Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT The paper reports fish bone and shellfish assemblages from Ulong Island in the Rock Islands of Palau, western Micronesia dating from ∼3100 to 500BP. Use of marine resources in early prehistory appears to have been highly localised with increasing capture of outer‐reef/pelagic taxa including shark and tuna after 1000BP. Local stocks of large Tridacnids were depleted during initial human use of Ulong Island, and there is a size decrease inScarussp. remains consistent with pressure on the inshore fishery, especially after establishment of permanent stonework villages in late prehistory. Comparison of archaeological assemblages of fish bone from other Rock Islands dated to after 2000BPindicate that the captured fish species and major capture methods differ between sites and likely reflect local marine environments at each location. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1226
Authors: Rintaro Ono, Geoffrey Clark
Institutions: Tokai University, Australian National University
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Australian Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W2009159182