P Béarez
Biographic Data
| ID | 97175 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P Béarez |
| GIVEN NAMES | P |
| FAMILY NAME | Béarez |
| SIGNATURE | BÉAREZ P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0397-2393 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 48 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 221 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 48 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Symbolic and utilitarian aspects of fishing and hunting
Massive offerings of marine fish at Salango, coastal Ecuador, during the Middle Guangala phase (AD 300–600)
First Archaeological Excavations Along the Atlantic Ocean Coastline of the Democratic Republic of Congo
The latest Neolithic conquest of “new territories” in the Arabian Sea
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-middens accumulated on the shores of the Arabian Sea. Nevertheless, the origins and development of human occupation on the Arabian Sea islands are poorly known, if not totally undocumented. After exploring the archaeological potential of the large island of M…
Allometry of Mexican hogfish ( Bodianus diplotaenia ) for predicting the body length of individuals from two pre‐Columbian sites in the Pearl Island archipelago (Panama)
The Mexican hogfish (Osteichthyes: Labridae, Bodianus diplotaenia Gill, 1862) is widely distributed throughout the tropical eastern Pacific from the Gulf of California to northern Peru, including all oceanic islands. Artisanal fishers occasionally capture it today and its remains are recovered at pre‐Columbian dwelling sites along the Pacific Coast of America. This paper addresses the advantages of using allometry to estimate size ranges of Mexic…
Reconstructing freshwater fishing seasonality in a neotropical savanna
Inshore or offshore? The Neolithic fishermen of Ra’s al-Hamra (RH-6, RH-5, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman)
Ra’s al-Hamra 6 (RH-6) and Ra’s al-Hamra 5 (RH-5) are two of the most important Neolithic coastal sites in the Sultanate of Oman. Located in the capital Muscat, they have supplied an important corpus of fish bones and revealed a high taxonomic richness in the different assemblages. The results provided information on fishing practices that held an important role in the subsistence strategies of the inhabitants during the two millennia of occupati…
Intensive exploitation of marine crabs and sea urchins during the middle holocene in the eastern Arabian peninsula offers new perspectives on ancient maritime adaptations
Maritime adaptation is a key component of the Neolithization process in Eastern Arabia. It is expressed by the development of diversified fishing techniques, the exploitation of hard marine animal materials (e.g., seashells, shark teeth, stingray's barbs, etc.) for both tools and personal adornments production, advanced seafaring, and colonization of offshore islands. Although a diet based mainly on the consumption of marine fish and mollusks, th…
Fish vertebrae as archeological biomarkers of past marine ecological conditions
The ocean has always been a source of inspiration for past and present civilizations, especially for those involved in fishing activities. The regular fishing of large pelagic fish by past societies using harpoons has been demonstrated, with several studies reporting the discovery of an important fishery of large pelagic fish (including swordfish) dating from as early as the sixth millennium BCE on the North Chilean Pacific Coast. The swordfish (…
Big Fish or Small Fish? Differential Ichthyoarchaeological Representation Revealed by Different Recovery Methods in the Atacama Desert Coast, Northern Chile
Recovery methods and techniques for archaeological sampling can yield major differences in abundance and anatomo-taxonomical representation of animals, affecting past social and ecological reconstruction. Despite being a common organic material in archaeological sites, faunal remains typically exhibit differential preservation of species and skeletal elements due to pre- and post-depositional processes. This is particularly true for small-sized a…
Late Neanderthal short-term and specialized occupations at the Abri du Maras (South-East France, level 4.1, MIS 3)
Fishing during the early human occupations of the Atacama Desert coast
The Atacama Desert coast (18-30° S) presents one of the earliest chronologies in the South America region, whose first occupations date from ~ 13,000 cal BP. Since that time, coastal and marine resources have been a common component at sites along the littoral zone. Fish species have been particularly important, as have the fishing technologies developed and used by the coastal communities. However, even though several archaeological sites have b…
