Beyond means to meaning: using distributions of shell shapes to reconstruct past collecting strategies

Campbell, Greg

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“…As noted by Catterall and Poiner (1987:119) many previous attempts at investigating the e ects of exploitation through midden analysis have been hampered by a lack of information on the biology and ecology of the exploited species (although see Jerardino et al 1992;Bourke 2000Bourke , 2002Campbell 2008;Faulkner 2009, in press;Giovas et al 2010). Fortunately, these parameters can be addressed for Anadara granosa, the dominant species within the mounded shell deposits in this area and across much of northern Australia.…”

Section: Anadara Granosa: Biology and Ecologymentioning

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“…It has been noted that environmental change, habitat-speci c parameters, human exploitation, and temporal variation in the size of accessible shell species can all contribute to variability or a mean decrease in shell size (Hockey and Bosman 1986:12;Hockey et al 1988:353-4, Lasiak 1991a, 1991bJerardino 1997;Claassen 1998;de Boer et al 2000:294;Campbell 2008;Faulkner 2009, in press;Randklev et al 2009). Factors such as mean annual sea surface temperatures, increases or decreases in salinity levels, increased exposure of the shell beds, and the density of the shell bed itself are all known to a ect the productivity and growth rates of molluscan species, and have been noted above in the previous section for A. granosa.…”

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Life on the Margins : An Archaeological Investigation of Late Holocene Economic Variability, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Australia

Faulkner¹

2013

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terra australis 38Terra Australis reports the results of archaeological and related research within the south and east of Asia, though mainly Australia, New Guinea and island Melanesia -lands that remained terra australis incognita to generations of prehistorians. Its subject is the settlement of the diverse environments in this isolated quarter of the globe by peoples who have maintained their discrete and traditional ways of life into the recent recorded or remembered past and at times into the observable present. (2000) Volume 16 List of volumes in Terra Australis

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Section: Anadara Granosa: Biology and Ecologymentioning

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Section: Terra Australis 38mentioning

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Life on the Margins : An Archaeological Investigation of Late Holocene Economic Variability, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Australia

Faulkner¹

2013

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“…Seed, 1980;Claassen, 1998;Cabral & da Silva, 2003;Rick et al 2005;Hallmann et al 2009). La morfología de las valvas está directamente relacionada con las características de la costa en la que estos animales han vivido, por lo que su estudio puede aportar información sobre las zonas de captación e indirectamente sobre el tipo de gestión implementado (Cabral & da Silva, 2003;Campbell, 2008;Cabral, 2010).…”

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Análisis morfométricos en arqueomalacología: Identificación de zonas de recolecta en conchales del Canal Beagle

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2015

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RESUMENLas costas del canal Beagle presentan una ocupación continuada de más de 7000 años, hasta la llegada de los marineros y colonos europeos en el s. XIX-XX. Por esta razón nos ha llegado información etnográfica sobre los grupos indígenas que habitaban la zona en ese momento. Según las crónicas, el canal Beagle estaba ocupado por la sociedad yamana. Este grupo tenía una economía basada en la cazapesca-recolección, con un consumo intensivo de los recursos costeros, principalmente moluscos. Esto se refleja en la gran concentración de conchales que se encuentran a lo largo de la costa.El análisis morfométrico de las valvas de los moluscos puede aportar información sobre las características de la zona de captación de estos recursos, del radio de explotación y del tipo de gestión implementado. En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de la aplicación del estudio mofométrico en las especies Nacella deaurata, Nacella magellanica y Mytilus edulis de los yacimientos Túnel VII y Lanashuaia, correspondientes a la época de contacto. Se ha podido determinar una explotación intensiva, sin llegar a la sobreexplotación, de todo el gradiente intermareal.

