Chronological Changes in Upper Paleolithic Fisheries Revealed by Museum Archival Material

Turrero, Pablo; Hórreo, José Luis; López, Belén; Pola, Iván G.; Arbizu, M.; García‐Vázquez, Eva

doi:10.2110/palo.2012.p12-114r

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“…Age determinations followed Turrero et al . [ 10 , 21 ]; size was determined using the applicable equation from table 2 with the lowest mean error. period (ka) size (mm) age (years) 20–16 491.24±164.12 ( n =15) 2.4±0.74 ( n =15) 16–12 587.20±260.99 ( n =14) 2.38±1.06 ( n =8) 12–9 329.24±107.22 ( n =7) 1.8±0.84 ( n =5) 9–6 383.41±78.79 ( n =4) 1.75±0.96 ( n =4) modern 330.95±160.61 ( n =100) 2.23±0.87 ( n =100) …”

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“…Archaeological strata age and original location of fish bones were obtained from excavation reports (more details can be found in Turrero et al . [ 20 , 21 ]).…”

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“…Fish age was estimated from these vertebrae following Turrero et al . [ 20 , 21 ]. Salmonid ages are given as X.Y, where the first number refers to the number of winters spent in freshwater, and the second number, if any, refers to the number of winters spent at sea (i.e.…”

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“…From this, a random sample ( n =100) was taken proportionally to the age structure of the prehistoric population data in order to have comparable datasets. Because modern populations exhibit more abundant 1.1 classes [ 20 , 21 ], totally randomized modern samples might not contain sufficient 1.2 and 1.3 individuals for comparison purposes.…”

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Shrinking fish: comparisons of prehistoric and contemporary salmonids indicate decreasing size at age across millennia

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A comparison of Upper Palaeolithic and contemporary salmonid vertebrae from the Iberian Peninsula indicates that there has been a significant decrease in the mean body size for a given age among Atlantic salmon and brown trout inhabiting the southernmost range of their endemic distribution. Mean size at age was greater in prehistoric specimens for all age classes during the freshwater phase of their life histories. Fisheries-induced evolution (selection for smaller sizes) is an obvious explanation for the observed reduction in fish body size, but recent changes in the aquatic habitat affecting density-dependent growth cannot be ruled out.

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“…Archaeological strata age and original location of fish bones were obtained from excavation reports (more details can be found in Turrero et al . [ 20 , 21 ]).…”

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Shrinking fish: comparisons of prehistoric and contemporary salmonids indicate decreasing size at age across millennia

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“…Among these alternative food sources freshwater fishes were the most common, especially salmonids, as demonstrated by archaeological excavations [ 34 – 37 ]. Therefore, trout and/or salmon bone remains accumulated in archaeological sites represent valuable records to study how past climate oscillations affected fish populations (e.g., [ 38 ]). In the sedimentary succession in the Grotta del Santuario della Madonna (Praia a Mare, Cosenza, Italy, GSM henceforth), described by Cardini [ 39 ], Salmo trutta remains were found along a stratigraphic succession spanning from the Upper Paleolithic to the Mesolithic [ 40 ].…”

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The Effects of Paleoclimatic Events on Mediterranean Trout: Preliminary Evidences from Ancient DNA

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In this pilot study for the first time, ancient DNA has been extracted from bone remains of Salmo trutta. These samples were from a stratigraphic succession located in a coastal cave of Calabria (southern Italy) inhabited by humans from upper Palaeolithic to historical times. Seven pairs of primers were used to PCR-amplify and sequence from 128 to 410 bp of the mtDNA control region of eleven samples. Three haplotypes were observed: two (ADcs-1 and MEcs-1) already described in rivers from the Italian peninsula; one (ATcs-33) belonging to the southern Atlantic clade of the AT Salmo trutta mtDNA lineage (sensu Bernatchez). The prehistoric occurrence of this latter haplotype in the water courses of the Italian peninsula has been detected for the first time in this study. Finally, we observed a correspondence between frequency of trout remains and variation in haplotype diversity that we related with ecological and demographic changes resulting from a period of rapid cooling known as the Younger Dryas.

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Chronological Changes in Upper Paleolithic Fisheries Revealed by Museum Archival Material

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Shrinking fish: comparisons of prehistoric and contemporary salmonids indicate decreasing size at age across millennia

Shrinking fish: comparisons of prehistoric and contemporary salmonids indicate decreasing size at age across millennia

The Effects of Paleoclimatic Events on Mediterranean Trout: Preliminary Evidences from Ancient DNA

Husbandry and Wild Animal Exploitation. Characteristics and Evolution from a Multidisciplinary Perspective

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