eprintid: 10197753 rev_number: 11 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/77/53 datestamp: 2024-09-27 11:23:12 lastmod: 2024-10-14 06:10:08 status_changed: 2024-09-27 11:23:12 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Boulanger, C creators_name: Hawkins, S creators_name: Samper Carro, SC creators_name: Ono, R creators_name: O’Connor, S title: Continuity and variability in prehistoric fishing practices by Homo sapiens in Island Southeast Asia: new ichthyofaunal data from Asitau Kuru, Timor-Leste ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B03 divisions: C03 divisions: F31 divisions: K74 keywords: Ichthyoarchaeology, Anatomically Modern Human, Palaeolithic, marine environments, fishing techniques, modern behavior note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: 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. date: 2022 date_type: published publisher: Informa UK Limited official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2023.2192518 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2311550 doi: 10.1080/00438243.2023.2192518 lyricists_name: Boulanger, Clara lyricists_id: CBOUL40 actors_name: Mustafa, Adelat actors_id: AMUST21 actors_role: owner funding_acknowledgements: CE170100015 [Australian Research Council]; FL120100156 [Australian Research Council]; [Australian National University]; FL120100156 [Australian Research Council] full_text_status: public publication: World Archaeology volume: 54 number: 2 pagerange: 288-316 issn: 0043-8243 citation: Boulanger, C; Hawkins, S; Samper Carro, SC; Ono, R; O’Connor, S; (2022) Continuity and variability in prehistoric fishing practices by Homo sapiens in Island Southeast Asia: new ichthyofaunal data from Asitau Kuru, Timor-Leste. World Archaeology , 54 (2) pp. 288-316. 10.1080/00438243.2023.2192518 <https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2023.2192518>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10197753/1/rwar-2022-0056.pdf