The Chumash and the swordfish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3780199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Demorest Davenport (University of California, Santa Barbara), John R Johnson (0000-0002-3920-9923, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History), Jan Timbrook (Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 255 |
| Pages | 257-272 |
| Publication date | 1993-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00045348 |
| OpenAlex | W1499551558 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 16 |
Linguistic, ethnographic, archaeological and technical evidence demonstrates the mythological and ceremonial importance of the swordfish in Chumash culture. From at least the 1st century AD, there existed among the Chumash of the Santa Barbara region, California, a productive fishery for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) by harpoon. The probability is that a shamanistic cult was intended to bring this great 'master of the sea' within reach of fishermen and to persuade it occasionally to drive whales ashore, making their meat available. Evidence from a number of world-wide sources shows that this Chumash belief was, indeed, founded in fact
Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Cult · Ethnography · Ethnology · Fish · Fish <Actinopterygii> · Fishery · Swordfish · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,79 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2023 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |