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The many Neolithic shell middens and dune sites along the coast of the Beibu Gulf point to a specific lifestyle and subsistence pattern focused around fishing, hunting and gathering based on marine resources. The central role of a stable marine economy in local subsistence highlights a set of distinct maritime cultural characteristics identified with the early culture of the Beibu Gulf coastal region. This culture existed from about 7000 to 4000 years ago and was characterized by adaptation and utilization rather than production of oceanic resources. This early maritime culture grew out of early hunter-gatherer cultures in this region dating to the Late Paleolithic and Early Neolithic, and emerged as a result of these populations’ emigration to the coastal areas of Beibu Gulf.
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Li, Z. (2019). Early Maritime Subsistence and Adaptive Ocean Cultures Along the Beibu Gulf Coast. In: Wu, C., Rolett, B. (eds) Prehistoric Maritime Cultures and Seafaring in East Asia. The Archaeology of Asia-Pacific Navigation, vol 1. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9256-7_7
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