al. 2010; Pesonen et al. 2011). As a step towards a larger spatiotemporal modeling effort, we present examples of spatial distributions obtained using Bayesian methodology, analyzing all available archaeological 14C dates from the Stone Age (9000–1500 cal BC) in eastern Fennoscandia. The resulting maps follow the patterns of pioneer settlement in Finland beginning at ∼9000 cal BC and provide supporting evidence for the postulated population peak around 4000–3500 cal BC in Finland and the subsequent population decline.