The exploitation of aquatic resources in Holocene West Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11736293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Veerle Linseele (KU Leuven, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Umberto Albarella, Mauro Rizzetto (0000-0003-2409-792X), Hannah Russ, Kim Vickers, Sarah Viner-Daniels |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199686476.013.52 |
| OpenAlex | W2733624048 |
| ISBN | 9780199686476 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In sub-Saharan West Africa, substantial archaeological evidence only appears from about 2000 bc. From that time onwards, sites with large proportions of fish-bones and large numbers of fish taxa, including open-water fish, are known. Deep-water fishing requires a well-developed fishing technology. Links have been made between the sites and modern, specialized fishers. However, because of the high component of crops in the diets of modern fishers, the recent levels of specialization were probably only possible with the appearance of fully fledged farming around the beginning of the current era. The exploitation of aquatic resources in Holocene West Africa is discussed, mainly based on archaeozoological evidence from the Lake Chad area. The methodology used, especially regarding quantification, is also presented
Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Fish · Fish <Actinopterygii> · Fishery · Fishing · Geography · Holocene · Taxon · Ecology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |