Seasonal exploitation of intertidal resources at El Mazo (N Iberia) reveals optimized human subsistence strategies during the Mesolithic in Atlantic Europe
Garcia Escarzaga, Asier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Igor (Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria)
Arniz-Mateos, Rosa (Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria)
Cuenca-Solana, David (Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria)
González-Morales, Manuel R. (Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria)
Ilgner, Jana (Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology. Department of Archaeology (Jena, Alemanya))
Lucas, Mary (Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology. Department of Archaeology (Jena, Alemanya))
Colonese, Andre Carlo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Roberts, Patrick (Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology. Department of Archaeology (Jena, Alemanya))

Data:	2024
Resum:	Over the last few decades, research has significantly enhanced our understanding of the role played by shellfish in human subsistence during the Mesolithic period along the Atlantic coast of Europe. Instrumental to this advance has been the analysis of stable oxygen isotope measurements (δ18O) from mollusc shells, which offers valuable insights into the seasonality of shellfish exploitation. The δ18O values serve as reliable indicators of past seasonal seawater temperature variations experienced by the molluscs, enabling us to accurately determine the time of year when past humans collected them. Recent studies using this approach have successfully identified seasonal exploitation patterns of the topshell Phorcus lineatus (da Costa, 1778) in Atlantic Europe. However, uncertainties remain regarding the exploitation schedule of Patella depressa Pennant 1777, one of the most abundantly collected species in Mesolithic sites. Here we used shell δ18O values of P. depressa from the Mesolithic sites of El Mazo (Northern Iberia) to determine its seasonality of exploitation. Our study reveals that P. depressa was prevalently exploited during colder months. Modern specimens of the same limpet species were also collected during two annual cycles to assess potential seasonal changes in meat yield return. Results obtained has profound implications for better understanding how last coastal foragers managed available littoral resources throughout the year.
Ajuts:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación HAR2016-75605-R Agencia Estatal de Investigación HAR2017-86262-P Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2021-124059NB-I00 Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2021-124589NA-I00 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CEX2019-000940-M Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021/SGR-00527
Nota:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Nota:	Altres ajuts: Basque Country Postdoctoral Programme (grant number POS_2020_2_0032), by the University of La Rioja through a posdoctoral grant (no code available), by the Catalonia Postdoctoral Programme through a Beatriu de Pin\u00F3s fellowship (grant number 2020 BP 00240) and he is currently working in the framework of a Marie Sk\u0142odowska Curie \u2013 Postdoctoral Fellowship (grant reference: HEU-101064225-NEARCOAST), funded by the European Union. RAM is supported by the University of Cantabria (grant number: CVE:2019\u20138461).
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	Archaeological and anthropological sciences, Vol. 16 Núm. 5 (may 2024) , p. 76, ISSN 1866-9565

DOI: 10.1007/s12520-024-01960-3

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