Fishing Activities along the Eastern Kanto Shoreline during the Middle to Late Jomon Period: Reconstruction from Fish Assemblages from Inner Bay Shellmidden Sites

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  • 貝塚産魚類組成から復元する縄文時代中後期の東関東内湾漁ろう
  • 貝塚産魚類組成から復元する縄文時代中後期の東関東内湾漁撈
  • カイヅカサンギョルイ ソセイ カラ フクゲン スル ジョウモン ジダイ チュウコウキ ノ ヒガシカントウ ナイワン ギョロウ

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Fishing activities in the eastern Kanto inner bay area during the Jomon Period have traditionally been thought to have been focused on large-sized fish such as Japanese sea perch (Lateolabrax sp.) and porgies (Acanthopargrus sp. and Pagrus major). However, water screening of 104 column samples from nine shellmidden sites dating to the Middle and Late Jomon Periods within this area produced high frequencies of remains from small fish species, including herring-like fishes, horse mackerels, Japanese eel, and crucian carp, suggesting these small fish species actually constitute the largest part of fish assemblages in the study area. This is important because smaller fish species have been neglected in previous studies in the area. Additionally, localized variability is detectable in these assemblages with coastal sites exhibiting higher frequencies of small coastal fish, inland sites exhibiting higher frequencies of fresh water fish, and sites lying between these two zones exhibiting higher frequencies of brackish water fish species. This suggests that fishing strategies at these sites were adapted to exploitation of small fish species that naturally occurred within the hypothetical exploitation territory. However, since high-ranked fish such as porgies were recovered from inland sites which do not have ocean within their hypothetical exploitation territories, it is possible that sea resources were frequently traded between groups. Therefore, this study is significant in that it moves beyond issues of fishing activities to examine broader issues of economic and social interaction.<br>

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