Comparing Connectivity Patterns in Prehistoric Germany by Means of Network Analysis, Artefact and Site Distribution and a Reassessment of Human Mobility ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr)

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The main drawback of the landscape-based sampling simplification is the loss of localized patterns.

“Nevertheless, computational tests on smaller samples show that the main drawback of this simplification is the loss of localized patterns, patterns which are not a major concern within this study.”

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Jade axes show little to no enhancement in the lowest cost range; the intensity curve is comparatively flat across low-moderate costs and only drifts upward (with wide uncertainty) in the extreme high-cost tail.

“In contrast, jade axes show little to no enhancement in the lowest cost range; the intensity curve is comparatively flat across low-moderate costs and only drifts upward (with wide uncertainty) in the extreme high-cost tail (Figure 3D).”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The LCP cost surface accurately models prehistoric movement ease across the landscape.

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The boxplots illustrate differences in the distribution of 87Sr/86Sr values between Neolithic and Bronze Age sites, though these differences are relatively subtle.

“The boxplots illustrate differences in the distribution of 87 Sr/ 86 Sr values between Neolithic and Bronze Age sites, though these differences are relatively subtle.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratios in human remains reliably indicate individual mobility or non-local origin.

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Neolithic sites show clustering near large rivers, whereas Bronze Age sites do not exhibit the same degree of clustering near rivers.

“The spatial distribution of Neolithic sites also shows clustering near large rivers, whereas Bronze Age sites do not exhibit the same degree of clustering near rivers.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The archaeological sites and find spots in the dataset are representative of the actual distribution of prehistoric settlement and deposition.

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Bronze Age sites exhibit a more stable median (narrower IQR) but a wider overall range of 87Sr/86Sr values.

“In contrast, the Bronze Age sites exhibit a more stable median, as indicated by a narrower IQR, but the overall range of 87 Sr /86 Sr values is wider, reflecting greater variability in the strontium isotope ratios.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratios in human remains reliably indicate individual mobility or non-local origin.

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Bronze Age sites exhibit a steeper rise and sharper decline.

“Bronze Age sites (Figure 3A) exhibit a steeper rise and sharper decline, implying tighter coupling to low-cost corridors overall (sample size caveat noted in the widening envelopes at higher costs).”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The LCP cost surface accurately models prehistoric movement ease across the landscape.

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Neolithic sites show elevated intensity in the lowest cost range; they occur preferentially in areas that the model identifies as high-mobility corridors.

“Neolithic sites show elevated intensity in the lowest cost range i.e., they occur preferentially in areas that the model identifies as high-mobility corridors.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The LCP cost surface accurately models prehistoric movement ease across the landscape.

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Hilted sword find spots mirror the Bronze Age site trend: intensity peaks in the low-cost domain and falls below the null expectation across most higher-cost values.

“The hilted sword find spots mirror the Bronze Age site trend: intensity peaks in the low-cost domain and falls below the null expectation across most higher-cost values (Figure 3C).”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The LCP cost surface accurately models prehistoric movement ease across the landscape.

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The results indicated a negative relationship between corridor density and isotopic variability, with higher variability in areas of low accessibility and reduced variability in areas of high corridor density.

“The results indicated a negative relationship between corridor density and isotopic variability, with higher variability in areas of low accessibility and reduced variability in areas of high corridor density; a complementary pattern is observed when using distance to corridors.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The LCP cost surface accurately models prehistoric movement ease across the landscape.
• AssumptionRests on an assumption: 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratios in human remains reliably indicate individual mobility or non-local origin.

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Neolithic intensity declines across much of the intermediate, high-cost domain but exhibits a secondary rise at moderate costs.

“Intensity declines across much of the intermediate, high-cost domain but exhibits a secondary rise at moderate costs, suggesting that some Neolithic settlement also extended into more resistive terrain (Figure 3B).”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The LCP cost surface accurately models prehistoric movement ease across the landscape.

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Bronze Age sites are more dispersed and generally located further from high-mobility areas than Neolithic sites.

“In contrast, Bronze Age sites are more dispersed and generally located further from high-mobility areas.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The LCP cost surface accurately models prehistoric movement ease across the landscape.

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Jade axes intensity is comparatively flat across low costs and becomes noisy with increasing uncertainty at higher costs.

