Berberass: marine resource specialisation and environmental change in Torres Strait during the last 4000 years

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Crouch, Joe;McNiven, Ian J.;David, Bruno;Rowe, Cassandra;Weisler, Marshall
Cassandra Rowe
Abstract

Excavations at Badu 19 midden on the islet of Berberass in western Torres Strait have revealed a 4000 year antiquity for dugong hunting and fin-fishing, 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.

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Archaeology in Oceania

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42

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1834-4453

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2

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16

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Oceania Publications

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10.1002/j.1834-4453.2007.tb00016.x