Analysis of archaeological fish remains provides new insights into seasonal mobility in Eastern Arabia during the mid-Holocene. The subsistence fisheries of UAQ36, Umm al-Quwain lagoon (United Arab Em…
Characterizing seasonal fishing patterns and growth dynamics during the Middle and Late Holocene in the Strait of Magellan (Chilean Patagonia)
We describe sclerochronological analyses of tadpole codling (Salilota australis) vertebrae as a proxy for the seasonal timing of fishing activities at one Middle Holocene (6500 BP) and three Late–Middle Holocene (3500–2500 years BP) archaeological sites located in Seno Otway and in the central zone of the Strait of Magellan, Chile. These data provide an approximation of the population characteristics of the species in the past by estimating the r…
Archaeological history of Middle Holocene environmental change from fish proxies at the Monte Castelo archaeological shell mound, Southwestern Amazonia
Monte Castelo, an archeological shell mound located on the southwestern periphery of the Amazon basin, is an artificial forest island occupied from the Middle to late-Holocene, and it contains one of the longest, continuous sequences of human occupation anywhere in the basin. Analysis of fish remains investigates fluctuations in the fish communities that are markers of changes in the paleoenvironment. The 8112 taxonomically identified remains doc…
Pêcher, préparer et consommer les ressources animales de l’estran et au-delà
Dès la préhistoire, les populations littorales ont su exploiter les ressources animales provenant de l’estran. Elles sont trouvées vivantes ou mortes dans les laisses de haute mer ou à chaque marée basse dans les zones émergées. Ainsi, l’archéozoologue est confronté à une diversité de techniques d’acquisitions qu’il peut parfois décrire grâce à l’analyse fine des parties squelettiques animales découvertes en contexte archéologique. Pour chaque pé…
Freshwater fishing among Lapita people
The Prehistoric Fisheries of Akab Island (United Arab Emirates)
The Neolithic period in Eastern Arabia (especially from 5500 to 3100 BC) is better understood due to recent excavations of stratified sites stretching from Kuwait to the Sultanate of Oman. When oasis agriculture developed from the Bronze Age onwards, herding, shellfish gathering, and fishing became the primary modes of subsistence, and despite strong regional aridity, coastal shell middens provide the best preservation conditions in the Persian G…
Sharks in the lagoon? Fishing exploitation at the Neolithic site of Suwayh 1 (Ash Sharqiyah region, Arabian Sea, Sultanate of Oman)
The study of the fish bones from the Neolithic shell midden of Suwayh 1, excavated in the 2000s, identified a total of 1060 identifiable fish bones, from 23 families, 33 genera and 28 different species. Radiocarbon dating demonstrates that the sites date to the early 6th to mid 5th millennium BC. The results follow an eight‐phase chronology highlighted by an earlier malacological study. The most important taxa were the Carcharhinidae (requiem sha…
First contribution of the excavation and chronostratigraphic study of the Ruways 1 Neolithic shell midden (Oman) in terms of Neolithisation, palaeoeconomy, social‐environmental interactions and site f…
The NeoArabia project tries to understand how environmental, social, economic and technological factors work in concert to influence settlement and abandonment along a latitudinal transect of 1200 km from UAE to southern Oman. This region was affected by wide north–south variations in the Indo‐Arabian monsoon, marine upwelling activity and eustatic variations in the Mid‐Holocene. On the local settlement scale, this transect is based on fine strat…
Fishing for survival
Between 2006 and 2013, the island of Tromelin (Indian Ocean) was surveyed and excavated within the framework of the UNESCO project “Forgotten Slaves.” Archaeozoological studies evidenced the survival behaviours and subsistence strategies implemented by the l'Utile shipwreck victims abandoned on the island between 1761 and 1776. The ichthyoarchaeological analysis of 4,282 fish bones resulted in the identification of individuals belonging to 24 fam…
Neanderthal selective hunting of reindeer? The case study of Abri du Maras (south-eastern France)
Fishing at Arapus-Mangaasi, Efate, Vanuatu (2800–2200 BP)
Size and weight estimations of the spangled emperor (Teleostei)
The presence of emperor fishes has been reported in several archaeo-ichthyological studies in Eastern Arabia. The spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) is one of the main species currently composing annual landings in the central and southern Persian Gulf. Its presence outlines the importance of the coastal environments exploited during different life cycle stages, such as open-water reefs and sheltered embayments, including grass beds. Osteomet…
Where the Land Meets the Sea
