Harvest of the Soft-Shell Clam(Mya arenaria) by Malaga Island, Maine, Residents From 1865 to 1912 Occurred Primarily in the Fall and Winter Based on Incremental Growth Assessment
| Autor: | William L. Locke, Joshua Levitt, William G. Ambrose, Nathan D. Hamilton, Julia L. Fisher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology History Cod fisheries 060102 archaeology Ecology biology Harvest season 06 humanities and the arts Oceanography biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Incremental growth Deposition (geology) Midden Fishery Geography Sclerochronology 0601 history and archaeology Historical record Soft-shell clam 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 11:50-67 |
| ISSN: | 1556-1828 1556-4894 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15564894.2015.1052864 |
| Popis: | Sclerochronological analysis of Mya arenaria shells from archeological sites can provide valuable information on the lifestyles of the sites' inhabitants. Inhabited from ca. 1860 to 1912, Malaga Island, Maine, was the home of a marginalized, mixed-race community of which only scant historical records remain. Our study analyzes M. arenaria shells from three horizons of shell middens at two house sites, utilizing incremental growth assessment, age, and growth rate to determine harvest behavior of the Malaga Island community. We examined modern clams from a nearby site to estimate the pattern of growth line deposition in M. arenaria so we could accurately determine the season of harvest from midden clams. Our results indicate that, throughout Malaga's historic inhabitation, the islanders consistently harvested between September and March, suggesting that they were selling M. arenaria to cod fisheries as bait, though it is also possible that they relied on clams for food. Large M. arenaria from the up... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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