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Lacustrine islands in the cultural and natural landscape of Western Slavs in the early Middle Ages The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Wojciech Chudziak, Ryszard Kaźmierczak, Piotr Błędowski, Agnieszka M. Noryśkiewicz, Monika Badura, Daniel Makowiecki, Mateusz Kramkowski
Recent research on central West Slavic sites in the Polish Lowlands (Poland) dated to the Early Middle Ages conducted within the framework of the Man in the Borderland project (NP DH) has shown tha...
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Revisiting the evidence of the Arenal 1 site: Chronologies and human interactions in central southern Chile The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Karolyn Buhring, A. McAlister, B. Kneebone, E. Calás, J. Gajardo, C. Roa, A. Delgado, L. Olguin, M. Fernandez, R. Moreira, D. Quiroz, P. Sheppard
The Arenal 1 site in central southern Chile is renowned for its chicken DNA evidence suggesting pre-Columbian contacts with Polynesia. Debates around the chronology of the site and the lack of addi...
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Sea turtle shells in the Netherlands: Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry and stable isotope analysis identify species and provenance The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Willemien de Kock, Youri van den Hurk, Merita Dreshaj, Max Ramsøe, Michael Dee, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Per J. Palsbøll, Canan Çakırlar
Sea turtles (Cheloniidae) are extremely rare in the Northern European archaeological record; however, sporadic finds have occurred. Here we used bioarchaeological tools to investigate two archaeolo...
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Impacts of sea level rise on the cultural heritage of oceanic islands: Modeling twenty-first century scenarios in the Canary archipelago The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Nicolás Ferrer, Alexandra Toimil, Iñigo Losada, Gustavo Herrera
Oceanic islands constitute 0.05% of emerged land masses but account for 2% of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Physical constraints have determined that the history of these remote territories is marke...
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Do stormy seas lead to better boats? Exploring the origins of the southern Californian plank canoe through ocean voyage modeling The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Mikael Fauvelle, Alvaro Montenegro
What constraints and conditions are conducive to the innovation of more advanced watercraft technology? This paper explores this question by modeling ancient voyages in the Channel Island region of...
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Radiocarbon dates from Curaçao’s oldest Archaic site extend earliest island settlement to ca. 5700 cal BP The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Cluadia T. Kraan, Michiel Kappers, Kelsey M. Lowe, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Christina M. Giovas
Due to its proximity to coastal South America and settlement during the early phase of insular Caribbean occupation, Curaçao’s archaeological record offers potential evidence for early overwater ex...
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Was the Late Glacial human occupation of northernmost Europe facilitated by whales? New data and perspectives on lithic technology and the paleoecology of the Vendsyssel area, Northern Jutland, Denmark The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-02-26 S. T. Hussain, S. F. Hellerøe, H. N. Dalager, E. S. Nielsen, M. Vinter, F. Riede
The archaeology of the Vendsyssel area in Northern Jutland suggests that early human foragers reached the northernmost tip of continental Europe during the middle part of the Late Glacial Period. T...
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Reconstructing past lifeways of Indigenous individuals in pre-colonial Bonaire, through multi-isotope analysis The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Eleni Seferidou, Sebastiaan Knippenberg, Jason E. Laffoon
Archaeological research in the Caribbean has been extensive and has revealed that, since its first settlement, the region has been characterized by continuous interaction between its inhabitants. H...
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Geoarchaeological insights into ancient ports of the northern Persian Gulf: A vanishing heritage The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Abdolmajid Naderi Beni, Hossein Tofighian, Mostafa F. Kelishomi
The Persian Gulf is one of the earliest locations where sailing and maritime navigation originated. The Iranian coasts along the northern side of the Persian Gulf have played a key role in maritime...
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Late Holocene seasonal human predation of otariids in Santa Cruz River mouth, Southern Patagonia, Argentina The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Adriana L. Pretto, A. Sebastián Muñoz
According to archaeological data, Otaria flavescens and Arctocephalus australis were exploited at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River by hunter-gatherers in the late Holocene. These studies suggest t...
