Native American use of cetaceans in pre-contact Oregon: Biomolecular and taphonomic analyses illuminate human-cetacean relationships: MALDI-TOF data ...
Abstract <span lang="EN-US">This study characterizes how Native Americans living on the Oregon coast used whales and small cetaceans prior to European contact. We present an original analysis of a large subsample of archaeological cetacean remains from the Palmrose (35CLT47) site and...
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The University of British Columbia
2023
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0436263 https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0436263 |
| Summary: | Abstract <span lang="EN-US">This study characterizes how Native Americans living on the Oregon coast used whales and small cetaceans prior to European contact. We present an original analysis of a large subsample of archaeological cetacean remains from the Palmrose (35CLT47) site and new identifications from the previously analyzed Par-Tee (35CLT20) and Tahkenitch Landing (35DO130) sites. Using zooarchaeological and biomolecular analyses we report species presence and modification patterns to characterize use. Grays ( Eschrichtius robustus ) and humpbacks ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) were the most commonly identified whale species and a preferred source of food, oil, bone for tool manufacture, and possibly ligaments for sinew. Dolphins and porpoises, especially harbor porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ), were a source of food and possibly bone for tool manufacture. While opportunistic hunting may have occurred, the presence of species such as blue ( Balaenoptera musculus ) and Cuvier’s beaked ( Ziphius ... |
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