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Reese, David S., and Judith Powell. "Fishing in the Prehistoric Aegean." American Journal of Archaeology 102, no. 3 (July 1998): 645. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/506430.

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Hamel. "Spring Fishing Song, Prehistoric Paros." Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics 28, no. 3 (2021): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/arion.28.3.0043.

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Hamel, John Eric. "Spring Fishing Song, Prehistoric Paros." Arion: A Journal of the Humanities and the Classics 28, no. 3 (2020): 43–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/arn.2020.0036.

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Keegan, William F. "The Ecology of Lucayan Arawak Fishing Practices." American Antiquity 51, no. 4 (October 1986): 816–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/280868.

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Fishing is a form of predator-prey interaction. As such, the behaviors of fishes can be used to define a restricted range of human behaviors that resulted in their capture. In this report, ecological evidence, fishbone analysis, ethnohistoric reports for the prehistoric Caribbean, experimental fishtrap samples, and ethnographic reports of fishing in other coral waters are brought together in the analysis of prehistoric fishing in the Bahama Archipelago. The analysis is conducted at two levels. First, general fishing strategies are distinguished on the basis of behavioral evidence; and second, specific capture techniques are identified through comparisons with experimental fishtrap samples.
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Van Neer, Wim. "EVOLUTION OF PREHISTORIC FISHING IN THE NILE VALLEY." Journal of African Archaeology 2, no. 2 (October 25, 2004): 251–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.3213/1612-1651-10030.

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The available data are reviewed on ichthyofaunas from prehistoric sites along the Nile in Egypt and Sudanese Nubia. Former fishing practices are reconstructed using information derived from species spectra, reconstructed fish sizes, growth increment analysis and fishing implements. It is demonstrated that fishing was initially practised exclusively on the floodplain and that it was limited to a small number of shallow water taxa during Late Palaeolithic times. From the Epipalaeolithic onwards (ca 10000-8000 bp), fishing was also undertaken in the main Nile whereby the number of exploited species increased. Technological innovations allowing the exploitation of the deeper parts of the main river included nets and fish-hooks as well as improved vessels, permitting the capture of larger species from the open water. It is argued that fish must always have been a staple food because the animals seasonally occurring in large numbers on the floodplain were intensively exploited and because these fish could be easily dried for future consumption. Once the fishing grounds also included the main river, fishing was no longer restricted to the flood season, but could also be carried out when the Nile levels were low. Hence the role of fish in the resource scheduling also changed at the transition of Late Palaeolithic to Epipalaeolithic times.
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Kuang-Ti, Li. "Prehistoric Marine Fishing Adaptation in Southern Taiwan." Journal of East Asian Archaeology 3, no. 1 (2001): 47–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156852301100402769.

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Lubinski, Patrick M. "Prehistoric Fishing in the Middle Rocky Mountains." Plains Anthropologist 45, no. 172 (May 2000): 155–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2052546.2000.11932000.

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WEISLER, MARSHALL I., ROBERT BOLLT, and AMY FINDLATER. "Prehistoric fishing strategies on themakateaisland of Rurutu." Archaeology in Oceania 45, no. 3 (October 2010): 130–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00089.x.

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Davidson, Janet M., B. F. Leach, K. Fraser, and G. Burnside. "Prehistoric Fishing at Fa'ahia, Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia." Journal de la Société des océanistes 107, no. 2 (1998): 145–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/jso.1998.2054.

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Guimarães, Márica B. "Fishing strategies among prehistoric populations at Saquarema Lagoonal Complex, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil." Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 85, no. 1 (March 2013): 415–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0001-37652013005000005.

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Two distinct fishing technologies were identified among the shellmound builders of the Saquarema Lagoonal Complex, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro: bone point technology and worked fish spines. These technologies were related to the acquisition of specific fish resources; Worked fish spines were used in the capture of Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest), and bone points used for fishing specimens of the Ariidae family. Worked spines technology was predominant between 6,726 cal. years BP and 3,699 cal. years BP, while the bone point technology was dominant after 3,699 cal. years BP. It is believed these different strategies for obtaining fishing resources before 3,699 years cal. BP was related to environmental. Notably the gradual regression of relative sea level occurred during the mid- and late Holocene.
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Walters, Ian. "Some observations on the material culture of Aboriginal fishing in the Moreton Bay area: implications for archaeology." Queensland Archaeological Research 2 (January 1, 1985): 50–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.25120/qar.2.1985.194.

