02003nas a2200229   4500008004100000050004300041245009300084210006900177260000900246300001600255490000700271520122000278653001501498653004101513653006101554653002601615653001401641100002201655700002201677700001901699856005501718       2004                        eng d  aOSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription00aLate-Holocene Dungeness crab (<i>Cancer magister</i>) harvest at an Oregon coast estuary0 aLateHolocene Dungeness crab iCancer magisteri harvest at an Oreg  c2004  ap.1603-16120 v313 aCoastal peoples worldwide harvested and consumed a wide variety of shellfish. Most archaeological analyses of shellfish remains tend to focus on bivalves such as clams and mussels while other shellfish such as gastropods, barnacles, and crabs have received much less attention. Here we examine the use of Dungeness crabs (Cancer magister) at a late-Holocene village on Netarts Bay, northern Oregon Coast. Ethnographic and ethnohistoric records suggest that crabs were both individually hunted as well as gathered, often en masse. We employ allometric scaling of Dungeness claws (propal fingers) recovered from several household middens to estimate crab body size and age. These data indicate that while a wide age range of crabs were collected, most harvesting efforts focused on juveniles and young adults. This suggests that most Dungeness crabs at the site were gathered (not individually hunted) in Netarts Bay, most likely in shallow subtidal areas where cockles (Clinocardium nuttalli) were also being regularly taken. As such, Dungeness crabs were part of a foraging strategy that involved the efficient mass harvest of small prey using minimal technology. [copyright] 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.10aarcheology10aCockle clam = Clinocardium nuttallii10aDungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister)10ahuman use and impacts10ashellfish1 aLosey, Robert., J1 aYamada, Sylvia, B1 aLargaespada, L  uhttps://netarts.library.oregonstate.edu/node/13726