Book contents
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Quaternary of the Levant
- Part I: The Evolution of Current Landscapes and Basins
- Part II: Palaeoclimates
- Part III: Archaeology of Human Evolution
- Part IV: Palaeoecology
- 38 Palaeolithic Vegetal Diet in the Southern Levant
- 39 Pollen as Palaeoclimate Indicators in the Levant
- 40 The Archaeozoological Record in a Changing Environment of the Late Middle to the Late Pleistocene
- 41 Biogeography and Palaeoecology of the Early Pleistocene Large Mammals in the Levant
- 42 The Kaleidoscope of Mammalian Faunas during the Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene in the Southern Levant
- 43 Fish Exploitation during the Quaternary
- 44 The Exploitation of Aquatic Resources during the Quaternary
- 45 Fossil-Based Reconstructions of Ancient Water Bodies in the Levantine Deserts
- Part V: Quaternary Geomorphology
- Part VI: Humans in the Levant
- Index
- Plate section
- References
44 - The Exploitation of Aquatic Resources during the Quaternary
from Part IV: - Palaeoecology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2017
Book contents
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Quaternary of the Levant
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Quaternary of the Levant
- Part I: The Evolution of Current Landscapes and Basins
- Part II: Palaeoclimates
- Part III: Archaeology of Human Evolution
- Part IV: Palaeoecology
- 38 Palaeolithic Vegetal Diet in the Southern Levant
- 39 Pollen as Palaeoclimate Indicators in the Levant
- 40 The Archaeozoological Record in a Changing Environment of the Late Middle to the Late Pleistocene
- 41 Biogeography and Palaeoecology of the Early Pleistocene Large Mammals in the Levant
- 42 The Kaleidoscope of Mammalian Faunas during the Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene in the Southern Levant
- 43 Fish Exploitation during the Quaternary
- 44 The Exploitation of Aquatic Resources during the Quaternary
- 45 Fossil-Based Reconstructions of Ancient Water Bodies in the Levantine Deserts
- Part V: Quaternary Geomorphology
- Part VI: Humans in the Levant
- Index
- Plate section
- References
Summary
Aquatic resources exploited by humans in the past are composed of, besides water, various fauna and flora. Within these, fish and mollusc remains are the best preserved and most studied. These were obtained beginning in the Lower Palaeolithic in freshwater sources along the Jordan Valley. The Middle Palaeolithic signals the beginning of marine resource exploitation, mostly of mollusks, and mainly as ornamental artifacts. Marine mollusc consumption, as well as that of marine fish seems to begin in the Levant towards the end of the Pleistocene, post-LGM. The economic changes brought about by the onset of agriculture, and especially the development of exchange networks, brought about shifts in aquatic resources exploitation as well.
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- Quaternary of the LevantEnvironments, Climate Change, and Humans, pp. 377 - 380Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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