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Assessments of suites of material culture items have often been used to characterize various aspects of human behaviour and cultural development. This has particularly been the case with regard to assessments of prehistoric fisheries (e.g. Anell 1955, Reinman 1967, Kirch 1982, Colley 1983:4-7). This paper presents some observations on the material culture of Aboriginal fishing in and around Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland, which derive from written and oral history relating to the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They allow implications to be drawn about the way the fishery may have operated in the prehistoric period.
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Theodoropoulou, Tatiana. "Fishing together, fishing on its own: Fish exploitation patterns at the Neolithic Alepotrypa cave (Diros, Greece) and Aegean prehistoric fishing traditions." International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 29, no. 3 (May 2019): 395–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.2798.

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Fitzpatrick, Scott M., and Osamu Kataoka. "Prehistoric fishing in Palau, Micronesia: evidence from the Northern Rock Islands." Archaeology in Oceania 40, no. 1 (April 2005): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1834-4453.2005.tb00574.x.

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MacDonald, Douglas H., Jannifer W. Gish, Steven D. Sheriff, and Michael Livers. "Fishing Bridge Point (48YE381): A Stratified Prehistoric Site at Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming." Plains Anthropologist 57, no. 223 (August 2012): 261–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/pan.2012.020.

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Ono, Rintaro, and Michiko Intoh. "Island of Pelagic Fishermen: Temporal Changes in Prehistoric Fishing on Fais, Micronesia." Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 6, no. 2 (May 2011): 255–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2010.540531.

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Steadman, David W., and Sharyn Jones. "Long-Term Trends in Prehistoric Fishing and Hunting on Tobago, West Indies." Latin American Antiquity 17, no. 3 (September 2006): 316–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/25063055.

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AbstractWe compare the bone assemblages of Milford 1 (TOB-3) and Golden Grove (TOB-13) in Tobago, West Indies. Milford 1 is a small preceramic occupation (ca. 3000-2800 cal B.P.), whereas Golden Grove is a large ceramic-period village (ca. 1700-900 cal B.P.). Species richness at TOB-13 is greater than at TOB-3, both in marine (67 vs. 39 fishes) and terrestrial (32 vs. 9) taxa. Major shifts in marine exploitation from the preceramic to ceramic periods can be seen in relative abundance of tuna, toadfishes, and in fishes inhabiting mangrove and brackish water environments, and decreases in relative abundance of parrotfish, carnivorous reef fishes, and sea turtles. The abundance of tuna bones at TOB-13 is uniquely high among West Indian archaeological sites. For terrestrial taxa, the difference in species richness exceeds the expected, including decreased specialization on big game (peccaries) at TOB-13, with a greater tendency to hunt reptiles, birds, and mammals of all sizes at TOB-3. Factors underlying the shifts in fishing and hunting may include different collection methods and food preferences of non-Arawakan (preceramic) vs. Arawakan (ceramic) peoples, as well as human-induced declines in populations of peccaries, sea turtles, and selected fish species. Another possible factor is site setting, with the inhabitants of TOB-13 having enhanced access to mangrove habitats.
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Moreno-Muñoz, Daniel, Ramón García-Marín, and Cayetano Espejo-Marín. "Extractive Fishing Gear in the Mazarrón Bay (Murcia Region, Spain) during the First Half of the 20th Century: A Heritage Prone to Being Forgotten." Heritage 6, no. 6 (May 30, 2023): 4573–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage6060243.

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Fishing in the Mazarrón Bay has been practiced since prehistoric times. This was one of the basic pillars of the area’s economy; however, due to the development of tourism, this maritime activity has been pushed into the background. The changes in the fishermen’s way of fishing in the last decades of the 20th century, as a consequence of the proliferation of boats with greater extractive capacity, have meant that much of the fishing gear has fallen into disuse. The main objective of this research is the compilation of information on their use and the available tools of this heritage in order to preserve their history. In order to do so, the archives of the Mazarrón Fishermen’s Guild were consulted and interviews were conducted with local fishermen over 80 years of age, who fished with devices that are no longer in use today. The results show that it is possible to promote them as tourist attractions, with the aim of raising awareness of the fishing identity and the environment in which it is practiced, in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Braje, Todd J., and Torben C. Rick. "Identifying Specialized 19th Century Fishing Camps on California's Northern Channel Islands: Applying AMS Radiocarbon Dating to Historical Sites." Radiocarbon 57, no. 5 (2015): 909–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/azu_rc.57.18397.

