O artykule
Data publikacji: 14 lip 2017
Zakres stron: 44 - 57
Otrzymano: 19 lut 2017
Przyjęty: 22 maj 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2017-0009
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© 2017 Filip Havlíček et al., published by De Gruyter Open
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This article describes examples of waste management systems from archaeological sites in Europe and the Middle East. These examples are then contextualized in the broader perspectives of environmental history. We can confidently claim that the natural resource use of societies predating the Lower Palaeolithic was in equilibrium with the environment. In sharp contrast stand communities from the Upper Palaeolithic and onwards, when agriculture appeared and provided opportunities for what seemed like unlimited expansion.