Quantifying hunter-gatherer intensification: A zooarchaeological case study from Arctic Canada

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-384

  Betts, Matthew W ^a   Friesen, T Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Diversification; Fishing; Intensification; Inuvialuit; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie Inuit; Specialization; Thule; Whaling; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944223657     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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