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The stone connection: Functional and microbotanical analysis of prehistoric macrolithic tools on the island of Formentera (Balearic Archipelago) The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Maria Bofill, Francisco J. Aceituno, Marta Portillo, Inés López-Dóriga, Edgard Camarós, Marian Cueto, Luis C. Teira, Pau Sureda
Formentera was one of the last Mediterranean islands to be colonized by humans at the end of the third millennium BC. This island is rather small (83 km2) with marked biogeographical constraints. T...
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New archaeological discoveries in north-central Timor-Leste indicate sociocultural adaptations to landscape change during the Holocene The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-10-08 Sally Brockwell, Andrew McWilliam, Shimona Kealy, Mirani Litster, Sam Cooling, Stuart Hawkins, Michelle C. Langley, Luke Wolfe, Sue O’Connor
During the Holocene, Wallacea saw dramatic sociocultural changes during the Pre-ceramic, Neolithic, Metal-age, and Colonial periods, as well as climatic and associated environmental changes that af...
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Sourcing Mississippian pottery among the complex maritime cultures of Florida’s peninsular Gulf coast The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Neill J. Wallis, C. Trevor Duke, George M. Luer, Michael D. Glascock
In eastern North America after ca. AD 1050, the spread of Mississippian cultures sparked widespread transformations to economy, material culture, political structure, and ideology. “Mississippianiz...
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Landscape ecology, settlement, and land use in the Lower Río Verde Valley, Oaxaca, México: An unusual case for coastal Mesoamerica The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Jessica D. Hedgepeth Balkin, Arthur A. Joyce
This article examines the roles of coastal environments in prehispanic settlement patterns and land use within the lower Río Verde Valley, Oaxaca, México using interdisciplinary methods. We first c...
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The Hālawa dune site, Moloka‘i, Hawaiian Islands: New excavations, redating, and new interpretations The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Patrick V. Kirch, Jillian Swift
The Hālawa dune site on Moloka‘i Island has played a key role in understanding early Hawaiian history. Initially excavated in 1969–1970 and regarded then as dating to the early phase of Hawaiian se...
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Landscapes created by millennia of cultural land use in the Fleurieu Group of Islands, Tasmania—a knowledge baseline for current and future land management under changing climates The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Matthew Adesanya Adeleye, Simon Graeme Haberle, Stephen Harris, Sue O’Connor, Sandra Bowdler
Aboriginal peoples have managed Australian landscapes for millennia; however, deep-time paleoecological evidence of the nature of landscape modification remains rare. The Fleurieu Group of islands ...
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Testing osteometric species determination on zooarchaeological dolphin remains from Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age sites in Ash-Sharqiyyah, Sultanate of Oman The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Youri van den Hurk, Matteo Bormetti, Elena Maini
Different Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age sites located in the Ras al-Hadd cape and Ras al-Jinz Bay area (Ash-Sharqiyyah South Governorate, Sultanate of Oman) have provided thousands of zooarch...
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Love thy (Middle Bronze Age) neighbor: A network model for central and northern Greece The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Christopher Mark Hale
A century of archaeology has identified hundreds of potential sites north of the Corinthian Isthmus on the Greek mainland and in the northeast Aegean contemporary with the Middle Helladic–Late Hell...
