Human impacts on ancient marine ecosystems : a global perspective / edited by Torben C. Rick and Jon M. Erlandson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rick, Torben C.

Erlandson, Jon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coastal archaeology--Case studies.

Coastal archaeology.

Underwater archaeology--Case studies.

Underwater archaeology.

Prehistoric peoples.

Fishing, Prehistoric.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Marine mammals--Effect of human beings on.

Marine mammals.

Marine mammal remains (Archaeology).

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2008]

Summary:

Archaeological data now show that relatively intense human adaptations to coastal environments developed much earlier than once believed-more than 125,000 years ago. With our oceans and marine fisheries currently in a state of crisis, coastal archaeological sites contain a wealth of data that can shed light on the history of human exploitation of marine ecosystems and marine conservation principles. This groundbreaking volume, the first global survey of these topics, brings together leading researchers working in coastal areas around the world to address the links between archaeology, history, marine ecology, and fisheries management. In eleven case studies from the Americas, the Pacific Islands, the North Sea, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa, they cover diverse marine ecosystems ranging from kelp forests to coral reefs and mangroves and reach into deep history to discover how humans interacted with and affected these aquatic environments. Using a variety of multidisciplinary analyses and data sets, they demonstrate the power of archaeology and other historical disciplines to improve our understanding of contemporary environmental problems.

Contents:

1 Archaeology, Marine Ecology, and Human Impacts on Marine Environments / Jon M. Erlandson, Torben C. Rick 1

2 Short and Sometimes Sharp: Human Impacts on Marine Resources in the Archaeology and History of South Polynesia / Atholl Anderson 21

3 Aleut Hunters, Sea Otters, and Sea Cows: Three Thousand Years of Interactions in the Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska / Debra G. Corbett, Douglas Causey, Mark Clementz, Paul L. Koch, Angela Doroff, Christine Lefevre, Dixie West 43

4 Historical Ecology and Human Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems of the Santa Barbara Channel Region, California / Torben C. Rick, Jon M. Erlandson, Todd J. Braje, James A. Estes, Michael H. Graham, Rene L. Vellanoweth 77

5 Long-Term Effects of Human Predation on Marine Ecosystems in Guerrero, Mexico / Douglas J. Kennett, Barbara Voorhies, Thomas A. Wake, Natalia Martinez 103

6 Ancient Fisheries and Marine Ecology of Coastal Peru / Elizabeth J. Reitz, C. Fred T. Andrus, Daniel H. Sandweiss 125

7 Human Impacts on Marine Environments in the West Indies During the Middle to Late Holocene / Scott M. Fitzpatrick, William F. Keegan, Kathleen Sullivan Sealey 147

8 Possible Prehistoric Fishing Effects on Coastal Marine Food Webs in the Gulf of Maine / Bruce J. Bourque, Beverly J. Johnson, Robert S. Steneck 165

9 Codfish and Kings, Seals and Subsistence: Norse Marine Resource Use in the North Atlantic / Sophia Perdikaris, Thomas H. McGovern 187

10 Historical Ecology of the North Sea Basin: An Archaeological Perspective and Some Problems of Methodology / Geoff Bailey, James Barrett, Oliver Craig, Nicky Milner 215

11 Twenty Thousand Years of Fishing in the Strait: Archaeological Fish and Shellfish Assemblages from Southern Iberia / Arturo Morales-Muniz, Eufrasia Rosello-Izquierdo 243

12 Human Impact on Precolonial West Coast Marine Environments of South Africa / Antonieta Jerardino, George M. Branch, Rene Navarro 279

13 Archaeology, Historical Ecology, and the Future of Ocean Ecosystems / Torben C. Rick, Jon M. Erlandson 297.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520253438

0520253434

OCLC:

178270674