Darumbal voyaging: intensifying use of central Queensland's Shoalwater Bay islands over the past 5000 years McNiven, Ian J., De Maria, Nicole, Weisler, Marshall and Lewis, Tara 2013, Darumbal voyaging: intensifying use of central Queensland's Shoalwater Bay islands over the past 5000 years, Archaeology in Oceania, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 2-42, doi: 10.1002/arco.5016. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Darumbal voyaging: intensifying use of central Queensland's Shoalwater Bay islands over the past 5000 years Author(s) McNiven, Ian J. De Maria, Nicole Weisler, Marshall Lewis, Tara orcid.org/0000-0003-2031-5133 Journal name Archaeology in Oceania Volume number 49 Issue number 1 Start page 2 End page 42 Total pages 41 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, England Publication date 2013 ISSN 0003-8121 1834-4453 Keyword(s) Darumbal Shoalwater Bay islands marine subsistence specialisation late Holocene change Summary Island archipelagos of the tropical coast of central Queensland include the most distant offshore islands used by Aboriginal Australians. Excavations on Collins, Otterbourne and High Peak Islands, located up to 40 km from the mainland, reveal evidence of offshore voyaging and marine specialisation in the Shoalwater Bay region for at least 5200 years. A time lag of up to 3000 years between island formation and systematic island use may reflect delayed development of key marine resources. Expansion of island use commencing around 3000–3500 years ago is linked to population increases sustained by synchronous increases in marine resources. Occupational hiatuses variously between 1000 and 3000 years ago are associated with increased ENSO activity. Intensified island use within the past 1000 years is primarily a social phenomenon associated with continuing demographic pressures and the development of more coastally and marine-focused mainland groups, with settlement patterns increasingly encompassing adjacent islands. The viability of risky offshore canoe voyaging was underwritten by two key high-return subsistence pursuits – hunting green turtles and collecting turtle eggs. In addition to subsistence and quartz quarrying, a key motivation for island visitation may have been socially restricted (e.g. ceremonial) practices. Language eng DOI 10.1002/arco.5016 Field of Research 059999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970105 Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2013, Wiley Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30061680 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 18 Mar 2014, 08:39:55 EST Tue, 18 Mar 2014, 12:56:52 EST Wed, 16 Apr 2014, 11:16:40 EST Wed, 23 Apr 2014, 14:09:20 EST Wed, 23 Apr 2014, 14:10:58 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 20:08:14 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 19:59:31 EST Tue, 03 Feb 2015, 13:44:06 EST Thu, 23 Apr 2015, 10:16:49 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 13 times in TR Web of Science Cited 18 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 410 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 18 Mar 2014, 08:39:55 EST