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The “island laboratory” revisited: Integrating environmental and sociocultural approaches The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Helen Dawson, Llorenç Picornell-Gelabert, Manuel Calvo-Trias, Gabriel Servera-Vives, Alejandro Valenzuela-Oliver
Published in The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology (Vol. 18, No. 4, 2023)
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Mapping the impacts of coastal erosion on the heritage assets of Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island), North Wales, UK The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Kirsty Ackland, H. Griffiths, L. Barker, S. Davies, T. Driver, D. Hunt
Abstract Coastal erosion and sea level rise has become a significant threat to coastal heritage due to climate change. Management bodies are monitoring the risks posed by undertaking studies, ranging from Rapid Coastal Zone Assessments to much larger government and research council funded studies. These studies have incorporated varying techniques and datasets such as environmental sampling, LiDAR
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Combining quantification, sex, age, and utility patterns to interpret two dugong bone mounds from Woeydhul Island (Western Torres Strait, Australia) The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Sofia C. Samper Carro, Iona Claringbold, Duncan Wright
Abstract The analysis of dugong bone mounds in the Torres Strait Islands has traditionally focused on ritualized deposition and treatment of remains, the distinction between formalized ritual and midden refuse, and their socio-political and spiritual role within Torres Strait Islander seascapes. Research has consistently targeted the abundance of specific skeletal elements in a mound, with interpretations
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Size estimation based on Genidens barbus and Micropogonias furnieri otoliths. Exploring Late Holocene euryhaline fish capture techniques in the eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition, Argentina The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Luciana Stoessel, Gustavo Flensborg, Gustavo Martínez
Abstract Sea catfish (Genidens barbus) and whitemouth croaker (Micropogonias furnieri) were the most marine euryhaline species exploited by hunter-gatherers during the final Late Holocene along the coastal fringe of the eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina). In the lower basin of the Colorado River, zooarchaeological evidence recovered from the San Antonio archaeological locality indicates
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Using bone technology and ZooMS to understand indigenous use of marine mammals at Iita, Northwest Greenland The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Erika Ebel, Genevieve M. LeMoine, Christyann M. Darwent, John Darwent, Daniel P. Kirby
Abstract The site of Iita in northwestern Greenland had near-continual occupation from 1000 CE to the mid-twentieth century, which presents an unparalleled opportunity to examine diachronic changes in the use of marine mammals for food and raw material resources by Pre-Inuit (Late Dorset) and Inuit–Inughuit—two culturally distinct Indigenous groups. Limited wood in High Arctic environments necessitated
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Aotearoa New Zealand’s coastal archaeological heritage: A geostatistical overview of threatened sites The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Benjamin D. Jones, Mark E. Dickson, Murray Ford, Daniel Hikuroa, Emma J. Ryan
Abstract Coastal hazards threaten properties, infrastructure, and cultural sites around Aotearoa New Zealand’s (hereafter Aotearoa) coastline and sea-level rise (SLR) will escalate this problem. At present it is unclear how archaeological sites will be affected by future coastal erosion and inundation. In this paper we combine national-scale archaeological and environmental datasets to provide a first-pass
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Sharing ceramic manufacturing processes: A technological and petrographic study on ceramic production and exchange between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico (350–1200 CE) The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-06-22 S. Casale, A. López Belando, D. Shelley, Y. Narganes, I. Hernández, P. Degryse
Abstract This study investigates the production and distribution of ceramics across the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico during the Ceramic Age (ca. 800–500 BCE to 1500 CE). The ceramic assemblage from El Frances, Dominican Republic, is analyzed and compared with five other sites from Puerto Rico (Hacienda Grande, Tecla, La Gallera, Dorado-42, Sorcé). Petrographic analysis clarifies the origin
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Of missions and marshes: Stable isotope analysis of Mission-Era Guale oyster harvesting on St. Catherines Island, Georgia The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Cayla B. Colclasure, C. Fred T. Andrus, Elliot H. Blair
Abstract This article presents the results of oxygen stable isotope analysis on eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) samples (n = 25) from a Mission-Era (ca. AD 1565–1680) site, Pueblo Santa Catalina de Guale, on St. Catherines Island, GA. Stable isotope analysis was used to assess the seasonality of oyster harvesting on St. Catherines Island during the Mission Era to better understand how Spanish
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Wil Luunda ‘Waada aks (Where the Waters Meet): Deep-time histories of shifting estuarine landscapes and human settlement in Laxgalts’ap watershed, northern British Columbia, Canada The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Bryn Letham, Dana Lepofsky, Spencer Greening
Abstract The geomorphological dynamism of estuarine landscapes provides challenges to archaeologists trying to understand the long-term, intertwined histories of people and place in these ecotones. This is especially the case in regions like the Northwest Coast of North America, where the location of the interface between river and coast has shifted in tandem with changing relative sea level (RSL)