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California's Northern Channel Islands have long been an epicenter of specialized fishing economies dating from 13,000 yr ago to the mid-19th century. With thousands of well-preserved shell middens, some dominated by single shellfish species and little to no material culture, it can be difficult to distinguish between specialized prehistoric and historical deposits at some site types. Beginning at least in the Early Holocene and continuing into the Historic period, California mussels, turban snails, and abalone were targeted for specialized collection and processing by Native Americans and later Chinese and Euro-American fishers. Here, we demonstrate how selective accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating of specialized abalone processing camps can help distinguish between prehistoric and historical sites. While unconventional, our case study demonstrates the utility of14C dating at sites less than 300 yr old.
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Lambert, Patricia M. "Health in Prehistoric Populations of the Santa Barbara Channel Islands." American Antiquity 58, no. 3 (July 1993): 509–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/282110.

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Skeletal remains from the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, California were analyzed to evaluate the health consequences of an economic shift from a generalized maritime hunting-and-gathering adaptation to one focused increasingly on fishing. Changes in stature and in the frequency of inflammatory bone lesions suggest that health generally declined during this economic shift. This occurred despite an increase in the protein content of the diet. These data provide a basis for evaluating the significance of protein deficiency as a cause of the deterioration in health seen with the development of intensive agriculture.
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Peeters, Hans. "De ontdekking van Doggerland: de wetenschappelijke waarde van strandvondsten." Paleo-aktueel, no. 33 (July 16, 2024): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.21827/pa.33.1-8.

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The discovery of Doggerland: the scientific value of beach findsCoined in 1998 by archaeologist Bryony Coles, ‘Doggerland’ has become a widely recognised name for the prehistoric landscapes, now submerged beneath the North Sea. For more than 100 years, scholars have suspected remains of these landscapes and their inhabitants to have survived, but direct evidence such as bone and stone tools has long been relatively sparse. Today, much more is known about the preservation of prehistoric landforms, as well as the material remains of animals, humans and artefacts. As part of the NWO-funded project ‘Resurfacing Doggerland’, thousands of finds, collected on Dutch beaches and retrieved from fishing nets, are now being studied in detail. The results will provide new insights into the relationship between climate-induced sea-level rise and socio-cultural processes.
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Kulkova, M., T. Gusentzova, E. Nesterov, P. Sorokin, and T. Sapelko. "Chronology of Neolithic-Early Metal Age Sites at the Okhta River Mouth (Saint Petersburg, Russia)." Radiocarbon 54, no. 3-4 (2012): 1049–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200047664.

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The unique archaeological monument of Okhta 1 (Neolithic-Early Metal Age) was excavated in 2008 in central Saint Petersburg (Russia). Radiocarbon and wiggle-match dating of organic materials and artifacts (charcoal wood samples and ceramic food crusts) from lithological and cultural layers helped to determine the main stages of cultural-historical processes and paleogeographical events in the coastal zone of the Baltic Sea bay during the Holocene. Humans occupied the Okhta Cape from 4200–3600 cal BC, after the Littorina Sea regression. Prehistoric people of the Middle-Late Neolithic, identified by their characteristic Pit Combed Ware ceramics, used this territory for fishing and hunting. The wood pile constructions used for fishing in 3500 cal BC were built on the coast and in river channels. From 3200–3000 cal BC, settlements and burials appeared of the Late Neolithic-Early Metal Age. The strategic geographical position of this territory was favorable for trade activity, fishing, and hunting, and shaped important interactions for different cultural groups.
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Ballester, Benjamin, and Francisco Gallardo. "Prehistoric and historic networks on the Atacama Desert coast (northern Chile)." Antiquity 85, no. 329 (August 2011): 875–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0006837x.

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Comparing the records of fishing communities made in the sixteenth to twentieth centuries to the archaeological evidence of the sixth millennium BP, the authors propose a sophisticated prehistoric network for the coastal people of northern Chile. Residential seashore settlements link both along the coast to temporary production sites for fish, and inland to oasis-based providers of products from the uplands and salt flats. Sharing values and kinsfolk, the coastal communities must have travelled extensively in boats which, like their modern counterparts, made use of floats of inflated sealskin.
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Cooke, Richard. "Prehistoric nearshore and littoral fishing in the eastern Tropical Pacific: An ichthyological evaluation." Journal of World Prehistory 6, no. 1 (March 1992): 1–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00997584.

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FITZPATRICK, Scott M., CHRISTINA M. GIOVAS, and OSAMU KATAOKA. "Temporal trends in prehistoric fishing in Palau, Micronesia over the last 1500 years." Archaeology in Oceania 46, no. 1 (April 2011): 6–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1834-4453.2011.tb00094.x.

