Maritime Paleoindian technology, subsistence, and ecology at an ~11,700 year old Paleocoastal site on California's Northern Channel Islands, USA.

Autor: Erlandson JM; Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America.; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America., Braje TJ; Department of Anthropology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America., Ainis AF; Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America.; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America., Culleton BJ; Institutes of Energy and the Environment, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America., Gill KM; Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States of America.; Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America., Hofman CA; Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States of America.; Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States of America., Kennett DJ; Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America., Reeder-Myers LA; Department of Anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America., Rick TC; Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2020 Sep 17; Vol. 15 (9), pp. e0238866. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 17 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238866
Abstrakt: During the last 10 years, we have learned a great deal about the potential for a coastal peopling of the Americas and the importance of marine resources in early economies. Despite research at a growing number of terminal Pleistocene archaeological sites on the Pacific Coast of the Americas, however, important questions remain about the lifeways of early Paleocoastal peoples. Research at CA-SRI-26, a roughly 11,700 year old site on California's Santa Rosa Island, provides new data on Paleoindian technologies, subsistence strategies, and seasonality in an insular maritime setting. Buried beneath approximately two meters of alluvium, much of the site has been lost to erosion, but its remnants have produced chipped stone artifacts (crescents and Channel Island Amol and Channel Island Barbed points) diagnostic of early island Paleocoastal components. The bones of waterfowl and seabirds, fish, and marine mammals, along with small amounts of shellfish document a diverse subsistence strategy. These data support a relatively brief occupation during the wetter "winter" season (late fall to early spring), in an upland location several km from the open coast. When placed in the context of other Paleocoastal sites on the Channel Islands, CA-SRI-26 demonstrates diverse maritime subsistence strategies and a mix of seasonal and more sustained year-round island occupations. Our results add to knowledge about a distinctive island Paleocoastal culture that appears to be related to Western Stemmed Tradition sites widely scattered across western North America.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
Externí odkaz: