Late Pleistocene estuaries, palaeoecology and humans on North America's Pacific Coast

Human use of estuarine shellfish and other coastal marsh resources began on California's Santa Rosa Island at least 11 800–11 100 years ago. Productive estuaries in California and elsewhere in the Americas were present by the Late Pleistocene, providing shellfish, waterfowl, fish and seaweeds t...

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Published in:Antiquity 2019-12, Vol.93 (372), Article e32
Main Authors: Erlandson, Jon, Rick, Torben, Ainis, Amira, Braje, Todd, Gill, Kristina, Reeder-Myers, Leslie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeology
Biodiversity
Birds
Coasts
Ecosystems
Estuaries
Excavation
Fish
Floods
Historic artifacts
Islands
Native North Americans
Paleoecology
Pleistocene
Prehistoric era
Shellfish
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Summary:Human use of estuarine shellfish and other coastal marsh resources began on California's Santa Rosa Island at least 11 800–11 100 years ago. Productive estuaries in California and elsewhere in the Americas were present by the Late Pleistocene, providing shellfish, waterfowl, fish and seaweeds that attracted some of the First Americans.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2019.185