Human behavioral ecology and coastal environments / edited by Heather B. Thakar and Carola Flores Fernandez ; foreword by Victor D. Thompson and Scott M. Fitzpatrick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flores Fernandez, Carola, editor.

Thakar, Heather B., editor.

Series:

Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--History.

Human ecology.

Human behavior--History.

Human behavior.

Coastal ecology--History.

Coastal ecology.

Environmental management.

Coastal settlements.

Coastal archaeology.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, [2022]

Summary:

"Examples of a research approach that sheds light on coastal societies in the past In this volume, contributors apply human behavioral ecology theoretical models to coastal environments around the globe and to the use of coastal resources by past human societies. Evidence demonstrates that coastlines and islands are dynamic environments that were important in early human migrations, and this volume shows how researchers can gain insights about human behavior in these settings through its critical regional reviews and detailed local case studies. The volume begins by introducing the importance of theory in the reconstruction of human behavior and provides examples of traditional foraging models. Contributors then offer perspectives from North, Central, and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Polynesia. They discuss unique challenges faced by coastal societies, including extreme seasonality, patchy resource distribution, natural hazards, balancing coastal and terrestrial resource needs, aquatic technological innovation, and multiscale environmental change. Human Behavioral Ecology and Coastal Environments demonstrates that exploring decision-making and cultural behaviors is key to understanding how humans have lived in and related to these environments. Through its application of human behavioral ecology models, this volume sheds light on the evolving adaptations of societies in a variety of coastal contexts through time and across space. A volume in the series Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology, edited by Victor D. Thompson and Scott M. Fitzpatrick"-- Provided by publisher.

"In this volume, contributors apply human behavioral ecology theoretical models to coastal environments around the globe and to the use of coastal resources by past human societies, showing how researchers can gain insights about human behavior in these settings"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Behavioral Ecology at the Coastal Margins / Heather B. Thakar, Carola Flores Fernandez, and Shannon Tushingham

Part I. Regional Overviews

Human Behavioral Ecology and the Complexities of Arctic Environments / Catherine F. West, Erik Gjesfjeld, Shelby Anderson, and Ben Fitzhugh

Aquatic Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers: Evolutionary Frameworks in Northeast Pacific Rim Archaeology / Shannon Tushingham

The Potential Applications of Human Behavioral Ecology in the Prehistoric Mediterranean /

Daniel Plekhov, Evan Levine, and Thomas P. Leppard

Part II. Local Case Studies

Human Niche Construction and Shifts in Subsistence and Settlement during the Early Formative in the Eastern Soconusco Mangrove Zone / James Daniels, Heather B. Thakar, and Hector Neff

Swordfish Hunting as Prestige Signaling? A Case Study from Middle Holocene Fishing Communities of the Atacama Desert Coast / Carola Flores Fernandez and Laura Olgu℗Łn

Eighteenth-Century Shipbuilding and Forestry Management: Assessing the Impacts of Resource Intensification in Southwestern France / Marijo Gauthier-B'rub' and Heather B. Thakar

What Makes a Forager Turn Coastal? An Agent-Based Approach to Coastal Foraging on the Paleoscape of South Africa / Colin D. Wren, Marco A. Janssen, Kim Hill, and Curtis W. Marean

Evaluating Mid-{#}to Late Holocene Economic Intensification through Analysis of a Mollusk Assemblage on the Tropical North Australian Coast / Martin Wright, Patrick Faulkner, and Michael Westaway

Application of the Ideal Free Distribution Model to Pacific Island Settlement Patterns: A Case Study from Tutuila Island, American S?moa / Alex E. Morrison, Robert DiNapoli, Melinda S. Allen, and Timothy Rieth

Conclusion: Advances in Current Theoretical Approaches to Coastal Archaeology / Heather B. Thakar and Carola Flores Fernandez

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-6761-8

0-8130-7032-5

OCLC:

1370122327