Indigenous oyster fisheries persisted for millennia and should inform future management

Nature Communications, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 13(1)

Опубликована: Май 3, 2022

Historical ecology has revolutionized our understanding of fisheries and cultural landscapes, demonstrating the value historical data for evaluating past, present, future Earth's ecosystems. Despite several important studies, Indigenous generally receive less attention from scholars managers than 17th-20th century capitalist commercial that decimated many keystone species, including oysters. We investigate oyster harvest through time in North America Australia, placing these context sea level histories catch records. were pervasive across space time, persisting 5000-10,000 years or more. Oysters likely managed sometimes "farmed," are woven into broader cultural, ritual, social traditions. Effective stewardship reefs other marine around world must center include community members to co-develop more inclusive, just, successful strategies restoration, harvest, management.

Язык: Английский

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Oyster shells as archives of present and past environmental variability and life history traits: A multi‐disciplinary review of sclerochronology methods and applications

Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 29, 2025

Abstract Oysters inhabit a variety of coastal and deep‐sea settings over wide latitudinal range have role as ecosystem engineers. They also represent an important food source for humans since hunter‐gatherer times, which motivates interest in using oyster shells environmental life history archives. Still, oysters often been disregarded sclerochronology studies, although several methods based on both microtextural geochemical approaches successfully investigated. We review how these used to improve interpretations shell records, we identify knowledge gaps disciplines. Those include ecology study larval dispersal growth rates; archaeology determine midden constructions site occupations; palaeoenvironmental palaeoclimate reconstructions from tidal annual timescales. suggest standardizing procedures biophysical models dispersal.

Язык: Английский

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A bio-inspired multifunctional soy protein-based material: From strong underwater adhesion to 3D printing

Chemical Engineering Journal, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 430, С. 133017 - 133017

Опубликована: Окт. 31, 2021

Язык: Английский

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Retranslating Resilience Theory in Archaeology

Annual Review of Anthropology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 51(1), С. 195 - 211

Опубликована: Июль 26, 2022

The environmental crisis is rendering increasingly large areas of the planet inhospitable. As it reaches a tipping point, global warming initiating cascades ecological transformation, mass extinction, and irreversible damage—all them beyond human control. To mitigate this situation, we need intellectual tools that can call on both sciences humanities spark integrated approaches address deep-time scales. Archaeology make substantial contribution here. This article reviews merits limitations resilience concept in archaeology. Despite its ever-increasing relevance, still frequently understood within framework positivist branches systems thinking cannot capture our unfolding predicament pay too little attention to embodied historical asymmetries between more-than-human social worlds. review identifies potential for reformulations theory attendant concepts less positivistic human-centered conceptual register. New translations archaeology pave way more nuanced history their sociopolitical use, as well alternative time dynamics change.

Язык: Английский

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Modeling the potential impact of storm surge and sea level rise on coastal archaeological heritage: A case study from Georgia

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 19(2), С. e0297178 - e0297178

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2024

Climate change poses great risks to archaeological heritage, especially in coastal regions. Preparing mitigate these challenges requires detailed and accurate assessments of how heritage sites will be impacted by sea level rise (SLR) storm surge, driven increasingly severe storms a warmer climate. However, inconsistency between modeled impacts erosion on observed effects has thus far hindered our ability accurately assess the vulnerability sites. Modeling largely focused medium-to-long term SLR, while observations damage have almost exclusively results individual events. There is therefore need for desk-based modeling potential events equip cultural managers with information they plan surge various future scenarios. Here, we apply Sea, Lake, Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) model estimate that pose along coast US State Georgia four different SLR Our results, shared Historic Preservation Division facilitate prioritization, documentation, mitigation efforts, demonstrate over 4200 alone are at risk inundation hurricanes, more than ten times number were previously estimated 2100 accounting alone. We hope this work encourages necessary action toward conserving physical beyond.

