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Article: Seasonal highs and lows in Jordan. (human migration patterns remained constant for past 70,000 years) (Brief Article)
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- Science News
- Article date:
- July 30, 1994
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Fieldwork in the mountains of southern Jordan over the past decade has uncovered clues to a seasonal migration strategy practiced for the past 70,000 years by the area's inhabitants, from prehistoric hunter-gatherers to modern pastoralists.
A survey of data from 109 archaeological sites indicates that the region's occupants regularly returned to long-term camps during the winter rainy season, when food and water availability hit their peak, according to Donald O. Henry of the University of Tulsa. As these resources became scarcer in dry summer months, smaller groups fanned out to short-term outposts, where they sought readily obtainable provisions.
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