A method for the analysis of Pacific Island fishbone assemblages and an associated database management system

Historical Ecology and 600 Years of Fish Use on Atafu Atoll, Tokelau

“…The methods of fishbone analysis here closely followed the technique developed by Ono and others for the treatment of tropical fish remains from Island Southeast Asia (e.g., Campos 2009;Ono 2003Ono , 2004, Oceania (e.g., Intoh and Ono 2006;Leach 1986;Leach and Davidson 1977;Ono and Intoh 2011;Vogel 2005) and Okinawa (e.g., Toizumi 2007). Cranial elements, special elements, vertebrae and teeth were used for identification.…”

Prehistoric fishing on Rapa Island

“…Many studies of prehistoric Pacific fishing practices have relied on the protocol devised by Anderson (1973Anderson ( , 1979 and Leach (1979Leach ( , 1986, which involved identification of five paired mouth bones (dentary, premaxilla, articular, maxilla and quadrate), plus various 'special' bones. However, recent work in Pacific fish-bone analysis at the OAL and other laboratories has shown that different identification and quantification methods significantly influence measures of relative abundance and the number of taxa represented, thereby affecting interpretations (Weisler 1993;Walter 1998;Vogel 2005).…”

4000 Years of Migration and Cultural Exchange : The Archaeology of the Batanes Islands, Northern Philippines

“…Initial segregation and preliminary identification procedures followed Leach (1986Leach ( , 1997. Other prominent neurocranial, appendicular and axial elements, particularly vertebrae, were also analysed.…”