{"title":"Do stormy seas lead to better boats? Exploring the origins of the southern Californian plank canoe through ocean voyage modeling","authors":"Mikael Fauvelle, Alvaro Montenegro","doi":"10.1080/15564894.2024.2311107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2024.2311107","url":null,"abstract":"What constraints and conditions are conducive to the innovation of more advanced watercraft technology? This paper explores this question by modeling ancient voyages in the Channel Island region of...","PeriodicalId":501396,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140117531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cluadia T. Kraan, Michiel Kappers, Kelsey M. Lowe, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Christina M. Giovas
{"title":"Radiocarbon dates from Curaçao’s oldest Archaic site extend earliest island settlement to ca. 5700 cal BP","authors":"Cluadia T. Kraan, Michiel Kappers, Kelsey M. Lowe, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Christina M. Giovas","doi":"10.1080/15564894.2024.2321575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2024.2321575","url":null,"abstract":"Due to its proximity to coastal South America and settlement during the early phase of insular Caribbean occupation, Curaçao’s archaeological record offers potential evidence for early overwater ex...","PeriodicalId":501396,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140116990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. T. Hussain, S. F. Hellerøe, H. N. Dalager, E. S. Nielsen, M. Vinter, F. Riede
{"title":"Was the Late Glacial human occupation of northernmost Europe facilitated by whales? New data and perspectives on lithic technology and the paleoecology of the Vendsyssel area, Northern Jutland, Denmark","authors":"S. T. Hussain, S. F. Hellerøe, H. N. Dalager, E. S. Nielsen, M. Vinter, F. Riede","doi":"10.1080/15564894.2023.2277727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2023.2277727","url":null,"abstract":"The archaeology of the Vendsyssel area in Northern Jutland suggests that early human foragers reached the northernmost tip of continental Europe during the middle part of the Late Glacial Period. T...","PeriodicalId":501396,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology","volume":"269-270 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139980294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eleni Seferidou, Sebastiaan Knippenberg, Jason E. Laffoon
{"title":"Reconstructing past lifeways of Indigenous individuals in pre-colonial Bonaire, through multi-isotope analysis","authors":"Eleni Seferidou, Sebastiaan Knippenberg, Jason E. Laffoon","doi":"10.1080/15564894.2023.2289190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2023.2289190","url":null,"abstract":"Archaeological research in the Caribbean has been extensive and has revealed that, since its first settlement, the region has been characterized by continuous interaction between its inhabitants. H...","PeriodicalId":501396,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139948518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdolmajid Naderi Beni, Hossein Tofighian, Mostafa F. Kelishomi
{"title":"Geoarchaeological insights into ancient ports of the northern Persian Gulf: A vanishing heritage","authors":"Abdolmajid Naderi Beni, Hossein Tofighian, Mostafa F. Kelishomi","doi":"10.1080/15564894.2024.2305457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2024.2305457","url":null,"abstract":"The Persian Gulf is one of the earliest locations where sailing and maritime navigation originated. The Iranian coasts along the northern side of the Persian Gulf have played a key role in maritime...","PeriodicalId":501396,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology","volume":"139-140 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139760529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Late Holocene seasonal human predation of otariids in Santa Cruz River mouth, Southern Patagonia, Argentina","authors":"Adriana L. Pretto, A. Sebastián Muñoz","doi":"10.1080/15564894.2023.2282986","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2023.2282986","url":null,"abstract":"According to archaeological data, Otaria flavescens and Arctocephalus australis were exploited at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River by hunter-gatherers in the late Holocene. These studies suggest t...","PeriodicalId":501396,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology","volume":"314 3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139057545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A coastal occupation in Bénin, West Africa: Earthenwares and salt at the time of Atlantic entanglement","authors":"A. Haour, I. Coulson, D. N’Dah, N. Labiyi","doi":"10.1080/15564894.2022.2084654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2022.2084654","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Abstract</b></p><p>The archaeology of the immediate coastline of West Africa remains surprisingly little understood, and what research has been undertaken has often focused on questions relating to sea-based interactions and the precolonial polities lying slightly inland. This paper reports the results of excavations on Ohlinhoué, a small lagoonal island in the western Republic of Bénin. A locally manufactured ceramic assemblage was recovered, together with a small suite of artifacts, including glass, metal, shell, and smoking pipes. These archaeological data provide insights into a small-scale, likely fishing and salt-producing community in this area between sea and river. As such, they provide an alternative to historical readings relating to well-known precolonial polities and trade entrepôts that feed popular historical narratives.</p>","PeriodicalId":501396,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138522460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Elliott, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Mark Robinson, Michael Burn, William D. Gosling, Hayley L. Mickleburgh, Selvenious Walters, Zachary J. M. Beier