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“…Most particularly, there has been increasing interest in human behavioural-environmental relationships, the use of molluscs as proxies in environmental reconstructions, and the impacts of humans on marine ecosystems (e.g. Campbell 2008;Faulkner 2009Faulkner , 2013Giovas et al 2010;Giovas et al 2013;Haberle and David 2004;Jerardino 1997;Jerardino et al 2008;Mannino and Thomas 2002;Milner 2013). There is also a greater emphasis on the ecology and biology of the species found in archaeological contexts Giovas et al 2010;Giovas et al 2013;Giovas et al 2016;Thakar 2011;Thakar et al 2015;Whitaker 2008).…”

Section: Changing Perspectives In Australian Coastal Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other researchers (e.g. Campbell 2008;Giovas et al 2010;Giovas et al 2013;Thakar 2011;Thakar et al 2015;Whitaker 2008) have also focussed on species ecology and biology, with some studies suggesting that, rather than depressing resources, some intensive gathering practices may increase the size of prey species, as well as maintain populations at healthy levels. Previous studies in southeast Queensland often associate 'estuarine species' with mudflats with little consideration of individual habitat preferences or requirements.…”

Section: Molluscs As Indicators Of Human Behaviour and Environmental mentioning

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Archaeological expressions of Holocene cultural and environmental change in coastal Southeast Queensland

Smith¹

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This thesis is concerned with the relationship between Holocene environmental changes and human behaviour in coastal southeast Queensland. The study region covers an area stretching from Fraser Island in the north to the border of northern New South Wales in the south, and possesses the best documented and intensively scrutinised coastal archaeological record in Australia. The archaeology of the area was a major focus from the late 1970s when the Moreton Regional Archaeological Project, a long-term multi-stage regional project, was established to coordinate archaeological investigations in southeast Queensland. The Cooloola Region Archaeological Project was established in the mid-1980s to explore the archaeology north of the Noosa River. These initial studies provided the basis for a regional chronology, as well as models of settlement and subsistence based on the exploitation of the area's rich marine resources.In the time since the original work was conducted the research foci for coastal archaeology, both in Australia and internationally, have moved toward more complex issues such as assessing the impact of humans on marine ecosystems, the identification of patterns in resource exploitation strategies, and the use of molluscs as proxy evidence in local and regional environmental reconstructions.Additionally, regionally-specific models of Holocene environmental change have been developed, in line with greater emphasis being placed on the ecology and biology of the constituent species in middens in addressing questions of spatial and chronological variations in site patterning.In view of these developments, midden deposits from five sites from differing locations in southeast Queensland were re-analysed, and a literature review of two further sites was also undertaken, with the aim of assessing human behavioural variability during the mid to late Holocene through the Publications during candidature No publications Publications included in this thesis No publications included. vi Contributions by others to the thesisNo contributions by others. Statement of parts of the thesis submitted to qualify for the award of another degreeNone.vii Acknowledgements Researching and writing a PhD thesis is never a straightforward endeavour, although it seems to be a good idea at the time. The project has taken a long time to come to fruition, delayed by a combination of protracted and ultimately fruitless negotiations with stakeholders, illness, and bereavement. There are many people to thank for helping me to eventually get over the line. Chris was an undergraduate student in one of the University of Queensland Field Archaeology viii classes on Bribie Island in the early 1990s. Even then his knowledge of lithics was scary. Chris kindly stepped in as my principal advisor when Pat moved to Sydney. I must confess some disappointment that the artefact assemblages in my study were not more exciting for him but, as he does most things, he has calmly taken it in his stride.

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Beyond means to meaning: using distributions of shell shapes to reconstruct past collecting strategies

Cited by 46 publications

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Life on the Margins : An Archaeological Investigation of Late Holocene Economic Variability, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Australia

Life on the Margins : An Archaeological Investigation of Late Holocene Economic Variability, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Australia

Análisis morfométricos en arqueomalacología: Identificación de zonas de recolecta en conchales del Canal Beagle

Archaeological expressions of Holocene cultural and environmental change in coastal Southeast Queensland

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