Pacific islands ichthyoarchaeology: Implications for the development of prehistoric fishing studies and global sustainability

ABJ Lambrides, MI Weisler - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Pacific Islands—consisting of culturally diverse Melanesia, Micronesia, and
Polynesia—is the ideal region to investigate the development of prehistoric fishing studies …

Observations on the history of zooarchaeological quantitative units: Why NISP, then MNI, then NISP again?

RL Lyman - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Suggestions regarding the history of use of zooarchaeological quantitative units known as
the number of identified specimens (NISP) and minimum number of individuals (MNI) have …

Late Pleistocene-Holocene coastal adaptation in central Mediterranean: snapshots from Grotta d'Oriente (NW Sicily)

AC Colonese, DL Vetro, W Landini, Z Di Giuseppe… - Quaternary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Marine faunal remains from Grotta d'Oriente (Favignana Island, NW Sicily) offer invaluable
snapshots of human-coastal environment interaction in the central Mediterranean from the …

A case of multiple metastasis in Late Holocene hunter‐gatherers from the Argentine Pampean region

LH Luna, CM Aranda, LA Bosio… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Chenque I site is a prehistoric cemetery located in Lihué Calel National Park (La Pampa
province) in the Western Pampean region of Argentina. Hunter‐gatherer societies made use …

Length estimation of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) using vertebrae

AJ Andrews, D Mylona… - International Journal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus; BFT) is a large (up to 3.3 m in length) pelagic
predator which has been exploited throughout the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean since …

Size prediction in archaeomalacology: the Common Mussel, Mytilus edulis L., as an example

GE Campbell - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2014 - Springer
There are numerous size prediction formulae in archaeomalacology but (like almost all
zooarchaeological formulae) only a few account for allometric growth (shape change with …

Estimating meagre (Argyrosomus regius) size from otoliths and vertebrae

S Gabriel, N Prista, MJ Costa - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2012 - Elsevier
This study presents a method for predicting meagre (Argyrosomus regius) body size (total
length) from otoliths and vertebrae recovered from archaeological sites. The method …

New equations for the size reconstruction of sturgeon from isolated cranial and pectoral girdle bones

E Thieren, W Van Neer - International Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements on cranial and pectoral girdle bones of 56 museum specimens of modern
sturgeon (Acipenser sturio and A. oxyrinchus) were used for the establishment of regression …

La gestió dels recursos animals en la integració de les Illes Balears al món romà

A Valenzuela Oliver - 2015 - diposit.ub.edu
[cat] La Tesi doctoral presentada té per objectiu general avaluar els processos de canvi
social i biològic als quals va donar lloc la integració de les Illes Balears al món romà. El …

Human burials during the hunter‐gathering/farming transition in Ojo de Agua, Northern Patagonia, Argentina

EA Peralta, LH Luna, AF Gil, C Aranda… - International Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper explores the implications of the conformation of formal burial areas in the
southernmost limit of agricultural dispersion in South America. Previous research proposed …