Archaeological Evidence for a Double-Crested Cormorant (<i>Phalacrocorax auritus</i>) Colony in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Bovy, Kristine M.

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“…The Watmough Bay site was excavated in 1968 under the direction of David Munsell, as part of a University of Washington field school, and all artifacts and notes were curated at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (Seattle). The bird assemblage was analyzed as part of a larger study to investigate historical waterbird populations along the Pacific Northwest Coast and the effects of climate change and human hunting on those birds (Bovy, 2005(Bovy, , 2007(Bovy, , 2011a. The analyzed material comes from twelve 1 Â 2 m units, which were excavated in 20 cm arbitrary levels and screened using 0.64 cm mesh.…”

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“…There are only 73 adult cormorant bones in the entire assemblage. All skeletal elements of the young cormorants were recovered from the site and many of the specimens are similar in morphology and size to young chicks (Bovy, 2011a). The birds appear to have been hunted while still on the colony and complete carcasses deposited in the midden (Bovy, 2007).…”

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Why so many wings? A re-examination of avian skeletal part representation in the south-central Northwest Coast, USA

Bovy

2012

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Why so many wings? A re-examination of avian skeletal part representation in the south-central Northwest Coast, USA

Bovy

2012

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…The palaeozoological record, however, indicates this taxon has been swimming up the Columbia River for nearly 10,000 years and thus while never a resident of the river, the species is not today occurring any place new and thus is not invasive (Lyman et al , 2002). Similarly, there was some question as to whether the 1920s establishment of a breeding colony of double‐crested cormorants ( Phalacrocorax auritus ) in the inner coast of Washington State and British Columbia was unprecedented or a recolonization; palaeozoological data clearly demonstrates it was the latter (Bovy, 2011). Finally, the colonization of relatively xeric shrub‐steppe habitat in south‐central Washington State about 40 years ago by North American elk ( Cervus elaphus ) was met with some surprise by biologists (Rickard, Hedlund & Fitzner, 1977), and was thought to be an instance of invasion by several individuals.…”

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A warrant for applied palaeozoology

Lyman

2011

Biological Reviews

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It has been argued by some neozoologists (those who study living animals) that the palaeozoological record is biased and incomplete (relative to an existing biological community) and therefore should not be consulted for purposes of conservation biology. An article published in a biology journal in 2011 lists numerous reasons why natural history collections (NHCs) of skins and skulls of animals collected over the past century or two are exceptionally valuable to conservation biologists because those collections provide significant time depth to numerous variables that document global biological change. Many of those same variables can be, and have been, identified in the palaeozoological record. Those variables are of major value to conservation biology, whether their values are taken from 100-year-old NHCs or from palaeozoological remains. Empirical examples in which the identified variables are measured in palaeozoological contexts indicate that the palaeozoological record should indeed be consulted by conservation biologists and can no longer be considered unsatisfactory for modern resource management.

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“…Algo similar se propuso para el caso de los cormoranes patagónicos (Cruz, 2009a). En efecto, son escasos los sectores fuera de las áreas de nidificación en los que es factible atrapar varios cormoranes en un mismo evento y, como en el caso de muchas aves, los beneficios de capturar uno o unos pocos individuos serían marcadamente menores (Bovy, 2011;Cruz, 2009a;Serjeantson, 2009;Whitaker, 2010;entre otros). Desde esta perspectiva, se sugirió que, a lo largo del Holoceno, las poblaciones humanas del sur de Patagonia habrían priorizado la predación de los cormoranes en sus áreas de nidificación siempre que fueran accesibles (Cruz, 2009a).…”

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Interacciones entre cormoranes (phalacrocorax spp.) Y humanos en punta entrada y Monte León (Santa cruz, Argentina) durante el holoceno

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A través del estudio de tres conjuntos arqueológicos provenientes de Punta Entrada y Parque Nacional Monte León (Santa Cruz, Argentina) se busca aportar información sobre los modos de obtención de cormoranes en la costa del sur de Patagonia durante los últimos 2.000 años. Con este fin, se plantea la necesidad de considerar las diferencias que presentan las especies de cormoranes patagónicos en el uso de hábitat para nidificar, la cantidad de individuos que forman las colonias y el período del año en que permanecen cerca de ellas. Se proponen tres escenarios de interacciones posibles: 1) la explotación en áreas de nidificación, 2) la captura en sus áreas de alimentación o de descanso, y 3) el carroñeo de carcasas en la costa, que se discuten sobre la base de la evidencia obtenida. El análisis zooarqueológico mostró la captura de cantidades variables de individuos adultos de Phalacrocorax atriceps y P. magellanicus. En el conjunto de Monte León no se registraron modificaciones antrópicas en los huesos de cormoranes, mientras que en los de Punta Entrada se registraron huellas de corte y artefactos confeccionados con sus huesos. Como conclusión, se determinó que la estrategia adoptada en Punta Entrada combinó las capturas ocasionales en áreas de alimentación y descanso con la recolección de carcasas en la línea de costa. Dada la ambigüedad de la evidencia en Monte León, para avanzar sobre el tema en esta localidad será necesario contar con información de otros depósitos arqueológicos.

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Archaeological Evidence for a Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Colony in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

Why so many wings? A re-examination of avian skeletal part representation in the south-central Northwest Coast, USA

Why so many wings? A re-examination of avian skeletal part representation in the south-central Northwest Coast, USA

A warrant for applied palaeozoology

Interacciones entre cormoranes (phalacrocorax spp.) Y humanos en punta entrada y Monte León (Santa cruz, Argentina) durante el holoceno

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