“Jade axes (Figure 3D) diverge: intensity is comparatively flat across low costs and becomes noisy with increasing uncertainty at higher costs.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The LCP cost surface accurately models prehistoric movement ease across the landscape.

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Neolithic sites display more constrained inter-individual variability within sites, often consistent with movement inside geologically similar provinces.

“Neolithic sites display more constrained inter-individual variability within sites, often consistent with movement inside geologically similar provinces, even as those sites concentrate in low-cost corridor terrain (Figures 3 and 5).”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratios in human remains reliably indicate individual mobility or non-local origin.

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Jade axes do not display strong low-cost association; their intensity varies little across the low-cost range and remains patchy.

“Jade axes do not; their intensity varies little across the low-cost range and remains patchy coherent with previous work that links Alpine jade circulation to contextually structured deposition rather than transport efficiency alone.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The LCP cost surface accurately models prehistoric movement ease across the landscape.

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The Bronze Age signal is steeper: site intensity rises sharply in low-cost terrain and falls rapidly with increasing cost, suggesting tighter coupling between settlement and major communication axes during the Bronze Age than in the Neolithic.

“The Bronze Age signal is steeper: site intensity rises sharply in low-cost terrain and falls rapidly with increasing cost, suggesting tighter coupling between settlement and major communication axes during the Bronze Age than in the Neolithic.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The LCP cost surface accurately models prehistoric movement ease across the landscape.

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In the Neolithic, median 87Sr/86Sr values across sites vary more widely than within individual sites, suggesting communities were positioned in geochemically distinct catchments but most individuals within each site derived from similar local environments.

“In the Neolithic, median 87 Sr/ 86 Sr values across sites vary more widely than within individual sites, suggesting communities were positioned in geochemically distinct catchments but most individuals within each site derived from similar local environments.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratios in human remains reliably indicate individual mobility or non-local origin.

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The LCP surface identifies a network of low-cost corridors, many aligned with major river valleys that appear to have shaped both site locations placement and the circulation of high-value materials.

“The LCP surface identifies a network of low-cost corridors, many aligned with major river valleys that appear to have shaped both site locations placement and the circulation of high-value materials.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The LCP cost surface accurately models prehistoric movement ease across the landscape.

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Bronze Age sites show more uniform site medians yet greater internal variability in individual 87Sr/86Sr values, consistent with selective incorporation of people (or life histories) from multiple geological provinces.

“Bronze Age sites, in contrast, show more uniform site medians yet greater internal variability in individual 87 Sr/ 86 Sr values, consistent with selective incorporation of people (or life histories) from multiple geological provinces.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratios in human remains reliably indicate individual mobility or non-local origin.

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Neolithic groups positioned settlements within reach of efficient movement routes, but their mobility patterns appear more locally constrained.

“Neolithic groups positioned settlements within reach of efficient movement routes, yet mobility patterns appear more locally constrained.”

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To avoid directional bias, the study sampled a grid of points across an enlarged study area minimizing edge effects, such that each point acted as both origin and destination in turn.

“To avoid directional bias, we sampled a grid of points across an enlarged study area minimizing edge effects, such that each point acted as both origin and destination in turn.”

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The distribution of Alpine jade axes reflects direct exchange networks rather than down-the-line trade and indicates socio-cultural importance beyond functional use.

“Their distribution reflects direct exchange networks rather than down-the-line trade and indicates socio-cultural importance beyond functional use, as evidenced by reshaping and re-polishing practices (Pétrequin et al. 2013).”

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The study purposefully does not differentiate site types in the LCP analysis, instead focusing on modeling landscape-based mobility potential informed by topography and environmental cost surfaces.

“The study purposefully does not differentiate site types in the LCP analysis, instead focusing on modeling landscape-based mobility potential informed by topography and environmental cost surfaces.”

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The study deliberately excluded isoscapes and baseline data to prioritize comparative analysis of individual isotopic values over time.

“This study focuses on the variation in 87 Sr/ 86 Sr values between the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, deliberately excluding isoscapes and baseline data to prioritize comparative analysis of individual isotopic values over time.”

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It is as far as is possible based on the available data to be unbiased in our assumptions of where the activity areas of different kinds may have affected the mobility patterns of prehistoric individuals.

“It is as far as is possible based on the available data to be unbiased in our assumptions of where the activity areas of different kinds may have affected the mobility patterns of prehistoric individuals.”

