Regional zooarchaeology and global change: Problems and potentials

World Archaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 126-157

  Amorosi, Thomas ^a   Woollett, James ^a   Perdikaris, Sophia ^a   McGovern, Thomas ^a  

^a Hunter College CUNY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eastern arctic; Historical ecology; North Atlantic; North Atlantic Bio cultural Organization (NABO); Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HISTORICAL STUDY; HUMAN IMPACT; LANDSCAPE RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL LANDSCAPE; ZOOARCHAEOLOGY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030471414     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1996.9980335     Document Type: Article

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