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Berberass: marine resource specialisation and environmental change in Torres Strait during the past 4000 years
Author(s) -
CROUCH JOE,
McNIVEN IAN J.,
DAVID BRUNO,
ROWE CASSANDRA,
WEISLER MARSHALL
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2007.tb00016.x
Subject(s) - midden , resource (disambiguation) , geography , archaeology , marine conservation , exploitation of natural resources , holocene , excavation , fishery , ecology , natural resource , biology , computer network , computer science
Excavations at Badu 19 midden on the islet of Berberass in western Torres Strait have revealed a 4000 year antiquity for dugong hunting and finfishing, with major increases in intensities of site and regional land use and marine exploitation after 2600 years ago. We model the nature of late Holocene coastal resource specialisation and intensification in relation to changing demography and marine resource availability.