Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Environments of Fiji's Lau Group: Current Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Research

Jones, Sharyn

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“…It has been demonstrated that zooarchaeology offers pertinent insights into the long-term dynamics of fish populations and exploitation in the past, which is not temporally constrained to historical records (e.g., Aswani and Allen 2009;Dalzell 1998;McClanahan and Omukoto 2011;Pinnegar and Engelhard 2008;Rick and Fitzpatrick 2012). These studies also have considered traditional ecological knowledge, as it can meaningfully inform modern fisheries management (e.g., Campbell and Butler 2010a;Hamilton 2003;Jones 2007;McKechnie 2007;Thornton et al 2010). The application of diversity indices, measures of trophic alteration, aDNA analysis, and stable isotope analysis not only track changes in fish community structure and range as represented in the archaeological record but contribute unique perspectives to modern fisheries research (e.g., Butler and Delacorte 2004;Erlandson et al 2009;Morrison and Addison 2009;Pauly et al 1998;Reitz 2004;Van Neer and Ervynck 2009).…”

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“…(Jones O'Day 2004: 54). From the early anthropological work in New Guinea by Malinowski (1922) and Powdermaker (1933) of the functionalist school of anthropology, to the more recent integrative approaches by Kirch and Dye (1979) and Dye (1983) in Tonga, andJones (2007) in Fiji, ethnography has remained an important component of Pacific fishing studies.…”

Section: Metric Reconstructions Sustainability and Resource Depressionmentioning

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Pacific Islands Ichthyoarchaeology: Implications for the Development of Prehistoric Fishing Studies and Global Sustainability

Lambrides

Weisler

2016

J Archaeol Res

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The Pacific Islands-consisting of culturally diverse Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia-is the ideal region to investigate the development of prehistoric fishing studies, as nowhere else on Earth is there such environmental contrasts among island types and their marine environments. We review the ichthyoarchaeological literature for the Pacific and assess developments in recovery methods, reference collections, taxonomic identifications, quantification, taphonomy and site-formation processes, ethnoarchaeology, approaches to diet and subsistence reconstructions, sustainability, and the importance of applied zooarchaeology for fisheries management and conservation. Ichthyoarchaeologists are beginning to work more closely with resource managers, fisheries biologists, policy makers, and indigenous communities to produce holistic studies of conservation management, resource sustainability, and assessments of human impacts on marine ecosystems over centuries to millennial time scales.

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Section: Metric Reconstructions Sustainability and Resource Depressionmentioning

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Pacific Islands Ichthyoarchaeology: Implications for the Development of Prehistoric Fishing Studies and Global Sustainability

Lambrides

Weisler

2016

J Archaeol Res

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“…Ethnographic investigations confirmed that Lauans spend most of their time fishing inshore, and they collect and consume virtually every fish that is caught by nets or hand lines in the inshore area. Shellfish are sometimes collected and consumed on the reef, but they form a very minor component of the catch and the diet overall (Jones, 2007;O'Day et al, 2003;O'Day, 2004). The total number of fish taxa recorded in modern fishing expeditions is 112; 105 of these fishes are eaten, and only seven species are by-catch that are not consumed.…”

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Prehistoric Fijian diet and subsistence: integration of faunal, ethnographic, and stable isotopic evidence from the Lau Island Group

Jones

Quinn

2009

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…It has been demonstrated that zooarchaeology offers pertinent insights into the long-term dynamics of fish populations and exploitation in the past, which is not temporally constrained to historical records (e.g., Dalzell 1998;McClanahan and Omukoto 2011;Pinnegar and Engelhard 2008;Rick and Fitzpatrick 2012). These studies also have considered traditional ecological knowledge, as it can meaningfully inform modern fisheries management (e.g., Campbell and Butler 2010a;Hamilton 2003;Jones 2007;McKechnie 2007;Thornton et al 2010). The application of diversity indices, measures of trophic alteration, aDNA analysis, and stable isotope analysis not only track changes in fish community structure and range as represented in the archaeological record but contribute unique perspectives to modern fisheries research (e.g., Butler and Delacorte 2004;Pauly et al 1998;Van Neer and Ervynck 2009).…”

Section: Resource Sustainability and Fisheries Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustained prehistoric exploitation of a Marshall Islands fishery: ichthyoarchaeological approaches, marine resource use, and human-environment interactions on Ebon Atoll

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Atolls are often characterised in terms of the environmental constraints and challenges these landscapes impose on sustained habitation, including: nutrient-poor soils and salt laden winds that impede plant growth, lack of perennial surface fresh water, limited terrestrial biodiversity, and vulnerability to extreme weather events and inundation since most atolls are only 2-3 m above sea level. Yet, on Ebon Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands in eastern Micronesia, the oceanside and lagoonside intertidal marine environments are expansive, with the reef area four times larger than the land area, supporting a diverse range of taxa. Given the importance of finfish resources in the Pacific, and specifically Ebon, this provided an ideal context for evaluating methods and methodological approaches for conducting Pacific ichthyoarchaeological analyses, and based on this assessment, implement high resolution and globally recognised approaches to investigate the spatial and temporal variation in the Ebon marine fishery. Variability in landscape use, alterations in the range of taxa captured, archaeological proxies of past climate stability, and the comparability of archaeological and ecological datasets were considered. Utilising a historical ecology approach, this thesis provides an analysis of the exploitation of the Ebon marine fishery from initial settlement to the historic period-two millennia of continuous occupation.The thesis demonstrated the importance of implementing high resolution methods and methodologies when considering long-term human interactions with marine fisheries. Improving methods and data quality of Pacific fishing studies included using vertebral morphometrics for fish size reconstructions and the utilisation of all cranial and postcranial remains for taxonomic identifications. Spatial analysis of habitation sites spread across three islets representing the windward-leeward gradient indicated that marine environments local to each site were not influencing taxonomic composition, but the variability in richness and evenness identified is likely a reflection of fishing technology and site function. There was no indication of significant human impact to the inshore reef taxa, which may be a reflection of the flexible foraging strategies implemented and the resilience and structure of these marine environments. As such, the shifts in the relative abundance of skipjack (K. pelamis) in the archaeological sites were attributed to the potential influence of ENSO variability over the last two millennia.With the implementation of these comprehensive methods and the use of historical ecology as a conceptual framework the range of research questions that could be explored was expanded.Consequently, this thesis was able to address some of these questions, including: the identification of variability in foraging practices across small spatial scales, the usefulness of ichthyoarchaeological data for tracking environmental stability, and distinguishing between changes ii in resource availability and s...

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Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Environments of Fiji's Lau Group: Current Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Research

Cited by 15 publications

References 2 publications

Pacific Islands Ichthyoarchaeology: Implications for the Development of Prehistoric Fishing Studies and Global Sustainability

Pacific Islands Ichthyoarchaeology: Implications for the Development of Prehistoric Fishing Studies and Global Sustainability

Prehistoric Fijian diet and subsistence: integration of faunal, ethnographic, and stable isotopic evidence from the Lau Island Group

Sustained prehistoric exploitation of a Marshall Islands fishery: ichthyoarchaeological approaches, marine resource use, and human-environment interactions on Ebon Atoll

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