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Jett, Stephen C., and Peter B. Moyle. "The Exotic Origins of Fishes Depicted on Prehistoric Mimbres Pottery from New Mexico." American Antiquity 51, no. 4 (October 1986): 688–720. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/280860.

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A variety of fishes is depicted on Classic Mimbres figurative pottery of ca. A.D. 950-1150. Bowl paintings show fishing scenes and equipment. We have tentatively identified depictions of 20 fish taxa, 18 of which are of marine origin. The suite of species suggests a provenience in the Gulf of California, near Guaymas, Sonora. Mimbres traders apparently traveled 1,500 km from New Mexico's Mimbres Valley to the Gulf and back, probably to obtain shells and other materials for home use and for commerce.
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Hecht López, Pedro, Jorge Corrales-Muñoz, and Eduardo Parra-Villegas. "Finding of exostoses in the external auditory channel of maritime workers in the port of Arica. Rescue of contemporary historical data." Journal of Historical Archaeology & Anthropological Sciences 7, no. 1 (April 8, 2022): 20–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.15406/jhaas.2022.07.00250.

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Since the beginning of the 20th century, different investigations in human mummies from the fertile coast of northern Chile have reported the appearance of a bone growth indistinctly called osteoma or exostoses in the external auditory channel (EAC) of prehistoric skulls. Subsequent works defined this excrescence as exostoses, based on the radiological study of the tissues and its bilateral appearance due to reactive growth, based on an environmental hypothesis due to continuous exposure to the cold temperatures of the coastal edge mainly due to fishing and underwater diving for survival during prehistory. At the end of the 20th century, we used conventional radiology to study a group of maritime workers from the port of Arica, divers, and fishermen who worked in the same geographical place where exostoses were reported in the EAC of mummies in northern Chile. For the radiological analysis, the number of exostoses and their location were considered, determining the frequencies and subjecting them to statistical tests, comparing them with a control group of people who did not work at sea. This article rescues the unpublished data of this series of cases of contemporary population and provides radiological evidence to compare with the series of data on local prehistoric population. We conclude that the higher frequency of exostoses in the EAC of current divers and fishermen when compared to the control group, as well as its greater bilateral appearance, allow us to support the hypothesis of exposure to the cold of the maritime environment as the cause of this reactive bone growth of the EAC.
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Suroto, Hari, and Erlin N. Idje Djami. "BENTUK KEHIDUPAN MANUSIA PRASEJARAH DI SITUS YOMOKHO (Prehistoric living in the Yomokho Site)." Jurnal Penelitian Arkeologi Papua dan Papua Barat 10, no. 2 (November 30, 2018): 169–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.24832/papua.v10i2.260.

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Folklore that the Sentani people believe about the migration of their ancestors from Papua New Guinea who chose Yomokho Hill as an initial settlement, it is necessary to do research related to prehistoric human life forms on the Yomokho site. The purpose of this paper is to find out the prehistoric human life forms on the Yomokho Site. Methods of data collection are library studies, interviews, land surface surveys, excavations. Data analysis is artefactual analysis, contextual analysis, and XRD analysis. The prehistoric forms of human life on the Yomokho Site based on artifacts, ecophysics and the environmental context around the site indicate that they live hunting, fishing and gathering sago. ABSTRAK Cerita rakyat yang dipercaya Suku Sentani tentang migrasi nenek moyang mereka dari Papua New Guinea yang memilih Bukit Yomokho sebagai pemukiman awal, maka perlu dilakukan penelitian yang berkaitan dengan bentuk kehidupan manusia prasejarah di situs Yomokho. Tujuan penulisan ini untuk mengetahui bentuk kehidupan manusia prasejarah di Situs Yomokho. Metode pengumpulan data yaitu studi pustaka, wawancara, survei permukaan tanah, ekskavasi. Analisis data yaitu analisis artefaktual, analisis kontekstual, dan analisis XRD. Bentuk kehidupan manusia prasejarah di Situs Yomokho berdasarkan artefak, ekofak serta konteks lingkungan sekitar situs menunjukkan bahwa mereka hidup berburu, mencari ikan dan meramu sagu.
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Martin, Susan Rapalje. "A Reconsideration of Aboriginal Fishing Strategies in the Northern Great Lakes Region." American Antiquity 54, no. 3 (July 1989): 594–604. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/280786.