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The landscape-based sampling removes the need to define actual or proven archaeological sites as start/end points and is computationally more efficient than standard FETE.

“This landscape-based sampling removes the need to define actual or proven archaeological sites as start/end points and is computationally more efficient than standard FETE.”

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The formal statistical framework (rhohat) strengthens the interpretive robustness of the movement models, an improvement over conventional, visually assessed LCP outputs.

“This formal statistical framework strengthens the interpretive robustness of our movement models, an improvement over conventional, visually assessed LCP outputs.”

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Late Bronze Age hilted swords, particularly the Naue II type, trace back to the Eastern Alps and appear widely across Central Europe.

“Late Bronze Age hilted swords, particularly the Naue II type, trace back to the Eastern Alps and appear widely across Central Europe (Ling et al. 2014, Ling et al. 2019, Melheim et al. 2018, Rassmann 2013).”

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Conventional distribution mapping often emphasizes isolated findspots over continuous spatial trajectories, limiting interpretations of dynamic mobility processes.

“Conventional distribution mapping often emphasizes isolated findspots over continuous spatial trajectories, limiting interpretations of dynamic mobility processes (Aldred 2021).”

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Inter-site variation likely reflects the occupation of distinct geological zones, consistent with relatively localized movement patterns across heterogeneous landscapes.

“This inter-site variation likely reflects the occupation of distinct geological zones, consistent with relatively localized movement patterns across heterogeneous landscapes.”

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Bronze Age settlement and especially hilted sword distributions became increasingly corridor-focused.

“whereas Bronze Age settlement and especially hilted sword distributions became increasingly corridor-focused, consistent with intensified movement networks, exchange traffic, or emergent sociopolitical structuring around major routes.”

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Depressed intensity exactly at cost ≈0 should not be read as avoidance; the behavioral signal lies in the elevated intensities spanning the immediately adjacent low-cost envelope.

“Consequently, depressed intensity exactly at cost ≈0 should not be read as avoidance; the behavioral signal lies in the elevated intensities spanning the immediately adjacent low-cost envelope the landscape band that would have offered energetically efficient travel, communication, and exchange.”

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This is consistent with intensified movement networks, exchange traffic, or emergent sociopolitical structuring around major routes.

“consistent with intensified movement networks, exchange traffic, or emergent sociopolitical structuring around major routes.”

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Isotopic analyses of human remains associated with Bronze Age elite burials reveal the potential presence of non-local individuals, supporting interpretations of long-distance mobility linked to sociopolitical networks.

“Isotopic analyses of human remains associated with Bronze Age elite burials reveal the potential presence of non-local individuals, supporting interpretations of long-distance mobility linked to sociopolitical networks (Frei et al. 2019, Reiter andFrei 2015).”

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Jade axes decouple from this pattern, implying alternative logics of deposition that were less sensitive to modeled travel efficiency.

“Jade axes decouple from this pattern, implying alternative logics of deposition that were less sensitive to modeled travel efficiency.”

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The observed differences between Neolithic and Bronze Age patterns may reflect not only altered mobility structures but also a fundamental shift in depositional practices and their social meanings.

“Thus, the observed differences between Neolithic and Bronze Age patterns may reflect not only altered mobility structures but also a fundamental shift in depositional practices and their social meanings.”

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Paleopathological data indicate declining per-capita skeletal injury relative to Neolithic peaks associated with enclosure building and the onset of copper metallurgy; injury frequencies drop toward the Late Neolithic and into the Bronze Age even as fortifications increase.

“Although Bronze Age swords proliferate materially, paleopathological data indicate declining per-capita skeletal injury relative to Neolithic peaks associated with enclosure building and the onset of copper metallurgy; injury frequencies drop toward the Late Neolithic and into the Bronze Age even as fortifications increase (Müller et al. 2024).”

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Use-wear and evidence for interpersonal violence indicate Bronze Age swords also served practical combat functions.

“Although primarily prestige objects, use-wear and evidence for interpersonal violence indicate swords also served practical combat functions (Horn andKristiansen 2018, Kristiansen 2002).”

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Mobility corridors structured a significant component of Neolithic land use, but site placement was not confined to them.

“This two-mode tendency implies that while mobility corridors structured a significant component of Neolithic land use, site placement was not confined to them; other ecological or social criteria likely mediated occupation away from the most efficient routes.”