Neanderthal selective hunting of reindeer? The case study of Abri du Maras (south-eastern France)
Evaluating the integrity of palaeoenvironmental and archaeological records in MIS 5 to 3 karst sequences from southeastern France
Late Neanderthal short-term and specialized occupations at the Abri du Maras (South-East France, level 4.1, MIS 3)
Sea Fishing at Salango (Manabí Province, Ecuador) During the Middle Formative Machalilla Phase
Formative Ecuadorian coastal societies possessed the technologies and skills necessary not only for fishing, but also for deep-sea navigation. Although marine shellfish are acknowledged as significant both for dietary and religious purposes, the importance of sea-fishing is rarely highlighted or explored. In order to help evaluate more fully the significance of the sea in the Ecuadorian Formative, this paper presents recently studied evidence, ex…
Sharks in the lagoon? Fishing exploitation at the Neolithic site of Suwayh 1 (Ash Sharqiyah region, Arabian Sea, Sultanate of Oman)
The study of the fish bones from the Neolithic shell midden of Suwayh 1, excavated in the 2000s, identified a total of 1060 identifiable fish bones, from 23 families, 33 genera and 28 different species. Radiocarbon dating demonstrates that the sites date to the early 6th to mid 5th millennium BC. The results follow an eight‐phase chronology highlighted by an earlier malacological study. The most important taxa were the Carcharhinidae (requiem sha…
First contribution of the excavation and chronostratigraphic study of the Ruways 1 Neolithic shell midden (Oman) in terms of Neolithisation, palaeoeconomy, social‐environmental interactions and site f…
The NeoArabia project tries to understand how environmental, social, economic and technological factors work in concert to influence settlement and abandonment along a latitudinal transect of 1200 km from UAE to southern Oman. This region was affected by wide north–south variations in the Indo‐Arabian monsoon, marine upwelling activity and eustatic variations in the Mid‐Holocene. On the local settlement scale, this transect is based on fine strat…
Is vertebral form a valid species-specific indicator for salmonids? The discrimination rate of trout and Atlantic salmon from archaeological to modern times
The Prehistoric Fisheries of Akab Island (United Arab Emirates)
The Neolithic period in Eastern Arabia (especially from 5500 to 3100 BC) is better understood due to recent excavations of stratified sites stretching from Kuwait to the Sultanate of Oman. When oasis agriculture developed from the Bronze Age onwards, herding, shellfish gathering, and fishing became the primary modes of subsistence, and despite strong regional aridity, coastal shell middens provide the best preservation conditions in the Persian G…
Fishing during the early human occupations of the Atacama Desert coast
The Atacama Desert coast (18-30° S) presents one of the earliest chronologies in the South America region, whose first occupations date from ~ 13,000 cal BP. Since that time, coastal and marine resources have been a common component at sites along the littoral zone. Fish species have been particularly important, as have the fishing technologies developed and used by the coastal communities. However, even though several archaeological sites have b…
Estrategias de subsistencia de cazadores recolectores de Isla Dawson (Estrecho de Magallames) durante la segunda mitad del Holoceno
El desarrollo de una prospeccin arqueolgica en la costa de isla Dawson e isla Wickham, ubicadas en una posicin estratgica entre las diferentes vas de comunicacin que conectan la porcin central del estrecho de Magallanes con el archipilago fueguino, registr 27 yacimientos que corresponden a antiguos campamentos de cazadores-recolectores marinos que habitaron la zona. La realizacin de excavaciones de sondeo en seis de estos sitios permiti recuperar…
Subsistence fishery at Hatahara (750–1230 CE), a pre-Columbian central Amazonian village
Fishing at Arapus-Mangaasi, Efate, Vanuatu (2800–2200 BP)
Focus
The latest Neolithic conquest of “new territories” in the Arabian Sea
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-middens accumulated on the shores of the Arabian Sea. Nevertheless, the origins and development of human occupation on the Arabian Sea islands are poorly known, if not totally undocumented. After exploring the archaeological potential of the large island of M…
Characterizing seasonal fishing patterns and growth dynamics during the Middle and Late Holocene in the Strait of Magellan (Chilean Patagonia)
We describe sclerochronological analyses of tadpole codling (Salilota australis) vertebrae as a proxy for the seasonal timing of fishing activities at one Middle Holocene (6500 BP) and three Late–Middle Holocene (3500–2500 years BP) archaeological sites located in Seno Otway and in the central zone of the Strait of Magellan, Chile. These data provide an approximation of the population characteristics of the species in the past by estimating the r…