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Aboriginal northern Great Lakes fishing strategies varied with season, target species, and organization of the labor force. The placement of Woodland archaeological sites complied with the structure of these fisheries, but their locations do not reflect prey specificity or one specialized technology. Rather, resource-general locations suggest an essential step in the process of specialization. Flexibility in settlement and social styles existed among prehistoric foragers of the midlatitudes, as did a variety of solutions to food-getting problems. Slow, accretional processes rather than temporally discrete growth processes were responsible for Late Woodland site characteristics in this region. Stable locational-selection patterns are visible through reexamination of the historical data base and through statistical analyses of environmental factors associated with sites at a number of Woodland localities.
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Stroulia, Anna. "Public Archaeology: About the Present and as a Present." Practicing Anthropology 38, no. 2 (April 1, 2016): 32–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/0888-4552-38.2.32.

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The recent turn of public archaeology towards dialogue and collaboration between archaeologists and local, indigenous, or descendant communities is certainly welcome. Yet, for the most part, the focus is still on archaeological concerns. It is time to move further, pay attention to the things that matter to these communities today, and give back more than archaeological information. This article presents attempts to go precisely in such a direction in relation to the village of Kilada, a fishing community located close to the prehistoric site of Franchthi Cave in Greece.
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Hildebrandt, William R., Kelly R. McGuire, and Jeffrey S. Rosenthal. "Human Behavioral Ecology and Historical Contingency: A Comment on the Diablo Canyon Archaeological Record." American Antiquity 75, no. 3 (July 2010): 679–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.7183/0002-7316.75.3.679.

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Using data from a single site along the central California coast (CA-SLO-2), Jones et al. (2008) critique our use of human behavioral ecology to explain changing hunting and fishing adaptations in prehistoric California and the Great Basin. Instead, they argue that human adaptations tend to stay relatively stable over time until they are influenced by historical contingencies. We question the utility of using data from a single site, and expand the sample with information from several deposits along the south-central coast. This expanded sample documents a dynamic evolutionary sequence characterized by increasing residential stability accompanied by hunting and fishing in more distant resource patches. Access to these patches, both terrestrial and marine, was made possible by changes in social organization and technology. Many of these behaviors appear to have incurred high costs, and are potentially explained with reference to costly signaling theory.
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Lambrides, Ariana B. J., and Marshall I. Weisler. "Pacific Islands Ichthyoarchaeology: Implications for the Development of Prehistoric Fishing Studies and Global Sustainability." Journal of Archaeological Research 24, no. 3 (February 2, 2016): 275–324. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10814-016-9090-y.

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Luedtke, Barbara. "Analysis of the Copper Bead from Calf Island, Massachusetts." North American Archaeologist 19, no. 2 (October 1998): 163–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/vdt6-r2n1-21fc-m3u8.

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Given the increasing interest in copper analysis and the relative scarcity of prehistoric copper artifacts in the Northeast, those of us with unpublished data have an obligation to make them available to other researchers. Therefore, this article presents new metric and chemical data on a copper bead from the Calf Island site, a Late Woodland fishing and hunting camp in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. In addition, several new radiocarbon dates from the site are presented and discussed. It is suggested that beads may have been increasing in quantity and variety during the Late Woodland period in eastern Massachusetts.
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Pestle, William J. "Fishing Down a Prehistoric Caribbean Marine Food Web: Isotopic Evidence From Punta Candelero, Puerto Rico." Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 8, no. 2 (May 2013): 228–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2013.797943.

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Goto, Akira. "Archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy in the Ryukyu Islands: a preliminary report." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 7, S278 (January 2011): 315–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921311012750.

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AbstractThe Ryukyu (Okinawa) Islands are situated in sub-tropical zone between the Japanese Archipelago and Taiwan. Although Okinawan people have a rich tradition of star lore, few studies have been undertaken on its relevance to subsistence, religion and the socio-political system. This paper is a first attempt to explore a systematic relationship between star lore (e.g. relating to the Pleiades) with agriculture, fishing, navigation and religious practice. This paper also considers the possibility of interpreting the nature of prehistoric and historical stone structures from the viewpoint of archaeoastronomy. This kind of analysis is likely to be fruitful, since the kingship of the Ryukyu Islands was strongly associated with sun worship.
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Colten, Roger H., and Jeanne E. Arnold. "Prehistoric Marine Mammal Hunting on California's Northern Channel Islands." American Antiquity 63, no. 4 (October 1998): 679–701. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2694115.

