Human impacts on seals, sea lions, and sea otters : integrating archaeology and ecology in the northeast Pacific / edited by Todd J. Braje and Torben C. Rick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Braje, Todd J., 1976-

Rick, Torben C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine mammal remains (Archaeology)--Northwest Coast of North America.

Marine mammal remains (Archaeology).

Seals (Animals)--Effect of human beings on--Northwest Coast of North America--History.

Seals (Animals).

Sea lions--Effect of human beings on--Northwest Coast of North America--History.

Sea lions.

Sea otter--Effect of human beings on--Northwest Coast of North America--History.

Sea otter.

Paleo-Indians--Hunting--Northwest Coast of North America.

Paleo-Indians.

Hunting, Prehistoric--Northwest Coast of North America.

Hunting, Prehistoric.

Paleoecology--Northwest Coast of North America.

Paleoecology.

Marine mammals--Conservation--Northwest Coast of North America.

Marine mammals.

Paleo-Indians--Hunting.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]

Summary:

For more than ten thousand years, Native Americans from Alaska to southern California relied on aquatic animals such as seals, sea lions, and sea otters for food and raw materials. Archaeological research on the interactions between people and these marine mammals has made great advances recently and provides a unique lens for understanding the human and ecological past. Archaeology also provides a crucial source of information on contemporary environmental issues as we improve our understanding of the ancient abundance, ecology, and natural history of these species. This groundbreaking interdisciplinary volume brings together archaeologists, biologists, and other scientists to consider how archaeology can inform the conservation and management of pinnipeds and other marine mammals along the Pacific Coast. Book jacket.

Contents:

People, pinnipeds, and sea otters of the northeast Pacific / Torben C. Rick, Todd J. Braje, and Robert L. DeLong

A history of paleoecological research on sea otters and pinnipeds of the eastern Pacific Rim / R. Lee Lyman

The historical ecology of walrus exploitation in the North Pacific / Erica Hill

Neoglacial sea ice and life history flexibility in ringed and fur seals / Susan J. Crockford and S. Gay Frederick

A 4500-year time-series of otariid abundance on Sanak Island, western Gulf of Alaska / Matthew W. Betts, Herbert D.G. Maschner, and Veronica Lech

An analysis of seal, sea lion, and sea otter consumption patterns on Sanak Island, Alaska : an 1800-year record on Aleut consumer behavior / Veronica Lech, Matthew W. Betts, and Herbert D.G. Maschner

Toward a historical ecology of pinniped and sea otter hunting traditions on the coast of southern British Columbia / Iain McKechnie and Rebecca J. Wigen

Native American use of seals, sea lions, and sea otters in estuaries of northern Oregon and southern Washington / Madonna L. Moss and Robert J. Losey

Why were northern fur seals spared in northern California? : a cultural and archaeological explanation / Adrian R. Whitaker and William R. Hildebrandt

Holocene Monterey Bay fur seals : distribution, dates, and ecological implications / Diane Gifford-Gonzalez

Toward a prehistory of the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) / Terry L. Jones ... [et al.]

Resilience and reorganization : archaeology and historical ecology of California Channel Island marine mammals / Todd J. Braje ... [et al.]

Perspectives from the past : archaeology, historical ecology, and northeastern Pacific pinnipeds and sea otters / Todd J. Braje and Torben C. Rick.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520267268

0520267265

OCLC:

663458891