COASTAL DYNAMICS AND CULTURAL OCCUPATIONS ON CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY, FLORIDA, U.S.A.
2009; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 33; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2113/gspalynol.33.2.135
ISSN1558-9188
AutoresRob Saunders, John H. Wrenn, Wolfgang Krebs, Vaughn Bryant,
Tópico(s)Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
ResumoAbstract A multidisciplinary project on an archaeological site on the Mitchell River, which feeds into Choctawhatchee Bay on the Florida panhandle, was designed to understand human adaptations to a dynamic hydrological environment during the Middle and Late Archaic period (ca. 8000–3000 B.P.). Now in a freshwater environment, on a sandy terrace above the Mitchell River floodplain, the Mitchell River 1 archaeological site contains an oyster-shell midden and other features indicating human exploitation of an estuarine environment. Estuarine exploitation at the site occurred over a long span of time, from around 7300 to 3400 2cal B.P., although the site was abandoned two or three times over the millennia. The site was more permanently abandoned after 3400 B.P. Because estuarine shellfish, such as oysters, are low trophic level species, they have been considered marginal resources, and archaeologists modeling collector strategies assume that people will not travel far to obtain them. Under an optimal foraging...
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