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Pelagic Fishing at 42,000 Years Before the Present and the Maritime Skills of Modern Humans

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dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Susan
dc.contributor.authorOno, Rintaro
dc.contributor.authorClarkson, Christopher J
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:37:11Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T10:47:52Z
dc.description.abstractBy 50,000 years ago, it is clear that modern humans were capable of long-distance sea travel as they colonized Australia. However, evidence for advanced maritime skills, and for fishing in particular, is rare before the terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene. Here we report remains of a variety of pelagic and other fish species dating to 42,000 years before the present from Jerimalai shelter in East Timor, as well as the earliest definite evidence for fishhook manufacture in the world. Capturing pelagic fish such as tuna requires high levels of planning and complex maritime technology. The evidence implies that the inhabitants were fishing in the deep sea.
dc.identifier.issn0036-8075
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/35424
dc.publisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
dc.sourceScience
dc.subjectKeywords: catch statistics; deep-sea fishery; fishing; fishing gear; historical geography; human activity; marine technology; pelagic fish; pelagic fishery; Pleistocene; article; deep sea; fishing; human; materials; motor performance; nonhuman; pelagic fish; pelagi
dc.titlePelagic Fishing at 42,000 Years Before the Present and the Maritime Skills of Modern Humans
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue6059
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1121
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1117
local.contributor.affiliationO'Connor, Susan, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationOno, Rintaro, Tokai University
local.contributor.affiliationClarkson, Christopher J, University of Queensland
local.contributor.authoruidO'Connor, Susan, u9413939
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor210103 - Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas
local.identifier.absfor210102 - Archaeological Science
local.identifier.absseo970116 - Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4264204xPUB124
local.identifier.citationvolume334
local.identifier.doi10.1126/science.1207703
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-82255169476
local.identifier.thomsonID000297313900046
local.type.statusPublished Version

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