TY  - JOUR
VL  - 54
SP  - 288
PB  - Informa UK Limited
A1  - Boulanger, C
A1  - Hawkins, S
A1  - Samper Carro, SC
A1  - Ono, R
A1  - O?Connor, S
JF  - World Archaeology
Y1  - 2022///
N2  - Human adaptations to marine resources were critical in the successful colonization of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) and the Pacific since the Late Pleistocene. Fishing the dense biomass of ichthyofauna present in this maritime region required the cognitive capability to conceptualize fish ecology and develop methods and technologies to exploit these challenging underwater environments. This likely gave our species an edge over other hominin species in depauperate island landscapes. This paper reviews the limited number of archaeological sites in ISEA where fish bone assemblages and fishing gears have been recovered, incorporating new archaeological data from the site of Asitau Kuru (Jerimalai), Timor-Leste. Our findings indicate continuity in fishing behavior over several millennia with a near-shore exploitation of local marine habitats including trolling, line fishing and spearing. These data indicate the ecological plasticity of our species and the enduring fishing traditions passed on to generations through learned behavior.
ID  - discovery10197753
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2023.2192518
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
KW  - Ichthyoarchaeology
KW  -  Anatomically Modern Human
KW  -  Palaeolithic
KW  -  marine environments
KW  -  fishing techniques
KW  -  modern behavior
SN  - 0043-8243
TI  - Continuity and variability in prehistoric fishing practices by Homo sapiens in Island Southeast Asia: new ichthyofaunal data from Asitau Kuru, Timor-Leste
AV  - public
IS  - 2
EP  - 316
ER  -