Internet Archaeology is very pleased to announce the publication of
the first batch of articles in a new Open Access issue focused on 'Human
Exploitation of Aquatic Landscapes'. The issue was funded by the Graduate School
"Human Development in Landscapes", University of Kiel with additional funding
from the Institute for Ecosystem Research, University of Kiel and the Centre for
Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, Schloss Gottorf.
Aquatic landscapes such as rivers, lakes, and seas played an important role
in influencing past human behaviour, including modes of subsistence, patterns of
mobility, and social and cultural
aspects. This collection of articles sets
out to obtain a better understanding of human interaction with aquatic
landscapes across a wide variety of time periods, geographical locations, and
cultural contexts.
Contents (so far)Beneath Still Waters - Multistage
Aquatic Exploitation of Euryale ferox (Salisb.) during the Acheulian
Naama Goren-Inbar, Yoel Melamed, Irit Zohar, Kumar Akhilesh and Shanti
Pappu
4200 New Shell Mound Sites in the Southern Red Sea
M.G.
Meredith-Williams, N.Hausmann, R.H.Inglis and G.N. Bailey
Fishing and Fish Consumption in the Swahili Communities of East Africa,
700–1400 CE
Eréndira M. Quintana Morales and Mark Horton
The 'Wretched Poor' and the Sea: Contest and exploitation of Achill
Island's historic maritime landscape
Shannon Dunn and Chuck
Meide
Direct Evidence for Bottom-fishing in Archaeological Whelks
(Buccinum undatum)
Greg Campbell and Michael Russell
Shellfish
from the Bronze Age Site of Clos des Châtaigniers (Mathieu, Normandy, France)
Caroline Mougne, Catherine Dupont, David Giazzon, Laurent
Quesnel