Marine Ventures

Human-sea relations are important factors in past and present human evolution. Discussions about these relations have ranged from shellfish gathering at beaches to the elaboration of technological, social and cognitive systems for marine foraging. The role of the marine environment is now seen as a primary factor in the understanding of social complexity. Archaeological data and methods are uniquely placed to produce interesting perspectives about human adaptations to the sea through global and local dimensions, geological, archaeological and ethnographic timescales, and empirical studies of cultural practice.

Human-sea relations are important factors in past and present human evolution. Discussions about these relations have ranged from shellfish gathering at beaches to the elaboration of technological, social and cognitive systems for marine foraging. The role of the marine environment is now seen as a primary factor in the understanding of social complexity. Archaeological data and methods are uniquely placed to produce interesting perspectives about human adaptations to the sea through global and local dimensions, geological, archaeological and ethnographic timescales, and empirical studies of cultural practice. This volume brings together an international collection of papers in which human-sea relations are analyzed through various temporal and spatial scales. The themes covered include initial developments and further elaboration of marine foraging, technological and logistical implications of travelling by sea, interrelations between social and cognitive systems, settlement patterns and subsistence of marine hunter-gatherers, landscape archaeology and palaeogeographic models and the role of marine resources in human-sea relations. This volume will be of interest to students, archaeologists and researchers from related disciplines.

Introduction: Archaeological Perspectives on Human-Sea Relations Hein B. Bjerck and A. Francisco J. Zangrando Part I: Beginnings: Early Marine Foraging and Adaptive Trajectories 1. Shells on the Hill Esteban Alvarez-Fernandez, University of Salamanca 2. The Emergence of Sedentism in Mesolithic Western Norway Knut Andreas Bergsvik, University of Bergen, et al 3. Exploring the Role of Pinnipeds in the Human Colonization of the Seascapes of Patagonia and Scandinavia Hein B. Bjerck, et al 4. On the Applicability of Environmental and Ethnographic Reference Frames Heidi Mjelva Breivik, et al 5. Hakai, a Late-glacial to Early Holocene Paleoshoreline 'Sweet Spot' on the West Coast of Canada Daryl Fedje and Duncan McLaren, both at University of Victoria, Canada 6. Two Case Studies in the Initial Early Holocene Colonisation in Parts of Europe's Atlantic Edges Peter C. Woodman, University College Cork 7. Exploring Trajectories towards Social Complexity A. Francisco J. Zangrando, et al Part II: Life Styles: Settlements and Subsistence by the Sea 8. Searching for Maritime Hunter-gatherer Archaeological Record in the Shifting Shorelines of the South Pacific Coast Omar Reyes Baez, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile, et al 9. Archaeology of Maritime Hunter-gatherers from Southernmost Patagonia, South America Manuel San Roman Bontes, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile, et al 10. Home by the Sea Silje E. Fretheim, et al 11. Coastal Hazards, Resiliency and the Co-evolution of Human-natural Systems along the Southeast Coast of Sri Lanka during the Late Quaternary Hans Harmsen and Priyantha Karunaratne, both at SUNY, Buffalo 12. Icescapes and Archaeology Jason Rogers, University of Exeter 13. A Submerged Mesolithic Grave Site Reveals Remains of the First Norwegian Seal Hunters Birgitte Skar, et al 14. Rethinking the Mesolithic of the Sado Paleoestuary, Portugal Joaquina Soares, University of Lisbon 15. Marine Adaptation in the Middle Mesolithic of South-eastern Norway Steinar Solheim and Per Persson, both at the University of Oslo 16. Fishing as a New Commercial Profession and the Dawn of New Habitation along the Norwegian Coast Helge Sheim, University of Stavanger, Norway Part III: Seafaring: Logistics, Encounters and Communications 17. Indigenous Sailing in the Arctic Evguenia Anichtchenko, University of Southampton 18. Chaloupes and Kayaks Amanda Crompton and Lisa Rankin, both at Memorial University, Newfoundland 19. The Seascapes of Santarosae Jon M. Erlandson, University of Oregon 20. Marine Ventures in the Stone Age Rock Art of Fennoscandia Jan Magne Gjerde, University of Oslo 21. Marine Ventures and Thomas Bridges' Yamana-English Dictionary Magnhild M. Hus and Elisabeth F. Swensen, both at NTNU 22. Quartz Utilization along the Coast of Southern Norway Svein Vatsvag Nielsen, University of Oslo, et al 23. Kayaks and Chaloupes Lisa Rankin and Amanda Crompton 24. Bronze Age Connections across the Baltic Sea Uwe Sperling, Tartu University, Estonia

• Edited by Hein Bjartmann Bjerck
• Edited by Heidi Mjelva Breivik
• Edited by Silje E. Fretheim
• Edited by Ernesto L. Piana
• Edited by Birgitte Skar
• Edited by Angelica M. Tivoli
• Edited by Francisco J. Zangrando