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dc.contributor.authorMorrison, Michaelen
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-16T03:51:17Z-
dc.date.available2020-09-16T03:51:17Z-
dc.date.issued2013-07-
dc.identifier.citationArchaeology in Oceania, 48(2), p. 78-91en
dc.identifier.issn1834-4453en
dc.identifier.issn0728-4896en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29437-
dc.description.abstractAlbatross Bay, near Weipa on western Cape York Peninsula, is well known for the large number of anthropogenic late Holocene shell mound sites that occur in the region. Recent research on shell mound formation and use both here and elsewhere across northern Australia has focused upon the extent to which mound formation may have been tied to intensive use of periodically available gluts of the intertidal bivalve <i>Anadara granosa</i>. This paper explores whether such a model applies in the Albatross Bay region, drawing on data available from 477 shell matrix sites recorded in this region. Data on site size, morphology, composition, substrate type, proximity to contemporary shorelines and shell mound chronology support a model of Aboriginal people episodically and strategically targeting a highly variable niche estuarine resource base rather than intensively focusing on one species. It is proposed that these production strategies were characterised by a high degree of flexibility in terms of resource focus, at times involving a considerable emphasis on <i>A. granosa</i>, but also incorporating other estuarine resources, and that the level or intensity of production was able to be scaled up or down in line with resource availability and abundance. This production system was based upon nuanced knowledge of annual and intra‐annual ecosystem dynamics along with social organisation and communication networks that facilitated a high degree of flexibility around the strategic exploitation of variable estuarine resource bases.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Incen
dc.relation.ispartofArchaeology in Oceaniaen
dc.titleNiche production strategies and shell matrix site variability at Albatross Bay, Cape York Peninsulaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/arco.5002en
local.contributor.firstnameMichaelen
local.subject.for2008210101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeologyen
local.subject.for2008210103 Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americasen
local.subject.seo2008950503 Understanding Australia's Pasten
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailmmorri62@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage78en
local.format.endpage91en
local.identifier.scopusid84880062318en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume48en
local.identifier.issue2en
local.contributor.lastnameMorrisonen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:mmorri62en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:1959.11/29437en
local.date.onlineversion2013-05-23-
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleNiche production strategies and shell matrix site variability at Albatross Bay, Cape York Peninsulaen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorMorrison, Michaelen
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dc.subject.austlangY24 Thaynakwithen
dc.subject.austlangY32 Alngithen
dc.subject.austlangY36 Ngkothen
dc.subject.austlangY39 Ntra'ngithen
dc.subject.austlangY23 Wimarangaen
dc.subject.austlangY185 Awngthimen
dc.subject.austlangY30 Ladamngiden
dc.subject.austlangY34 Aritinngithighen
local.sensitive.culturalNoen
local.identifier.wosid000322332500002en
local.year.available2013en
local.year.published2013en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/d5e6d1b8-d77d-49ba-ae4e-9484ef045093en
local.subject.for2020450101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeologyen
local.subject.for2020450102 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artefactsen
local.subject.for2020430102 Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americasen
local.subject.seo2020130703 Understanding Australia’s pasten
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