In this article we take a fresh look at the population dynamics of the Polish Plain in the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene, using Bayesian analysis and modelling of radiocarbon dates, and contrast the results with data from the North German Plain. We argue against simple adaptationalist models and instead see the cultural landscape as a complex patchwork of old forms and the emerging new traits of the early Mesolithic. We argue that the Mesolithic directly follows the Final Palaeolithic on the Polish Plain, without the chronological hiatus of 150–300 years that is often assumed for that region; while, by contrast, the two cultural patterns—Final Palaeolithic and microlith-based Mesolithic—overlapped significantly in time on the adjacent North German Plain.

在本文中，我们利用贝叶斯分析和放射性碳日期建模，重新审视更新世到全新世过渡时期波兰平原的人口动态，并将结果与​​德国北部平原的数据进行对比。我们反对简单的适应主义模型，而是将文化景观视为旧形式和中石器时代早期新兴特征的复杂拼凑而成。我们认为，中石器时代直接发生在波兰平原旧石器时代的最后时期，而没有像该地区通常假设的 150-300 年的时间间隔；相比之下，两种文化模式——最终的旧石器时代和以细石器为基础的中石器时代——在邻近的北德平原上在时间上有显着的重叠。