Trekking the Shore: Changing Coastlines and the Antiquity of Coastal Settlement (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)

Human settlement has often centered around coastal areas and waterways. Until recently, however, archaeologists believed that marine economies did not develop until the end of the Pleistocene, when the archaeological record begins to have evidence of marine life as part of the human diet. This has long been interpreted as a postglacial adaptation, due to the rise in sea level and subsequent decrease in terrestrial resources. Coastal resources, particularly mollusks, were viewed as fallback resources, which people resorted to only when terrestrial resources were scarce, included only as part of a more complex diet. Recent research has significantly altered this understanding, known as the Broad Spectrum Revolution (BSR) model. The contributions to this volume revise the BSR model, with evidence that coastal resources were an important part of human economies and subsistence much earlier than previously thought, and even the main focus of diets for some Pleistocene and early Holocene hunter-gatherer societies. With evidence from North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, this volume comprehensively lends a new understanding to coastal settlement from the Middle Paleolithic to the Middle Holocene. The North American paleocoastal concept reconsidered / Loren G. Davis Prehistoric archaeology underwater : a nascent subdiscipline critical to understanding early coastal occupations and migration routes / Amy E. Gusick and Michael K. Faught Early environments and archaeology of coastal British Columbia / Quentin Mackie ... [et al.] Blessing the salmon : archaeological evidences of the transition to intensive fishing in the final Paleolithic, Maritime Region, Russian Far East / Andrei V. Tabarev Early technological organization along the eastern Pacific Rim of the New World : a co-continental view / Samuel C. Willis and Matthew R. Des Lauriers Technology, mobility, and adaptation among early foragers of the southern Northwest Coast : the view from Indian Sands, southern Oregon coast, USA / Loren G. Davis and Samuel C. Willis Of clams and Clovis : Isla Cedros, Baja California, Mexico / Matthew R. Des Lauriers Changes in molluscan exploitation patterns during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene in eastern Cantabria (northern Spain) / F. Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti Paleolithic landscapes and seascapes of the west coast of Portugal / Jonathan A. Haws ... [et al.] Small game and marine resource exploitation by Neanderthals : the evidence from Gibraltar / Kimberly Brown ... [et al.] Prying new meaning from limpet harvesting at Vale Boi during the Upper Paleolithic / Tiina Manne and Nuno F. Bicho Surf and turf : the use of marine and terrestrial resources in the early Neolithic of coastal southern Portugal / Rebecca M. Dean and António Faustino Carvalho Pinniped zooarchaeological studies in southern Patagonia : current issues and future research agenda / A. Sebastián Muñoz The use of the space in the Pampean Atlantic coast and the adjacent plains (Argentina, South America) : a comparative view / Mariano Bonomo Coastal resources and the early Holocene Las Vegas adaptation of Ecuador / Karen E. Stothert Initial investigations into the exploitation of coastal resources in North Africa during the late Pleistocene at Grotte Des Contrebandiers, Morocco / Teresa E. Steele and Esteban Álvarez-Fernández Shellfishing and the interpretation of shellfish sizes in the middle and later Stone ages of South Africa / Judith Sealy and Mariagrazia Galimberti Coastal South Africa and the coevolution of the modern human lineage and the coastal adaptation / Curtis W. Marean Coastal foragers on southern shores : marine resource use in northeast Australia since the late Pleistocene / Sean Ulm The role of marine resources in the diet of pre-colonial Aboriginal people and land use patterns around Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia / Val Attenbrow. Front Matter....Pages i-xxx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The North American Paleocoastal Concept Reconsidered....Pages 3-26 Prehistoric Archaeology Underwater: A Nascent Subdiscipline Critical to Understanding Early Coastal Occupations and Migration Routes....Pages 27-50 Early Environments and Archaeology of Coastal British Columbia....Pages 51-103 Blessing the Salmon: Archaeological Evidences of the Transition to Intensive Fishing in the Final Paleolithic, Maritime Region, Russian Far East....Pages 105-116 Early Technological Organization Along the Eastern Pacific Rim of the New World: A Co-Continental View....Pages 117-136 Technology, Mobility, and Adaptation Among Early Foragers of the Southern Northwest Coast: The View from Indian Sands, Southern Oregon Coast, USA....Pages 137-160 Of Clams and Clovis: Isla Cedros, Baja California, Mexico....Pages 161-177 Changes in Molluscan Exploitation Patterns During the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in Eastern Cantabria (Northern Spain)....Pages 179-201 Paleolithic Landscapes and Seascapes of the West Coast of Portugal....Pages 203-246 Small Game and Marine Resource Exploitation by Neanderthals: The Evidence from Gibraltar....Pages 247-272 Prying New Meaning from Limpet Harvesting at Vale Boi During the Upper Paleolithic....Pages 273-289 Surf and Turf: The Use of Marine and Terrestrial Resources in the Early Neolithic of Coastal Southern Portugal....Pages 291-302 Front Matter....Pages 303-303 Pinniped Zooarchaeological Studies in Southern Patagonia: Current Issues and Future Research Agenda....Pages 305-331 The Use of the Space in the Pampean Atlantic Coast and the Adjacent Plains (Argentina, South America): A Comparative View....Pages 333-353 Coastal Resources and the Early Holocene Las Vegas Adaptation of Ecuador....Pages 355-382 Initial Investigations into the Exploitation of Coastal Resources in North Africa During the Late Pleistocene at Grotte Des Contrebandiers, Morocco....Pages 383-403 Shellfishing and the Interpretation of Shellfish Sizes in the Middle and Later Stone Ages of South Africa....Pages 405-419 Coastal South Africa and the Coevolution of the Modern Human Lineage and the Coastal Adaptation....Pages 421-440 Coastal Foragers on Southern Shores: Marine Resource Use in Northeast Australia since the Late Pleistocene....Pages 441-461 The Role of Marine Resources in the Diet of Pre-Colonial Aboriginal People and Land Use Patterns Around Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....Pages 463-491 Back Matter....Pages 493-496