Size and weight estimations of the spangled emperor (Teleostei)
The presence of emperor fishes has been reported in several archaeo-ichthyological studies in Eastern Arabia. The spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) is one of the main species currently composing annual landings in the central and southern Persian Gulf. Its presence outlines the importance of the coastal environments exploited during different life cycle stages, such as open-water reefs and sheltered embayments, including grass beds. Osteomet…
The Las Salinas palaeo-lagoon in the Sechura Desert (Peru)
The Sechura Desert provides a unique example of a vast palaeo-lagoon system on the Peruvian coast that was active during the first millennium AD. Reconstruction of coastal evolution is made possible by the good resolution of the sedimentary records of the Las Salinas Noroeste coastal plain. Evidence from morphostratigraphy and sedimentary facies indicates marked environmental diversity between the 3rd and the 8th centuries AD and a wide variabili…
Early Archaic Fishing (12,600–9,200 cal yr BP) in the Semiarid North Coast of Chile
We present the results of the analysis of fish remains from an archaeological context (Punta Ñagué) associated with the earliest settlers in the semiarid northern coast of Chile and dated to the end of the Pleistocene (12,916–11,043 cal yr BP). The great majority of the species identified are fish that can be captured with nets in the nearshore sub-tidal and inter-tidal zones. These results, along with evidence from other early archaeological sit…
Paleoambiente y ocupación prehistórica del litoral extremo sur del Perú
El campamento de pescadores-recolectores arcaicos de Quebrada de los Burros (Tacna, Perú) estuvo ocupado entre ca. 9400 y 4000 BP. El conjunto de las ocupaciones tuvo lugar durante un periodo climático tranquilo y húmedo. La excavación de los sucesivos niveles de ocupación han puesto en evidencia numerosas estructuras (fogones, hoyos de poste, áreas de actividades especializadas), un material lítico abundante e importantes acumulaciones de desech…
Intensive exploitation of marine crabs and sea urchins during the middle holocene in the eastern Arabian peninsula offers new perspectives on ancient maritime adaptations
Maritime adaptation is a key component of the Neolithization process in Eastern Arabia. It is expressed by the development of diversified fishing techniques, the exploitation of hard marine animal materials (e.g., seashells, shark teeth, stingray's barbs, etc.) for both tools and personal adornments production, advanced seafaring, and colonization of offshore islands. Although a diet based mainly on the consumption of marine fish and mollusks, th…
Archaeological history of Middle Holocene environmental change from fish proxies at the Monte Castelo archaeological shell mound, Southwestern Amazonia
Monte Castelo, an archeological shell mound located on the southwestern periphery of the Amazon basin, is an artificial forest island occupied from the Middle to late-Holocene, and it contains one of the longest, continuous sequences of human occupation anywhere in the basin. Analysis of fish remains investigates fluctuations in the fish communities that are markers of changes in the paleoenvironment. The 8112 taxonomically identified remains doc…
Estimation of Age, Growth and Fishing Season of a Palaeolithic Population of Grayling ( Thymallus thymallus ) Using Scale Analysis
The fish remains sampled from archaeological sites are generally the result of human food refuse; therefore, the study of retrieved fish scales may provide reliable information on the season of capture and on paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental changes. Among Western European freshwater fishes, the grayling, Thymallus thymallus ̧ has the most easily recognizable scales and is a commonly recovered species from Palaeolithic contexts. This study, th…
Quebrada de los burros
las excavaciones en la Quebrada de los burros, en el litoral de Tacna (Per), han descubierto un campamento de pescadores y recolectores de moluscos (Qlb) ocupado entre 10.000 y 6.000 a.p., durante el Holoceno Temprano y Medio. seis niveles sucesivos de ocupacin han sido excavados por decapado, cada uno contando con aterrazamientos del piso, fogones, reas de actividad diversas y acumulaciones de desechos alimenticios marinos, mezclados con restos …
Inshore or offshore? The Neolithic fishermen of Ra’s al-Hamra (RH-6, RH-5, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman)
