Prehistoric and historic exploitation of marine mammals in the Black Sea
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Prehistoric and historic exploitation of marine mammals in the Black Sea. / Aiken, Magie; Gladilina, Elena; Çakırlar, Canan; Telizhenko, Serhii; van den Hurk, Youri; Bejenaru, Luminita; Tange Olsen, Morten; Gol'din, Pavel.
In: Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 314, 108210, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Prehistoric and historic exploitation of marine mammals in the Black Sea
AU - Aiken, Magie
AU - Gladilina, Elena
AU - Çakırlar, Canan
AU - Telizhenko, Serhii
AU - van den Hurk, Youri
AU - Bejenaru, Luminita
AU - Tange Olsen, Morten
AU - Gol'din, Pavel
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The recent exploitation of marine species is relatively well documented and understood in terms of impacts on species abundance, distribution, and resource use. In contrast, ancient exploitation of marine mammals remains poorly documented; in part, because a detailed meta-analysis of their presence in the zooarchaeological record is lacking. This is true in the Black Sea, where cetaceans are reported in the zooarchaeological record but have not yet been studied comprehensively. Here, we synthesize all available published and unpublished zooarchaeological data from 27 sites around the Black Sea, dating from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods (6500-6000 BCE) to the Medieval period (641–1475 CE), to document the extent and nature of the exploitation of the Black Sea cetacean species. The results suggest that cetacean exploitation was practised continuously in the Black Sea over a period of 8500 years from the Neolithic through to the Medieval period. This suggests a much longer history of marine mammal exploitation in the Black Sea than previously understood, pushing back the timeline of human impacts on the Black Sea marine fauna.
AB - The recent exploitation of marine species is relatively well documented and understood in terms of impacts on species abundance, distribution, and resource use. In contrast, ancient exploitation of marine mammals remains poorly documented; in part, because a detailed meta-analysis of their presence in the zooarchaeological record is lacking. This is true in the Black Sea, where cetaceans are reported in the zooarchaeological record but have not yet been studied comprehensively. Here, we synthesize all available published and unpublished zooarchaeological data from 27 sites around the Black Sea, dating from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods (6500-6000 BCE) to the Medieval period (641–1475 CE), to document the extent and nature of the exploitation of the Black Sea cetacean species. The results suggest that cetacean exploitation was practised continuously in the Black Sea over a period of 8500 years from the Neolithic through to the Medieval period. This suggests a much longer history of marine mammal exploitation in the Black Sea than previously understood, pushing back the timeline of human impacts on the Black Sea marine fauna.
KW - Anthropocene
KW - Baseline
KW - Black sea
KW - Cetaceans
KW - Conservation
KW - Dolphin
KW - Exploitation
KW - Megafauna
KW - Porpoise
KW - Zooarchaeology
U2 - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108210
DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108210
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85165228125
VL - 314
JO - Quaternary Science Reviews
JF - Quaternary Science Reviews
SN - 0277-3791
M1 - 108210
ER -
ID: 361830521