Resource depression on the Northwest Coast of North America

Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 285, 2000, Pages 649-661

  Butler, Virginia L ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

North America; Prehistoric subsistence; Prey choice model; Resource depression; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUNTING; PREHISTORIC; RESOURCE DEPLETION;

COLUMBIA RIVER; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033796050     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00060014     Document Type: Article

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