Ra’s al-Hamra 6 (RH-6) and Ra’s al-Hamra 5 (RH-5) are two of the most important Neolithic coastal sites in the Sultanate of Oman. Located in the capital Muscat, they have supplied an important corpus of fish bones and revealed a high taxonomic richness in the different assemblages. The results provided information on fishing practices that held an important role in the subsistence strategies of the inhabitants during the two millennia of occupati…
Fish vertebrae as archeological biomarkers of past marine ecological conditions
The ocean has always been a source of inspiration for past and present civilizations, especially for those involved in fishing activities. The regular fishing of large pelagic fish by past societies using harpoons has been demonstrated, with several studies reporting the discovery of an important fishery of large pelagic fish (including swordfish) dating from as early as the sixth millennium BCE on the North Chilean Pacific Coast. The swordfish (…
Las piezas esqueléticas diagnósticas en arqueoictiología del litoral ecuatoriano
Diagnostic skeletal elements in Ecuadorian coastal archaeoichthyology Some bone remains are frequent in Ecuadorian Prehispanic sites and are useful as archaeoichthyological indicators. Their anatomical features and their specific attribution are detailed and illustrated. Particular attention is paid to the still poorly known skeletal parts-hyperostoses
Focus
Pescadores-recolectores arcaicos del extremo sur peruano. Excavaciones en la Quebrada de los Burros (Tacna, Perú). Primeros resultados 1995-1997
At the outset of the Archaic Period, human groups subsisting on marine resources and occasional terestrial hunting, began to settle down on the South Peruvian coast. In Quebrada de los Burros, 14C dates place these regular occupations between 9800 to 3200 BP, during a phase of a calm and relatively wet climate (see Usselmann et al., this volume). The consequent formation in the valley of fresh water or stagnant ponds created highly favourable cir…
Paleoambiente y ocupación prehistórica del litoral extremo sur del Perú
El campamento de pescadores-recolectores arcaicos de Quebrada de los Burros (Tacna, Perú) estuvo ocupado entre ca. 9400 y 4000 BP. El conjunto de las ocupaciones tuvo lugar durante un periodo climático tranquilo y húmedo. La excavación de los sucesivos niveles de ocupación han puesto en evidencia numerosas estructuras (fogones, hoyos de poste, áreas de actividades especializadas), un material lítico abundante e importantes acumulaciones de desech…
Archaic Fishing at Quebrada de los Burros, Southern Coast of Perú. Reconstruction of Fish Size by using Otoliths
Observaciones sobre la dieta de la lechuza de los campanarios en la Quebrada de los Burros (dpto. Tacna, Perú)
Observations on the Diet of the Barn Owl in Quebrada de los Burros (Dept. of Tacna, Peru) The analysis of pellets belonging to a barn owl (Tyto alba) provided a good idea of the diversity and abundance of vertebrates which had been consumed in a southernmost Peruvian coast locality. It appears that the raptor feeds on at least two species of rodents, one of bird and two of lizards. The ingestion by the owl of at least 1848 g of small vertebrate b…
Anállsls Arqueo-Ictiológico Del Sector Residencial Del Sltio Arqueologlco De Caral-Supe, Costa Central Del Perú
En los diversos sitios precerámicos existentes en la costa peruana, los recursos marinos han cumplido un papel importante. La Ciudad Sagrada de Caral-Supe no fue la excepción, en el sector residencial de este conjunto arqueológico, se halló una gran cantidad de huesos de pescado. En este artículo, los autores analizan el material mencionado, con la finalidad de identificar las especies involucradas (NISP: Number of ldentified Specimens), el númer…
Primeras observaciones sobre el uso de invertebrados y peces marinos en Pachacamac (Perú) en el siglo XV (período Intermedio Tardío)
El sitio arqueológico de Pachacamac, a pesar de su importancia para la costa central del Perú, es poco conocido a nivel de su economía de subsistencia. Los primeros resultados del estudio de los invertebrados y peces marinos excavados en las unidades 24 y 25 de la pirámide No III indican que las especies identificadas son habitantes comunes del litoral arenoso actual que se encuentra frente a Pachacamac, Lurín. En referencia al valor nutritivo, l…
Estrategias de subsistencia de cazadores recolectores de Isla Dawson (Estrecho de Magallames) durante la segunda mitad del Holoceno
El desarrollo de una prospeccin arqueolgica en la costa de isla Dawson e isla Wickham, ubicadas en una posicin estratgica entre las diferentes vas de comunicacin que conectan la porcin central del estrecho de Magallanes con el archipilago fueguino, registr 27 yacimientos que corresponden a antiguos campamentos de cazadores-recolectores marinos que habitaron la zona. La realizacin de excavaciones de sondeo en seis de estos sitios permiti recuperar…
Quebrada de los burros
