Depletion of a resource? The impact of prehistoric human foraging on intertidal mollusc communities and its significance for human settlement, mobility and dispersal

World Archaeology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 452-474

  Mannino, Marcello A ^a   Thomas, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal resources; Colonization; Early modern humans; Hunter gatherer mobility; Over exploitation; Resource depletion; Shell middens; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTER-GATHERER; MOLLUSC; PREHISTORIC; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SHELLFISH;

EID: 0036187303     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240120107477     Document Type: Article

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