{"title":"The legacy of 1300 years of land use in Jamaica","authors":"Sarah Elliott, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Mark Robinson, Michael Burn, William D. Gosling, Hayley L. Mickleburgh, Selvenious Walters, Zachary J. M. Beier","doi":"10.1080/15564894.2022.2078448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2022.2078448","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Abstract</b></p><p>Despite decades of archaeological research on Jamaica, little is known about how settlers influenced landscape change on the island over time. Here, we examine the impact of human occupation through a multi-proxy approach using phytolith, charcoal, and stratigraphic analyses. White Marl was a continuously inhabited village settlement (ca. 1050–450 cal yrs BP) with large mounded midden areas, precolonial house structures, and human landscape management practices. We have shown that the local vegetation at White Marl was directly affected by human settlement through the use of agroforestry and burning, and suggest that fire was used to modify vegetation. Manioc phytoliths were found throughout human occupation and are broadly associated with increases in evidence for burning, suggesting fire was used to modify the landscape and clear vegetation for crop cultivation. The phytolith assemblages relate to three distinct temporal vegetation phases: (1) the earliest occupation dominated by arboreal vegetation (pre-ca. 870 cal yrs BP); (2) a transition to palm-dominated vegetation (ca. 870–670 cal yrs BP); and (3) the latest occupation representing European colonization associated with a more open, grass-dominated landscape (after ca. 670 cal yrs BP). These transitions occur independent of changes in paleoclimate records, suggesting humans were the dominant driver of vegetation change.</p>","PeriodicalId":501396,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138522534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Boyd Dixon, Michael Dega, Darlene Moore, Judith R. Amesbury
{"title":"Archaeological research at the Early Pre-Latte Period site of San Roque on Saipan (ca. 1500–1100 BC)","authors":"Boyd Dixon, Michael Dega, Darlene Moore, Judith R. Amesbury","doi":"10.1080/15564894.2022.2048284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2022.2048284","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Abstract</b></p><p>The first Austronesian settlers at the site of San Roque in Saipan and the southern Mariana Islands began arriving sometime after 1500 BC in what is called the Early Pre-Latte Period. A comparison of San Roque to contemporaneous island sites reveals differences in cooking and habitation features, ceramic vessels and decorative styles, marine shell tools and ornaments, and settlement patterns that were apparent within and between islands and sites until the middle of the first millennium BC. Changes in sea level and natural resource availability then appear to have accompanied changes in material culture, when some coastal sites were abandoned or moved seaward, while other inhabitants moved inland with a more terrestrial subsistence strategy shared elsewhere in Micronesia.</p>","PeriodicalId":501396,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138522529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeffrey B. Glover, Dominique Rissolo, Patricia A. Beddows, Roy Jaijel, Derek Smith, Beverly Goodman-Tchernov
{"title":"The Proyecto Costa Escondida: Historical ecology and the study of past coastal landscapes in the Maya area","authors":"Jeffrey B. Glover, Dominique Rissolo, Patricia A. Beddows, Roy Jaijel, Derek Smith, Beverly Goodman-Tchernov","doi":"10.1080/15564894.2022.2061652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2022.2061652","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Abstract</b></p><p>Although Maya scholars have referenced coastal settlements in the more general discourse on past landscapes, coastal landscapes have only rarely been the explicit focus of research programs. Coastal peoples, however, faced distinct challenges and opportunities not shared by their inland neighbors. These had material ramifications in terms of the specific decisions coastal inhabitants made over time while trying to take advantage of opportunities and manage risks. The north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula is a complex physiographic mosaic that is categorically distinct from the inland expanses of the Maya lowlands. No doubt, the physically delimiting aspects of the north coast’s diverse environment played a major role in shaping more localized concepts of landscape. Here, we employ an historical ecology framework to integrate the interdisciplinary studies conducted by the Proyecto Costa Escondida along the Yucatan’s north coast. Specifically, we focus on the ancient Maya port site of Vista Alegre and what our research has revealed about the dynamic interplay of social and natural processes that shaped life at this ancient Maya port over the past three millennia.</p>","PeriodicalId":501396,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138522530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}