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Investigations at an eroded shell midden reveal direct evidence for fur seal hunting and diverse subsistence strategies on Late Holocene Santa Rosa (Wima) Island, California The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Torben C. Rick, Danielle Duguid, Sabrina B. Sholts, Megan D. Spitzer, Thomas A. Wake, Jon M. Erlandson
Abstract Sea level rise and marine erosion threaten coastal archaeological sites around the world, forcing difficult decisions about how to prioritize which sites to document and analyze. Here we present the results of research at a heavily eroded Late Holocene shell midden at CA-SRI-26, Santa Rosa Island, California. Systematic surface collection and radiocarbon dating of the site revealed an assemblage
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Impact of sea-level rise on cultural resources in the Delaware Bay region, USA The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Daria L. Nikitina, Heather A. Wholey, Michael Powers, Joanna Maurer, Yong Hoon Kim
Abstract The Delaware Bay coastal zone includes at least 1580 cultural heritage resource sites; 700 of them could be damaged or lost by the year 2100. Future projections of sea-level rise (SLR) and storm surges identified cultural resources at high risk for inundation by the years 2030, 2050, 2080, and 2100. The projections are aimed to be high-end estimates preparing for long-term planning and “worse-case”
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The role of the huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Patagonian maritime hunter-gatherer strategies: The case of Diego Portales Island and Última Esperanza inland sea (Chile) The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Vanessa Navarrete, Alberto García-Piquer, Christian García, Alfredo Prieto, Raquel Piqué
Abstract The biodiversity of animal species in the Última Esperanza inland sea (Magallanes region, Chile) provides an exceptional opportunity to study the economic and organizational strategies of maritime hunter-gatherer groups in the Fuego-Patagonian archipelago. The consumption of huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Southern South America is well documented since the Middle Holocene, although its
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Dry, leeward regions support Colonization Period sites: Stratigraphy, dating, and geomorphological setting of one of the earliest habitations in the Hawaiian Islands The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Marshall I. Weisler, Quan Hua, Sara L. Collins, Ashleigh J. Rogers, Walter P. Mendes
Abstract The earliest archaeological sites anchor discussions of the timing, speed, and direction of colonization of continents, single archipelagos, and individual islands, and new discoveries of the oldest sites often cause reevaluations of settlement models and culture-histories at various scales. Consequently, the oldest sites have continued to garner great interest amongst archaeologists worldwide
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Settlement and the exploitation of aquatic resources in the Eastern Lower Papaloapan Basin, Veracruz, Mexico The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Christopher A. Pool, Tanya M. Peres, Michael L. Loughlin
Abstract Research conducted since 2003 in and around the regional center of Tres Zapotes, Veracruz documents the importance of aquatic resources and transportation routes for subsistence and settlement over more than two millennia. Systematic archaeological survey over more than 400 km2 in the surrounding Eastern Lower Papaloapan Basin details a persistent focus of major settlements on streams and
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Review of herring and people of the North Pacific: sustaining a keystone species by Thomas F. Thornton and Madonna L. Moss The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Colin Grier
Published in The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Flooded mangrove landscapes hide ancient Maya coastal sites in Belize The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Heather I. McKillop
Abstract Evidence of ancient Maya exploitation of salt, other marine resources, settlement, and sea trade is hidden in flooded mangrove landscapes on the cays, mainland, and in shallow offshore locations on the south coast of Belize. This article includes a discussion of the coastal economy from the Middle Preclassic through the Postclassic periods (600 B.C.–A.D. 1500). Data from sites discovered and
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Evidence of lithic blade technology in southwest Madagascar The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Dylan S. Davis, George Manahira, François Lahiniriko, Vanillah Andriankaja, Tahirisoa Lorine Carnat, Marius Brenah Jean Clovis, Felicia Fenomanana, Laurence Hubertine, Ricky Justome, Harson Léonce, Augustin Jean Yve, Razafimagnefa Roi, Patricia Soafiavy, Faralahy Victorian, Vavisoa Voahirana, Rasoamampionina Flerita, Zafy Maharesy Chrisostome, Kristina Douglass
Abstract This rapid communication describes a lithic blade that was recently recovered during excavations in the Velondriake Marine Protected Area in southwest Madagascar. This represents the only recorded archaeological lithic blade recovered from southwest Madagascar. The blade was recovered in situ at a depth of 1.66 m, a deposit dating to between 750 and 1200 BP at site G134, adjacent to the modern
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Underwater Neolithic combustion features: A micro-geoarchaeological study in the submerged settlements off the Carmel Coast, Israel The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez, Ehud Galili, Ruth Shahack-Gross
Combustion features are routinely studied using micro-geoarchaeology in prehistoric sites, providing information on human social life. In submerged prehistory such features have not been studied fr...
