Investigating Long-Term Diet and Marine Resource Use in Kohala, Hawaiʻi
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2012-05-09
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Marine animals, including fish, mollusk, octopus and squid, were key components of the Hawaiian diet in prehistory. The goal of my research project is to examine long-term prehistoric gathering strategies and to determine if resource depression of mollusk populations in prehistory. I am currently investigating mollusk use in prehistory by analyzing remains from archaeological household sites in Kohala, Hawaiʻi. I am looking at the distribution of different species of mollusk remains throughout Kohala, and analyzing the changes through time. This project is ongoing, but so far I have found no significant changes in species consumed that indicate resource depression. The species and amount of mollusk consumed through time varies within regions in Kohala, but does not indicate a negative human impact on marine resources through time.
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Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3rd Place (The Ohio State University Denman Undergraduate Research Forum)
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archaeology, foraging theory, resource depression, Hawaii, anthropology, marine harvesting