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March 1, 2026Frontiers in Environmental ArchaeologyOpen Access

Determining the benefits and limitations of legacy ichthyoarchaeological collections: a Pacific Islands example

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MWMarshall I. WeislerARAshleigh J. Rogers

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Analysis of legacy ichthyoarchaeological collections reveals their potential and challenges in fish studies.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the advantages and drawbacks of legacy fish collections in Pacific Island ichthyoarchaeology.
  • Analysis of fish remains from nine sites on Moloka‘i
  • Comparison of taxa using NISP and diversity indices
  • Controlled excavation at Mo1 site in 2019
  • Assessment of fishing intensity and size structure of fish remains
  • Compositional analysis of recovered fish species
  • Significant variability in fishing intensity among sites with concentration values from 3.7 to 191.3 g/m3
  • Finer-mesh recovery in 2019 revealed more small-bodied reef taxa
  • High representation of threadfin fish across the region
  • First archaeological record of silverside from the Pacific Islands
  • Consistency in excavation protocols observed in past collections

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Weisler et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a3d747ec16d51705d2dcbchttps://doi.org/10.3389/fearc.2026.1731334
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