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Catch of the day: Abundance and size data of groupers (Epinephelidae) and combers (Serranidae) from Middle to Late Holocene Levantine archaeological contexts The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-12-23 Rachel Winter, Elena Desiderà, Paolo Guidetti, Shyama Vermeersch, Nazli Demirel, Canan Çakırlar
Abstract Groupers (Epinephelidae) are ecologically, commercially, and culturally important carnivorous fishes found throughout the world’s tropical, subtropical, and temperate coastal marine waters. Due to various life history traits (e.g., late maturity, sequential hermaphroditism) and behavior (e.g., sedentary, small home ranges) groupers are susceptible to overfishing, including small-scale and
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Amber wind and porpoise jaw: Resource use at Siliņupe (fourth mill. BC) on the Baltic’s Gulf of Riga Coast The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Valdis Bērziņš, Agnese Čakare, Mārcis Kalniņš, Lembi Lõugas, Ildze Mīlgrāve, Ilga Zagorska
Abstract This article presents the first general treatment of the material from the 1954 and 1988–1989 excavations at the fourth millennium BC site of Siliņupe, examined within a broad framework of food and non-food resource use on the Baltic Sea’s Gulf of Riga coast, present-day Latvia. Located at the boundary of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial biotopes, the site offered a high abundance and diversity
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Exploring the origins of coastal villages: New discoveries at the Spring Warrior civic-ceremonial center on Florida’s Gulf Coast The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-12-08 Neill J. Wallis, Michelle J. LeFebvre, Meggan E. Blessing, Paulette S. McFadden
Published in The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology (Ahead of Print, 2022)
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Temporal patterns in the economization of obsidian use in Aotearoa New Zealand The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Caitlan M. V. Butler, Christopher M. Stevenson, Mark D. McCoy, Alex Jorgensen, Thegn N. Ladefoged
Abstract Māori discovered and used a range of obsidian sources throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. Temporal patterns in the economic use of obsidian are investigated with geochemical data, a technological analysis, and use-wear analysis of obsidian artifacts. We examined 11 metrics related to geologic source, flake size, fragmentation ratio, and use-wear on assemblages of artifacts over 20 mm in size
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Terrestrial snails from archaeological sites as proxies for relative sea level on the Gulf Coast of Florida, USA The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Kenneth E. Sassaman, Caroline A. Steffy, Seth C. Shanefield, Ginessa J. Mahar, John D. Slapcinsky
Abstract Archaeological evidence for local environmental change is obscured by the tendency for humans to remove natural resources from places of procurement and deposit them elsewhere, sometimes at great distance. This is especially problematic for changes in relative sea level, which clearly affected the inhabitability of low-elevation coastal landforms but not necessarily the regional availability
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Pollen and phytoliths in archaeological features from North Island, New Zealand, reveal landscape disturbance and cultivation of Polynesian-introduced Cordyline cf. fruticosa (ti) The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Mark Horrocks, Hans-Dieter Bader, Alexy Simmons, Janice Adamson
Abstract The study of pre-European Māori agriculture in New Zealand is hindered by a lack of direct evidence in the form of plant remains. Presented here are the results of pollen and phytolith analyses of three archaeological excavations at Auckland Isthmus, Cambridge, and northern Taranaki. All sites show landscape disturbance by people, and the discovery of pollen of the Māori-introduced cultigen
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Mainland-coastal interactions in East Borneo: Inter-site comparison and Bayesian chronological models of two Late Pleistocene–Holocene sequences (Liang Abu and Kimanis rock shelters) The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Sébastien Plutniak, Asftolfo Araujo, Bambang Sugiyanto, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Jean-Michel Chazine, François-Xavier Ricaut
Abstract In recent decades, East Borneo has become an increasingly important archaeological “hot-spot” in Island Southeast Asia as a result of early dates for rock art ca. 38,000 BP and the greater number of excavated sites that support a much longer period of human occupation. However, the chronology of settlement and adaptation to environmental changes during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition is
