Sea harvesting in the transition from hunter gatherer to farmer societies. Arche...
Sea harvesting in the transition from hunter gatherer to farmer societies. Archeological microscopic and molecular approaches to shell midden stratigraphy
While marine resources played a crucial role in Mesolithic societies, the role of coastal adaptations associated with the first Neolithic farmers is still poorly known. The present project aims to investigate Mesolithic and Neolit...
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Información proyecto SEArch
Duración del proyecto: 28 meses
Fecha Inicio: 2020-04-09
Fecha Fin: 2022-08-31
Líder del proyecto
UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE
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TRL
4-5
Presupuesto del proyecto
148K€
Fecha límite de participación
Sin fecha límite de participación.
Descripción del proyecto
While marine resources played a crucial role in Mesolithic societies, the role of coastal adaptations associated with the first Neolithic farmers is still poorly known. The present project aims to investigate Mesolithic and Neolithic shell midden formation using sedimentary microscopic signatures on anthropic deposits from Atlantic Iberia. SEArch will apply state-of-the-art developments on lipid biomarkers and stable isotopes analysis of organic molecular data stored in archaeological sediments. The main objective is to understand behavioural and environmental changes associated with the exploitation of aquatic resources. SEArch will achieve this goal with a three-fold approach: (1) by reconstructing formation processes at key shell midden sites; (2) by identifying (macroscopically invisible) fish and shellfish to infer foraging locals and processing strategies, and (3) by inferring temporality of foraging behaviour using C and N stable isotopes. The project will create experimental datasets on thermal alteration of bioclasts and construct a novel marine biomarker database for archaeologists. The SEArch project seeks to contribute to the debate on the Neolithization process of western Europe by taking a contextualized approach to the study of coastal adaptations and their role as possible resilient behaviours during the Neolithization process.