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AMERICAN ANTIQUITY
Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages 109-130Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.2307/4128350
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By 8000 B.P, sea-mammal hunting and open-sea voyages were established at Eel Point, Son Clemente Island, California. The early inhabitants of Eel Point depended heavily on sea-mammal hunting and shellfish collecting, rather than the intensive fishing that developed during the Late Holocene along the Southern California coast. Eel Point technological capabilities rivaled those of Late Holocene groups such as the Chumash Indians, including the ability to fabricate sophisticated watercraft. These data question traditional models of progressive maritime cultural development in coastal Southern California, and reveal the need for more empirical methods of assessing the seafaring capabilities of ancient maritime populations.
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