Landscape of fear: indirect effects of conflict can account for large-scale population declines in non-state societies

Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 21(217)

Published: Aug. 1, 2024

The impact of inter-group conflict on population dynamics has long been debated, especially for prehistoric and non-state societies. In this work, we consider that beyond direct battle casualties, conflicts can also create a ‘landscape fear’ in which many non-combatants near theatres abandon their homes migrate away. This process causes decline the abandoned regions increased stress local resources better-protected areas are targeted by refugees. By applying analytical computational modelling, demonstrate these indirect effects sufficient to produce substantial, long-term boom-and-bust patterns societies, such as case Mid-Holocene Europe. We greater availability defensible locations act protect maintain supply combatants, increasing permanence landscape fear likelihood endemic warfare.

Language: Английский

Soil Fertility Depletion is not a Credible Mechanism for Population Boom/Bust Cycles in Early Agricultural Societies

Human Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 52(4), P. 731 - 741

Published: Aug. 1, 2024

Language: Английский