Collagen fingerprinting and the earliest marine mammal hunting in North America
Abstract The submersion of Late Pleistocene shorelines and poor organic preservation at
many early archaeological sites obscure the earliest effects of humans on coastal resources
in the Americas. We used collagen fingerprinting to identify bone fragments from middens at
four California Channel Island sites that are among the oldest coastal sites in the Americas
(~ 12,500-8,500 cal BP). We document Paleocoastal human predation of at least three
marine mammal families/species, including northern elephant seals (Mirounga …
many early archaeological sites obscure the earliest effects of humans on coastal resources
in the Americas. We used collagen fingerprinting to identify bone fragments from middens at
four California Channel Island sites that are among the oldest coastal sites in the Americas
(~ 12,500-8,500 cal BP). We document Paleocoastal human predation of at least three
marine mammal families/species, including northern elephant seals (Mirounga …
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