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Prehistoric marine mammal hunting is of interest to archaeologists worldwide because these animals were exploited by a wide range of coastal societies. Sorting out the roles of particular groups of fauna in prehistoric economies requires detailed attention to the analysis of the entire faunal assemblage. Although marine mammals typically provided large quantities of fat and protein and were desirable prey, they were not always central to the diets of the groups that exploited them, particularly in temperate zones. To evaluate effectively the importance of marine mammal exploitation, scholars should calculate the relative contribution of these animals to the economy, identify changes in hunting techniques, determine the relationship between fauna and other aspects of society, assess changing environmental conditions, and consider alternate explanations for those relationships. A large body of research on the northern Channel Islands of California demonstrates that fishing was relatively more important than marine mammal exploitation in subsistence and in stimulating sociopolitical and technological developments. Recent attempts to credit marine mammal hunting as a driving force in the invention of the plank canoe and the evolution of a chiefdom in the Santa Barbara Channel area misunderstand environmental factors and site histories in this region. Rather than assuming that a pan-Pacific Coast set of traditions existed to exploit these taxa, we see evidence of local and regional differences rooted in variable cultural settings, physiographic and oceanographic conditions, and available technologies. Data from the Santa Barbara Channel are used to explore the relationships among marine mammal use, sociological change, and environmental change.
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Biveridge, Fritz. "First Results of Archaeological Investigations Conducted at Laloi East, Greater Accra Region, Ghana." EAZ – Ethnographisch-Archaeologische Zeitschrift 56, no. 1/2 (January 1, 2015): 255–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.54799/fzff2925.

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This paper presents preliminary results from archaeological excavations conducted at Laloi East, a previously unknown prehistoric coastal settlement located in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The settlers of Laloi East subsisted primarily on animal husbandry, crop cultivation, hunting and fishing and molluscs’ exploitation. It also appears that exchange, involving shellfish for pottery and other products may have been undertaken with neighbouring coastal and inland populations, and was probably central to facilitation of the local economy during the occupation period. The archaeological evidence revealed strong economic and cultural affinities between the settlers of Laloi East and Gao Lagoon, located almost two kilometers west of Laloi East. The research however could not establish if the current Dangme occupants of the area were progenitors of the Laloi East settlers.
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Werbart, Bozena. "Complexity in the Use of Culture Concepts - Re-thinking Concepts of Cultures. Example: Fishing/Foragers Neolithic Cultures in NE Europe." Current Swedish Archaeology 2, no. 1 (December 28, 1994): 211–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.37718/csa.1994.13.

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This paper deals with the general pluralism of opinions concerning the concepts of Neolithic cultures. Variations within the contents and concepts of cultures can represent a great potential, but they are essentially restrictive. The positivist divsion of archaeological cultures is a familiar error of the exponents of "objectivity" of cultural studies —"Neolithic cultures", "Subneolithic cultures". Between the 1970s-1990s researchers could not agree upon the economic, ceramic or other aspects of the identifying features of cultures and sometimes referred to them as "Subneolithic", "Paraneolithic, " or even "Ceramic Mesolithic". All these terms, also including the cultural context, are incomplete, although they do contain information about the prehistoric past, which is real.
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Smith, Carley B., Claire E. Ebert, and Douglas J. Kennett. "Human Ecology of Shellfish Exploitation at a Prehistoric Fishing-Farming Village on the Pacific Coast of Mexico." Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 9, no. 2 (May 4, 2014): 183–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2014.881935.

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McKechnie, Iain. "Investigating the complexities of sustainable fishing at a prehistoric village on western Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada." Journal for Nature Conservation 15, no. 3 (October 2007): 208–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2007.05.001.

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Giovas, Christina M., Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Osamu Kataoka, and Meagan Clark. "Prey body size and anthropogenic resource depression: The decline of prehistoric fishing at Chelechol ra Orrak, Palau." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 41 (March 2016): 132–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2015.12.001.

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GIOVAS, CHRISTINA M., ARIANA B. J. LAMBRIDES, SCOTT M. FITZPATRICK, and OSAMU KATAOKA. "Reconstructing prehistoric fishing zones in Palau, Micronesia using fish remains: A blind test of inter-analyst correspondence." Archaeology in Oceania 52, no. 1 (December 1, 2016): 45–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/arco.5119.

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Reingruber, Agathe. "A network of the steppe and forest steppe along the Prut and Lower Danube rivers during the 6th millennium BC." Documenta Praehistorica 43 (December 30, 2016): 167–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dp.43.8.