las excavaciones en la Quebrada de los burros, en el litoral de Tacna (Per), han descubierto un campamento de pescadores y recolectores de moluscos (Qlb) ocupado entre 10.000 y 6.000 a.p., durante el Holoceno Temprano y Medio. seis niveles sucesivos de ocupacin han sido excavados por decapado, cada uno contando con aterrazamientos del piso, fogones, reas de actividad diversas y acumulaciones de desechos alimenticios marinos, mezclados con restos …
Sea Fishing at Salango (Manabí Province, Ecuador) During the Middle Formative Machalilla Phase
Formative Ecuadorian coastal societies possessed the technologies and skills necessary not only for fishing, but also for deep-sea navigation. Although marine shellfish are acknowledged as significant both for dietary and religious purposes, the importance of sea-fishing is rarely highlighted or explored. In order to help evaluate more fully the significance of the sea in the Ecuadorian Formative, this paper presents recently studied evidence, ex…
Impossible Neanderthals? Making string, throwing projectiles and catching small game during Marine Isotope Stage 4 (Abri du Maras, France)
Evaluating the integrity of palaeoenvironmental and archaeological records in MIS 5 to 3 karst sequences from southeastern France
Subsistence fishery at Hatahara (750–1230 CE), a pre-Columbian central Amazonian village
Early Archaic Fishing (12,600–9,200 cal yr BP) in the Semiarid North Coast of Chile
We present the results of the analysis of fish remains from an archaeological context (Punta Ñagué) associated with the earliest settlers in the semiarid northern coast of Chile and dated to the end of the Pleistocene (12,916–11,043 cal yr BP). The great majority of the species identified are fish that can be captured with nets in the nearshore sub-tidal and inter-tidal zones. These results, along with evidence from other early archaeological sit…
Is vertebral form a valid species-specific indicator for salmonids? The discrimination rate of trout and Atlantic salmon from archaeological to modern times
Étude géoarchéologique multiproxy de la paléo-lagune Las Salinas dans le désert de Sechura (Pérou)
La côte occidentale du désert de Sechura, par son contexte géographique et archéologique spécifique, permet une étude géoarchéologique fondée sur le croisement de données issues à la fois de fouilles archéologiques et de sondages géomorphologiques. En effet, la dépression Las Salinas, aujourd’hui aride et en eau uniquement lors des épisodes El Niño majeurs, possède un fort potentiel en termes de reconstitutions socio-environnementales. Les interr…
Billfish foraging along the northern coast of Chile during the Middle Holocene (7400–5900 cal BP)
Des ossements dans les citernesLes exemples de Dharih (Jordanie) et de Qalhāt (Oman)
Éléments essentiels des villes et villages au Moyen-Orient durant les époques antique et médiévale, les citernes se transforment rapidement en dépotoirs après leur abandon, devenant ainsi de véritables garde-mémoire des activités économiques. Cet article présente et discute deux assemblages fauniques issus de citernes, la grande citerne du sanctuaire antique de Dharih en Jordanie, réutilisée par un village antique tardif et proto-islamique, et la…
Maritime fishing during the Middle Holocene in the hyperarid coast of the Atacama Desert
Ichthyoarchaeology in the Americas
The Las Salinas palaeo-lagoon in the Sechura Desert (Peru)
The Sechura Desert provides a unique example of a vast palaeo-lagoon system on the Peruvian coast that was active during the first millennium AD. Reconstruction of coastal evolution is made possible by the good resolution of the sedimentary records of the Las Salinas Noroeste coastal plain. Evidence from morphostratigraphy and sedimentary facies indicates marked environmental diversity between the 3rd and the 8th centuries AD and a wide variabili…
Where the Land Meets the Sea
Estimation of Age, Growth and Fishing Season of a Palaeolithic Population of Grayling ( Thymallus thymallus ) Using Scale Analysis
The fish remains sampled from archaeological sites are generally the result of human food refuse; therefore, the study of retrieved fish scales may provide reliable information on the season of capture and on paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental changes. Among Western European freshwater fishes, the grayling, Thymallus thymallus ̧ has the most easily recognizable scales and is a commonly recovered species from Palaeolithic contexts. This study, th…
Fishing at Arapus-Mangaasi, Efate, Vanuatu (2800–2200 BP)
Geography (43 works) · Archaeology (30 works) · Biology (30 works) · Fishery (24 works) · Ecology (23 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (19 works) · Fishing (19 works) · Geology (17 works) · Fish (16 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (16 works)