Язык: Английский

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Shell Midden Archaeology: Current Trends and Future Directions

Journal of Archaeological Research, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 32(3), С. 309 - 366

Опубликована: Сен. 26, 2023

Abstract Since the 19th century, study of shell middens has played an important role in archaeological research. Shell midden and broader coastal archaeology have transformed our understanding human relationships with aquatic habitats, demonstrating importance marine environments to evolution ecology, colonization islands establishment maritime trade networks, changing social political dynamics, a variety other issues. During past two decades, research greatly increased, marking exciting time for new discoveries heightened collaboration Indigenous communities. Several key trends during 10–15 years include on site distribution temporality, underwater archaeology, historical terraforming, landscape legacies, community collaboration. These demonstrate ways which archaeologists are shaping environmental change around world.

Язык: Английский

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A multi-proxy assessment of the impact of environmental instability on Late Holocene (4500-3800 BP) Native American villages of the Georgia coast

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 17(3), С. e0258979 - e0258979

Опубликована: Март 2, 2022

Circular shell rings along the South Atlantic Coast of North America are remnants some earliest villages that emerged during Late Archaic (5000–3000 BP). Many these villages, however, were abandoned Terminal (ca 3800–3000 We combine Bayesian chronological modeling with mollusk geochemistry and oyster paleobiology to understand nature timing environmental change associated emergence abandonment circular ring on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Our models indicate Native Americans occupied three at varying times generational overlap. By end complex’s occupation, only Ring III was before ca. 3845 BP. also consists statistically smaller oysters harvested from less saline estuaries compared earlier occupations. Integrating biochemical paleobiological data recent tree analyses shows a clear pattern fluctuations throughout period in which occupied. argue as environment became unstable around 4300 BP, aggregation provided way effectively manage fisheries highly sensitive change. However, eventual collapse subsequent rebound conditions post-3800 people dispersed rings, shifted non-marine subsistence economies other types settlements. This study provides most comprehensive evidence for correlations between large-scale societal transformations Georgia coast period.

Язык: Английский

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Considering Ideas of Collective Action, Institutions, and “Hunter-Gatherers” in the American Southeast

Journal of Archaeological Research, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 31(4), С. 503 - 560

Опубликована: Дек. 8, 2022

Язык: Английский

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The dynamics of fishing villages along the South Atlantic Coast of North America (ca. 5000–3000 years BP)

Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 26, 2024

Abstract We present new chronologies that inform the timing and tempo of shell ring mound construction on South Atlantic Bight. Our project combines recently acquired dates with legacy radiocarbon from over 25 rings mounds to provide a higher-resolution chronology regarding occupation formation this larger landscape earliest fishing villages along East Coast United States. resolve ordering these through Bayesian statistical modeling. These models historicize contextualize in ways previously impossible. Specifically, our indicate were established prior invention pottery. The early period village establishment evidences isolated rings, whereas later periods seem have more villages, but appear been relocated other areas and/or islands time. Shell are fewer number, spread throughout time period, may represent special purpose sites compared shell-rings. Once spread, they quickly adopted technologies (i.e., pottery) created institutions practiced relocation, which allowed way life persist for than thousand years.

Язык: Английский

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Aquaculture in the Ancient World: Ecosystem Engineering, Domesticated Landscapes, and the First Blue Revolution

Journal of Archaeological Research, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 32(3), С. 427 - 491

Опубликована: Сен. 12, 2023

Abstract Aquaculture is the world’s fastest growing food sector and accounts for more than 50% of fish supply. The significant growth in global aquaculture since middle 20th century has been dubbed by Blue Revolution. However, it not first Revolution to take place human history. While historically classified as low-ranking, seasonal, or starvation resources archaeological discourse, marine foods were vital that ancient communities developed exploited using a vast array strategies. Among these aquatic strategies was aquaculture. This initiated during Early Holocene, some 8,000 years ago China, with archaeologists now documenting across globe. review considers commonalities between aquacultural systems including evidence ecosystem engineering development domesticated landscapes production systems. People past constructed agroecosystems only enhance diversify resources, but control reliability key subsistence meet demands ritual practice conspicuous social stratification. These maintained centuries, if millennia. Worldwide research conducted on can provide critical insights into developing ecologically sustainable, resilient, diverse coastal today, thus, achieving industry sustainability limiting negative environmental impacts shorelines overexploited fisheries.

Язык: Английский

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