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The transition from a (predominantly) mobile way of life relying on hunting, fishing and gathering to a (predominantly) sedentary life-style based on farming and animal husbandry is considered in the western Pontic archaeological tradition almost exclusively from a southern, AegeanAnatolian perspective. Contacts between the steppe and forest steppe of the north-eastern Balkans and the north-western Pontic were seen as linear and unidirectional; ‘cultures’ were defined almost exclusively on the basis of pottery styles. Not only such traditional viewpoints, but also the political conditions of the 20th century further biased prehistoric research. However, the outer Carpathian region should not be treated as a periphery of the inner Carpathian Cris culture, but as a region of multidirectional exchange networks. Moreover, certain traditions are obviously rooted in the Mesolithic of that area.
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Kwak, Seungki. "Beyond “Maritime”: Understanding foodways of the Neolithic coastal dwellers in the Korean Peninsula through the application of organic residue analysis." KOREA NEOLITHIC RESEARCH SOCIETY 45 (June 30, 2023): 11–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.35186/jkns.2023.45.11.

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This study investigates the subsistence and foodways of Neolithic coastal foragers in the in the Korean Peninsula using innovative method of organic chemistry. Throughout the Neolithic period, people occupied islands and coastal regions, creating hundreds of shellmiddens. Since subsistence studies mainly relied on shellmiddens where faunal remains are preserved well, when it comes to the coastal and island settings, Neolithic subsistence practice has been regarded as the ‘maritime hunting-gathering-fishing’. This study tries to obtain new evidence related to prehistoric foodstuffs by directly analyzing potsherds collected from well-known Neolithic coastal and island sites located in the Southern part of the Korean Peninsula with the application of compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA). Our result revealed that the subsistence were more dynamic and varied than is posited by models focused on marine resources.
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Ulusu, Nuriye Nuray. "Curious Cases of the Enzymes / Neobiča Istorija Enzima." Journal of Medical Biochemistry 34, no. 3 (July 1, 2015): 271–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jomb-2014-0045.

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SummaryLife as we know it heavily relies on biological catalysis, in fact, in a very nonromantic version of it, life could be considered as a series of chemical reactions, regulated by the guarding principles of thermodynamics. In ancient times, a beating heart was a good sign of vitality, however, to me, it is actually the presence of active enzymes that counts… Though we do not usually pay attention, the history of enzymology is as old as humanity itself, and dates back to the ancient times. This paper is dedicated to these early moments of this remarkable science that touched our lives in the past and will make life a lot more efficient for humanity in the future. There was almost always a delicate, fundamentally essential relationship between mankind and the enzymes. Challenged by a very alien and hostile Nature full of predators, prehistoric men soon discovered the medicinal properties of the plants, through trial and error. In fact, they accidently discovered the enzyme inhibitors and thus, in crude terms, kindled a sparkling area of research. These plant-derivatives that acted as enzyme inhibitors helped prehistoric men in their pursuit of survival and protection from predators; in hunting and fishing… Later in history, while the underlying purposes of survival and increasing the quality of life stayed intact, the ways and means of enzymology experienced a massive transformation, as the ‘trial and error’ methodology of the ancients is now replaced with rational scientific theories.
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Roselló-Izquierdo, Eufrasia, Eduardo Berganza-Gochi, Carlos Nores-Quesada, and Arturo Morales-Muñiz. "Santa Catalina (Lequeitio, Basque Country): An ecological and cultural insight into the nature of prehistoric fishing in Cantabrian Spain." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 6 (April 2016): 645–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.06.002.

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Keene, Deborah A. "Reevaluating Late Prehistoric Coastal Subsistence and Settlement Strategies: New Data from Grove's Creek Site, Skidaway Island, Georgia." American Antiquity 69, no. 4 (October 2004): 671–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4128443.

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This paper tests existing models of coastal subsistence strategies and settlement patterns of the late prehistoric inhabitants of the Southeastern U.S. Atlantic coastal plain. Excavations at Grove's Creek Site (09CH71), Skidaway Island, Georgia were conducted to determine the season of occupation of the site. Paleoethnobotanical and zooarchaeological data were used to determine the subsistence strategies of the inhabitants. Stable isotope analysis of oyster shells is combined with the faunal and botanical data to determine the seasons of occupation of the site. The most notable discovery was the diversity of agricultural plants. Paleoethnobotanical data indicate a spring through autumn occupation, and the stable isotope data indicate winter through summer. Faunal data suggest occupation from spring through early winter. Therefore, the site was occupied year-round. This information, coupled with other data from the Southeastern U.S. Atlantic Coast, suggests a revision to existing subsistence and settlement pattern models. Coastal peoples lived in permanent villages and relied on a mix of agriculture, hunting, fishing, and gathering. Short trips were likely made to procure some resources, but there was not an extensive seasonal round.
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Wilkens, Barbara. "Fishing in the Arabian sea : a short note on the prehistoric sites RH6 and R'as al-Jinz 1 in Oman." Paléorient 31, no. 1 (2005): 126–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/paleo.2005.4792.

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Zangrando, Atilio Francisco J., Juan Federico Ponce, María Paz Martinoli, Alejandro Montes, Ernesto Piana, and Fabián Vanella. "Palaeogeographic changes drove prehistoric fishing practices in the Cambaceres Bay (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina) during the middle and late Holocene." Environmental Archaeology 21, no. 2 (January 14, 2016): 182–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2015.1130888.

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Sumantri, Dirga Imam Gozali, Dicky A. S. Soeria Atmadja, and Pindi Setiawan. "Sangkulirang Mangkalihat: The Earliest Prehistoric Rock-Art in the World." Proceedings of the ICA 1 (May 16, 2018): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/ica-proc-1-108-2018.

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Borneo island, a part of Sundaland &amp;ndash; a great mainland in South East Asia thousands of years ago &amp;ndash; is the largest island in Indonesian Archipelago. In the middle-eastern of East Borneo, lies a peninsula karst region named Sangkulirang Mangkalihat. The region’s biodiversity contains many species of flora and fauna which are part of karst ecosystem.<br> Surprisingly, thousands prehistoric rock art paintings and engraving were found here, spread over 48 inland caves in seven different karst mountain areas. The rock arts are painted on the ceiling, wall, and hollow of the cave depends on the meaning. They illustrate forms such as spiritual images (zoomorphic and antropomorphic) for sacred spiritual meaning, and social phenomenon images (tools and weapons) for description of daily life. From all those rock-arts, hand paintings are the most common elements appeared. Compared to other paintings, these are the only negative images using different techniques.<br> Radiocarbon dating indicated that the rock-arts at Tewet Cave in Sangkulirang Mangkalihat is 40,000&amp;thinsp;BP. It is much earlier compared to Lascaux Cave (35,400&amp;thinsp;BP) and Chauvet Cave (32,000) in France which were previously known as the earliest one in the world.<br> Rock arts and some archeological findings also indicate the migration of Austronesian People. During the migration, Borneo’s climate and land cover were changing from time to time. Continental climate occurred when all Sundaland was still dry (40,000&amp;ndash;21,000&amp;thinsp;BP), followed by tropical savanna climate and archipelagic climate (12,000&amp;ndash;7.000&amp;thinsp;BP), and then Tropical Rainforest consecutively (1,000&amp;thinsp;BP). Correlatively, geological interpretations from such areas indicate land cover changes. These changes effected Austronesian ways of living, e.g. from hunting to fishing, and were depicted clearly on their paintings.<br> Today, &amp;ndash; as observed from time series satellite images &amp;ndash; industrial activities such as karst exploitation for cement production and land clearing for palm oil plantation are threatening Sangkulirang Mangkalihat as they are approaching this particular areas. Efforts were conducted to preserve these particular sites, from establishing local regulations to a great step to propose it as one of UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage.<br> To disseminate its importance as the world’s earliest known rock arts, a particular map should be designed. The map should be able to describe multiple aspects regarding these sites, i.e. its location and position among other world rock arts, detail locations in the sites, climate and geomorphological changes occurred and its effects to these rock arts, its correlation to prehistoric migration, and threats faced today from industrial activities. An integrated, multiscale representation of such geospatial informations is considered.
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de Agüero, Fernández-Rodríguez, Roselló-Izquierdo, Llorente-Rodriguez, Bejega-García, Fuertes-Prieto, and Morales-Muñiz. "Fish- and Shellmiddens from Galicia (Northwest Spain): Reflections upon a Neglected Coastal Cultural Heritage from the Iberian Peninsula." Humanities 8, no. 2 (April 25, 2019): 85. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/h8020085.

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The physiographical features of the Galician sea, in particular its temperature, marine currents and plankton richness, have turned its waters into one of the most biologically diversified marine regions of the planet. The 1500 km of shorelines from this Northwest Iberian region are dotted with rías (Galician fjords) where settlements devoted to fishing and trade have existed since prehistoric times. These activities left abundant testimonies in terms of archaeological deposits. In recent decades, urban/industrial development, as well as a number of natural agents (e.g., storms, sea level rise, climate change), is rapidly erasing the evidences of this rich cultural heritage. Loss of fish and shellmiddens in particular will hamper our ability to infer traditional lifeways, doing away with evidence that is crucial to monitoring past climatic changes and to inferring those biological conditions under which marine species and coastal populations thrived in the past. This paper surveys some issues dealing with the coastal bio-archaeological heritage of Galicia, and the risks these deposits face. It concludes with a proposal to save this increasingly threatened marine heritage.
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