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A coastal occupation in Bénin, West Africa: Earthenwares and salt at the time of Atlantic entanglement The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-05 A. Haour, I. Coulson, D. N’Dah, N. Labiyi
Abstract The archaeology of the immediate coastline of West Africa remains surprisingly little understood, and what research has been undertaken has often focused on questions relating to sea-based interactions and the precolonial polities lying slightly inland. This paper reports the results of excavations on Ohlinhoué, a small lagoonal island in the western Republic of Bénin. A locally manufactured
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Correction The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-07-21
Published in The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology (Ahead of Print, 2022)
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The legacy of 1300 years of land use in Jamaica The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-07-06 Sarah Elliott, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Mark Robinson, Michael Burn, William D. Gosling, Hayley L. Mickleburgh, Selvenious Walters, Zachary J. M. Beier
Abstract Despite decades of archaeological research on Jamaica, little is known about how settlers influenced landscape change on the island over time. Here, we examine the impact of human occupation through a multi-proxy approach using phytolith, charcoal, and stratigraphic analyses. White Marl was a continuously inhabited village settlement (ca. 1050–450 cal yrs BP) with large mounded midden areas
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Botanical remains of the last 1800 years from Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati, reveal ancient aroid (Cyrtosperma merkusii and Colocasia esculenta) pit cultivation and other cultigens The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-06-26 Mark Horrocks, Frank Thomas
Abstract Recent advances in the study of the antiquity and development of ancient Pacific Island agriculture have been made at sites across much of the region by the application of a range of microfossil techniques, namely analysis of pollen, phytoliths, and starch. Unlike in Melanesia and Polynesia, the application of these techniques in Micronesia is limited. Here we report on microfossil analysis
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Archaeological research at the Early Pre-Latte Period site of San Roque on Saipan (ca. 1500–1100 BC) The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Boyd Dixon, Michael Dega, Darlene Moore, Judith R. Amesbury
Abstract The first Austronesian settlers at the site of San Roque in Saipan and the southern Mariana Islands began arriving sometime after 1500 BC in what is called the Early Pre-Latte Period. A comparison of San Roque to contemporaneous island sites reveals differences in cooking and habitation features, ceramic vessels and decorative styles, marine shell tools and ornaments, and settlement patterns
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The Proyecto Costa Escondida: Historical ecology and the study of past coastal landscapes in the Maya area The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Jeffrey B. Glover, Dominique Rissolo, Patricia A. Beddows, Roy Jaijel, Derek Smith, Beverly Goodman-Tchernov
Abstract Although Maya scholars have referenced coastal settlements in the more general discourse on past landscapes, coastal landscapes have only rarely been the explicit focus of research programs. Coastal peoples, however, faced distinct challenges and opportunities not shared by their inland neighbors. These had material ramifications in terms of the specific decisions coastal inhabitants made
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Prehistoric reef-building coral occurrence in north Peru The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-06-09 P. W. Glynn, T. D. Dillehay, P. J. Netherly, B. M. Riegl
Abstract Discovery of a late Pleistocene (∼13,300 cal BP) reef-building coral species (Pocillopora damicornis) at the prehistoric Huaca Prieta settlement in Peru raises the question of its origin. Did it arrive in northern Peru from tropical Ecuador via larval dispersal in south-flowing El Niño currents or over land by human trading? The Holocene distribution of Pocillopora in the eastern Pacific extends
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The North Atlantic cod trade: A meta-analysis of the North American and European archaeological records The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Martin H. Welker, Eréndira M. Quintana Morales
