Recent archaeological research has firmly established eastern Africa's offshore islands as
important localities for understanding the region's pre-Swahili maritime adaptations and …

Islands are useful model systems for examining human–environmental interactions. While
many anthropogenic effects visible in the archaeological and paleoecological records are …

Names: Kirch, Patrick Vinton, editor. Title: Talepakemalai: Lapita and its transformations in
the Mussau Islands of near Oceania/Patrick Vinton Kirch, editor; with contributions by …

Marine adaptations are considered to have been significant factors in the evolution of our
species (Homo sapiens). As humans dispersed from Africa around 100 kya, marine …

Recent excavations at the Ceramic Age village site of Sabazan on Carriacou, Grenada,
indicate long-term occupation spanning AD 400 to 1400. One of the earliest settlements in …

The diverse islands of Oceania are ideal locations for the study of human ecology. Here, we
argue that human behavioural ecology (HBE) provides a useful theoretical framework to …

Research at the Chelechol ra Orrak rockshelter in Palau has revealed an extensive
cemetery with at least 50 interred individuals, their graves overlain by later occupational …

The use of human behavioral ecology (HBE) models in zooarchaeological research to
understand human subsistence patterns extends back to the late 1970s. This chapter …

Archaeologists routinely reconstruct the types of marine environments fished by past human
societies in order to understand economic systems, foraging behaviour, maritime technology …

The interpretation of archaeological sites of the sambaqui type (Brazilian shell middens) as
proxies of past biodiversity is a promising approach. The sambaqui sites were built by …