Insights into changing coastlines, environments and marine hunter-gatherer lifestyles on the Pacific coast of South America from the La Yerba II shell midden, Río Ica estuary, Peru

Insights into changing coastlines, environments and marine hunter-gatherer lifestyles on the Pacific coast of South America from the La Yerba II shell midden, Río Ica estuary, Peru

Shell middens are conspicuous manifestations of the exploitation of rich, sustainable, easily seen and harvested marine resources that, worldwide, enabled hunter-gatherers to reduce mobility and increase population and social complexity. Globally, known sites tend to cluster chronologically around 6...

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Main Authors: Beresford-Jones, D.G (Author), Chauca, G. (Author), French, C. (Author), Friesem, D.E (Author), Gorriti, M. (Author), Huaman, O. (Author), Joly, D. (Author), Lane, K.J (Author), Maita, P.K (Author), Moat, J. (Author), Pullen, A. (Author), Sturt, F. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
Subjects:
Estuaries
Floor surface
Floor surfaces
Floors
Geoarchaeology
Geoarcheology
History
Holocene
Holocenes
Lanthanum
Marine biology
Marine hunter-gatherer
Marine hunter-gatherers
Middle preceramic
Middle Preceramic
Pacific coast south america
Pacific coast South America
Pacific coasts
Preceramics
Relative sea level
Sea level
Shell midden archaeology
Shell midden archeology
Shells (structures)
South America
Stratigraphy
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