Abstract Although the trans-Atlantic cod trade linked North American and European socioeconomic spheres, few studies analyze both regions concurrently to understand the impact and extent of cod trade at a wider scale. We summarize new results of zooarchaeological analysis from Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada, a major North American cod-trading port, and consider its role in the wider trans-Atlantic
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Societies in Transition in Early Greece: An Archaeological History The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Natalie M. Susmann
Published in The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology (Vol. 17, No. 3, 2022)
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Evolution of social complexity during the Shellmidden Period, the Central Ryukyus (Amami and Okinawa Archipelagos), Japan: Not simply simple, but not necessarily complex The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-06-03 Hiroto Takamiya, Takayuki Shinzato
Stratified societies in the form of chiefdoms emerged during the Gusuku Period (ca. late eleventh–fifteenth centuries) in the Central Ryukyus (Amami and Okinawa Archipelagos), Japan. They competed ...
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A pre-European archaeology in Malvinas/Falkland Islands? A review The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-05-30 Atilio Francisco J. Zangrando, Luis A. Borrero
Abstract The hypothesis of a prehistoric occupation of the Malvinas/Falkland Islands is reviewed. The strength of the different lines of evidence presented by different authors is discussed, and the main difficulties are pointed out. Previous analyses sustained a pre-European human presence on the basis of the recovery of macrofossil charcoal in peat bogs up to 10,500 cal BP, anecdotal evidence for
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The latest Neolithic conquest of “new territories” in the Arabian Sea: The Al-Hallaniyat Archipelago (Kuria Muria, Sultanate of Oman) The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Vincent Charpentier, Grégor Marchand, Philippe Béarez, Federico Borgi, Rémy Crassard, Christine Lefèvre, Maria Pia Maiorano, Ali Al-Mashani, Jérémie Vosges
In southern and south-eastern Arabia, the Neolithic developed between 6500 and 3100 BCE. In the Sultanate of Oman, occupation occurred along wadi banks, around paleolakes, and at large shell-midden...
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Contextualizing the influence of climate and culture on bivalve populations: Donax obesulus malacology from the north coast of Peru The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-03-03 Jacob Warner, Aleksa K. Alaica
Climate (in)stability can manifest in the size of mollusks attesting to variable impacts on growth, seasonal exploitation, and cultural persistence. We present population statistics of the height o...
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The Spanish wells: Freshwater lenses and the Florida Keys The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-03-02 M. Jesse Schneider, Traci Ardren, Brad Bertelli, Philippa Jorissen, Sam J. Purkis
The Florida Keys comprise a unique ecological and archaeological setting in the southeastern United States yet have remained relatively understudied archaeologically for much of the twentieth centu...
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Coastal paleolandscapes of far southern Peru: Implications for Late Pleistocene human settlement The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-02-27 Ana C. Londono, Susan D. deFrance, Megan E. LeBlanc
Archaeological evidence indicates that initial coastal settlement of western South America took place near the end of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) when sea level was between 40 and 100 m lower th...
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Coastal landscape changes at Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar: Contextualizing the archaeology of an early Islamic port of trade The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-02-27 Anna M. Kotarba-Morley, Nikos Kourampas, Mike W. Morley, Conor MacAdams, Alison Crowther, Patrick Faulkner, Mark Horton, Nicole Boivin
Unguja Ukuu, located on the Zanzibar Archipelago, eastern Africa, was an active Indian Ocean trading settlement from the mid-first millennium until the early second millennium AD. As part of recent...
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The indigenous paleolithic of the Western hemisphere The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Justin A. Holcomb, Curtis N. Runnels
Published in The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology (Vol. 17, No. 3, 2022)