dc.contributor.author |
Jew, Nicholas P. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Erlandson, Jon M. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Rick, Torben C. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Reeder-Myers, Leslie |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-04-20T15:15:32Z |
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dc.date.available |
2015-04-20T15:15:32Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Jew, Nicholas P., Erlandson, Jon M., Rick, Torben C., and Reeder-Myers, Leslie. 2014. "Oxygen isotope analysis of California mussel shells: seasonality and human sedentism at an 8,200-year-old shell midden on Santa Rosa Island, California." <em>Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences</em>. 6 (3):293–303. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-013-0156-1">https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-013-0156-1</a> |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1866-9557 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10088/25341 |
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dc.description.abstract |
To evaluate coastal settlement and land use strategies among maritime hunter-gatherers, we analyzed oxygen isotope (d18O) data from 131 marine carbonate samples from 21 California mussel (Mytilus californianus) shells obtained from a large ~8,200-year-old shell midden (CA-SRI-666) on California s Santa Rosa Island. Seasonal distributions of the isotopic data were assigned using a paleo-sea surface temperature model created by comparing modern sea surface temperatures (SST) to a fully profiled ~8,200-year-old shell. For 20 additional shells, we used two sampling strategies to compare season-of-harvest inferences and explore whether the Early Holocene site occupants were sedentary. Estimated season-of-harvest differed by 35 % between the two sampling methods, corroborating recent isotope analysis of an 8,800-year-old shell midden on San Miguel Island. Shellfish appear to have been collected year-round at CA-SRI-666 from intertidal or subtidal water temperatures similar to modern SST in the vicinity of eastern Santa Rosa Island. The isotope results are consistent with other evidence from CA-SRI-666 that suggest that the site served as a residential base for relatively sedentary maritime people. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences |
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dc.title |
Oxygen isotope analysis of California mussel shells: seasonality and human sedentism at an 8,200-year-old shell midden on Santa Rosa Island, California |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.srbnumber |
116688 |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1007/s12520-013-0156-1 |
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rft.jtitle |
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences |
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rft.volume |
6 |
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rft.issue |
3 |
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rft.spage |
293 |
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rft.epage |
303 |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
NH-Anthropology |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
NMNH |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
Peer-reviewed |
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dc.citation.spage |
293 |
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dc.citation.epage |
303 |
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