Coastal foragers on southern shores: Marine resource use in Northeast Australia since the late Pleistocene

Ulm, Sean (2011). Coastal foragers on southern shores: Marine resource use in Northeast Australia since the late Pleistocene. In Nuno Bicho, Jonathan Haws and Loren Davis (Ed.), Trekking the shore: Changing coastlines and the anquity of coastal settlement (pp. 441-461) New York, United States: Springer.

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Author Ulm, Sean
Title of chapter Coastal foragers on southern shores: Marine resource use in Northeast Australia since the late Pleistocene
Title of book Trekking the shore: Changing coastlines and the anquity of coastal settlement
Place of Publication New York, United States
Publisher Springer
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-8219-3
Publication year 2011
Sub-type Critical scholarly text
Series Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
Editor Nuno Bicho
Jonathan Haws
Loren Davis
ISBN 9781441982193; 9781441982186; 1441982191
Chapter number 19
Start page 441
End page 461
Total pages 21
Total chapters 20
Collection year 2012
Language eng
Abstract/Summary The sea is central to the lives of contemporary coastal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across northeast Australia. Indigenous histories and documentary sources show the sea to be a vital source of subsistence, raw materials, spirituality and connection with other peoples. Coasts, and especially islands, were a focus of occupation, with high population densities linked to low mobility along the length of the Queensland coast. But what are the antecedents of these people–sea relationships? In this review, the archaeological evidence for coastal foraging across northeast Australia from the late Pleistocene is explored and the main themes and challenges in developing an understanding of how coastal resources figured in the lives of ancient Australians are discussed. [Introduction extract]
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