2000 Year-old Bogong moth (Agrotis infusa) Aboriginal food remains, Australia
| Autor: | Birgitta Stephenson, Helen Green, Bruno David, Rachel Wood, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Lee J. Arnold, Richard Fullagar, Joanna Fresløv, Jerome Mialanes, Matthew C. McDowell, Fiona Petchey, Vanessa N.L. Wong, John Hellstrom, Chris Urwin |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]), School of Natural Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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010506 paleontology
[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory Science Archaeological record Bogong moth Colonialism 01 natural sciences Article Cave 0601 history and archaeology Foothills Clan ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS 0105 earth and related environmental sciences 2. Zero hunger geography Multidisciplinary geography.geographical_feature_category 060102 archaeology biology Grindstone Food webs Palaeoecology [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography 06 humanities and the arts [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology biology.organism_classification Ethnology Medicine Mountain range |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020) Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, 2020, 10 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41598-020-79307-w⟩ |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | Insects form an important source of food for many people around the world, but little is known of the deep-time history of insect harvesting from the archaeological record. In Australia, early settler writings from the 1830s to mid-1800s reported congregations of Aboriginal groups from multiple clans and language groups taking advantage of the annual migration of Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) in and near the Australian Alps, the continent’s highest mountain range. The moths were targeted as a food item for their large numbers and high fat contents. Within 30 years of initial colonial contact, however, the Bogong moth festivals had ceased until their recent revival. No reliable archaeological evidence of Bogong moth exploitation or processing has ever been discovered, signalling a major gap in the archaeological history of Aboriginal groups. Here we report on microscopic remains of ground and cooked Bogong moths on a recently excavated grindstone from Cloggs Cave, in the southern foothills of the Australian Alps. These findings represent the first conclusive archaeological evidence of insect foods in Australia, and, as far as we know, of their remains on stone artefacts in the world. They provide insights into the antiquity of important Aboriginal dietary practices that have until now remained archaeologically invisible. |
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