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Metallurgical and isotopic data suggest complex production and exchange systems involving multiple ore sources, reflecting extensive social and economic networks.

“Metallurgical and isotopic data suggest complex production and exchange systems involving multiple ore sources, reflecting extensive social and economic networks (Frei et al. 2019, Ling et al. 2014, Nørgaard 2018).”

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Many Bronze Age communities were situated within geologically similar areas or catchment zones increasingly overlapped.

“implying that many communities were situated within geologically similar areas or that the catchment zones of different groups increasingly overlapped.”

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Jade axe deposition was episodic, symbolic, and selectively tied to landscape features.

“supporting the interpretation that deposition was episodic, symbolic, and selectively tied to landscape features.”

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Neolithic communities were internally homogenous in strontium isotope signatures, pointing to residential stability and limited integration of individuals from different isotopic regions.

“In other words, while Neolithic communities may have differed substantially in their geological settings, each community was internally homogenous in terms of strontium isotope signatures, pointing to residential stability and limited integration of individuals from different isotopic regions.”

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Neolithic communities were regionally mobile and positioned to take advantage of energetically efficient movement corridors.

“Together, these patterns suggest regionally mobile Neolithic communities positioned to take advantage of energetically efficient movement corridors.”

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Neolithic sites indicate strong engagement with high-mobility terrain yet tolerance for settlement in more resistive areas where ecological opportunity, ritual practice, or social factors outweighed travel efficiency.

“indicating strong engagement with high-mobility terrain yet tolerance for settlement in more resistive areas where ecological opportunity, ritual practice, or social factors outweighed travel efficiency.”

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This decoupling between armed display and bodily trauma suggests changing conflict regimes, deterrence, strategies for conflict resolution ritualized combat, or alliance maintenance, rather than uniformly escalating interpersonal violence.

“This decoupling between armed display and bodily trauma suggests changing conflict regimes, deterrence, strategies for conflict resolution ritualized combat, or alliance maintenance, rather than uniformly escalating interpersonal violence (Kneisel et al. 2024, Müller et al. 2024).”

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These findings point towards potential differences in the spatial organization of Neolithic and Bronze Age sites, highlighting varying patterns of site selection and accessibility between the two periods.

“These findings point towards potential differences in the spatial organization of Neolithic and Bronze Age sites, highlighting varying patterns of site selection and accessibility between the two periods.”

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Alpine jade axes were transported widely but deposited in socially charged settings according to ritualized logics rather than utilitarian routing.

“This accords with long-standing work showing that Alpine jade axes (Monte Viso and related sources) were transported widely but deposited in socially charged settings, rock shelters, boulder forecourts, watery locales, graves, hoards, according to ritualized logics rather than utilitarian routing (D'amico 2005, Pétrequin et al. 2013, Pétrequin et al. 2015).”

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Reconstructing prehistoric movement pathways remains methodologically challenging.

“Despite extensive archaeological research into trade and exchange, reconstructing prehistoric movement pathways remains methodologically challenging (Anthony 1990, Furholt 2018, Furholt 2021, Kintigh et al. 2014, Suchowska-Ducke 2015).”

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This may signal an increasing reliance on established communication/exchange routes or a narrowing of habitable/strategic locations linked to sociopolitical integration along the river corridors.

“This may signal an increasing reliance on established communication/exchange routes or a narrowing of habitable/strategic locations linked to sociopolitical integration along the river corridors.”

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This may reflect subtle changes in regional connectivity, territorial organization, or land-use strategies that led to greater convergence in the geological zones occupied.

“This may reflect subtle changes in regional connectivity, territorial organization, or land-use strategies that led to greater convergence in the geological zones occupied.”

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This indicates a slightly higher degree of individual mobility or the presence of people from different geological backgrounds within single sites.

“indicating a slightly higher degree of individual mobility or the presence of people from different geological backgrounds within single sites.”

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Neolithic occupation engaged mobility corridors but was more dispersed into costlier terrain.

“Neolithic occupation engaged mobility corridors but was more dispersed into costlier terrain, whereas Bronze Age settlement and especially hilted sword distributions became increasingly corridor-focused, consistent with intensified movement networks, exchange traffic, or emergent sociopolitical structuring around major routes.”

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This relationship is consistent with the possibility that enhanced connectivity along movement corridors may reduce locally constrained isotopic variability, while relative isolation accentuates it.

“Although this relationship is not commonly addressed in strontium isotope studies and is therefore presented here as exploratory, it is consistent with the possibility that enhanced connectivity along movement corridors may reduce locally constrained isotopic variability, while relative isolation accentuates it.”

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Human and object mobility have often been analyzed independently, since the movement of artifacts does not necessarily mirror the movement or identity of the people associated with them, even though artifact transport ultimately depends on human agency.

“Consequently, human and object mobility have often been analyzed independently, since the movement of artifacts does not necessarily mirror the movement or identity of the people associated with them, even though artifact transport ultimately depends on human agency (Braudrick andGrant 2000, Figliozzi andJennings 2020).”

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It may reflect incremental increases in mobility, connectivity, and changes in community structuring.

“it may reflect incremental increases in mobility, connectivity, and changes in community structuring.”

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The Bronze Age saw a broader spread of 87Sr/86Sr values, potentially indicating more diverse sources of strontium.

“This difference suggests that while the central values (medians) of 87 Sr /86 Sr were more variable in the Neolithic period, the Bronze Age saw a broader spread of values, potentially indicating more diverse sources of strontium.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratios in human remains reliably indicate individual mobility or non-local origin.

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This suggests low individual-level mobility within sites and limited incorporation of non-local individuals.

“This suggests low individual-level mobility within sites and limited incorporation of non-local individuals.”

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The observed covariate effects are sufficiently patterned to motivate targeted hypothesis testing within this dataset.

“however, the observed covariate effects are sufficiently patterned to motivate targeted hypothesis testing within this dataset.”

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This implies integration across more geologically varied source regions and slightly wider or more frequent long-distance connections.

“implying integration across more geologically varied source regions and, by extension, slightly wider or more frequent long-distance connections (Figures 6 and 7).”

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Neolithic acquisition networks and depositional grammars appear only partially coupled with pathways of movement, whereas by the Bronze Age, circulation and deposition became more spatially aligned along the major corridors of exchange.

“Neolithic acquisition networks and depositional grammars appear only partially coupled with pathways of movement, whereas by the Bronze Age, circulation and deposition became more spatially aligned along the major corridors of exchange.”

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87Sr/86Sr comparability rests on consistent baseline calibration and diagenesis screening.

“87 Sr/ 86 Sr comparability rests on consistent baseline calibration and diagenesis screening.”

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Sample sizes in key categories are small.

“Despite small sample sizes in key categories”

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LCP results depend on input surface parameterization, and different friction models could shift corridor geometry.

“LCP results depend on input surface parameterization; different friction models (hydrology weighting, slope cost functions, seasonal passability) could shift corridor geometry.”

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Rhohat confidence envelopes widen where data are sparse.

“Rhohat confidence envelopes widen where data are sparse.”

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The rhohat LCP results, combined with 87Sr/86Sr mobility data, portray a landscape in which corridors supported communication, but temporally-variant social rules, politics, deposition traditions, territorial display, alliance politics, resource control had a great say in who and what moved where across the Neolithic-Bronze Age transition.

“The rhohat LCP results, combined with 87 Sr/ 86 Sr mobility data portray, therefore, a landscape in which corridors supported communication, but temporally-variant social rules, politics, deposition traditions, territorial display, alliance politics, resource control had a great say in who and what moved where across the Neolithic-Bronze Age transition.”

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Proximity to mobility corridors facilitated access but did not dictate where meaning-laden objects were ultimately placed.

“That contrast indicates that proximity to mobility corridors facilitated access but did not dictate where meaning-laden objects were ultimately placed.”

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This internal heterogeneity aligns with the stronger corridor association observed in the Bronze Age rhohat curve and with archaeological evidence for expanded exchange networks.

“This internal heterogeneity aligns with the stronger corridor association observed in the Bronze Age rhohat curve and with archaeological evidence for expanded exchange networks.”

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All reconstructions rely on present-day quantifiable data to approximate past decision landscapes.

“As Kempf (2023) notes, all reconstructions rely on present-day quantifiable data to approximate past decision landscapes.”

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The results indicate continuity in the strategic value of landscape connectivity across the Neolithic-Bronze Age transition, but transformation in how that connectivity was socially mobilized.

“Taken together, these results indicate continuity in the strategic value of landscape connectivity across the Neolithic-Bronze Age transition but transformation in how that connectivity was socially mobilized.”