zooarchaeology, otoliths (Other Keyword)
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Investigating prehistoric fisheries: growth-band and stable isotope analyses on otoliths of a critically endangered species (Totoaba macdonaldi) in the upper Gulf of California, Mexico. (2017)
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Over 700 fish otoliths were recovered during archaeological excavations at the Rancho Punta Estrella sites on the northern Gulf coast of the Baja Peninsula of Mexico; over 120 of these have been identified as totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi, Sciaenidae), a critically endangered species due to pressures from commercial fishing and human alterations of the Colorado River. AMS radiocarbon dates on seven totoaba otoliths suggest two primary occupations at ~4900-5400 cal BP and ~800-1150 cal BP. This...