Demographisch-kulturelle Zyklen im Neolithikum. Die Bandkeramik im Rheinland und die Pfyner Kultur am Bodensee

Abstract

In this paper the concept of “adaptive cycles”, derived from the socio-ecological Resilience Theory, is employed to describe the development of archaeological cultures. First the four phases (growth, conservation, release and re-organisation) of the “adaptive cycle” are introduced. In a case study the development of the Linearbandkeramik Culture in the Rhine-Basin is portrayed as a “cultural cycle”.