700 Years of Human-Marine Interactions in Aotearoa

Our objective is to apply novel methodological approaches to unlock fine-scale information from archaeological and present-day fisheries data in order to create a comparative paleoenvironmental reconstruction in Aotearoa.

Research

700 Years of human-Marine Interactions in Aotearoa is a multidisciplinary collaborative research programme involving archaeologists and marine scientists. We are conducting a set of individual projects that draw on archaeological data and contemporary fisheries and marine science in order to address a range of issues around the exploitation of marine resources in Aotearoa.

Latest Publications

Fish nearshore habitat-use patterns as ecological indicators of nursery quality

A novel approach to analyse continuous microchemical information from fish otoliths.
Comparison of archaeological and present-day otoliths elicits habitat quality.
Pre-industrial anthropogenic stressors had little effect on snapper migration.
Modern anthropogenic disturbances lead to disrupted nursery habitat-use patterns.

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