Defining and identifying sustainable harvests of resources: Archaeological examples of pinniped harvests in the eastern North Pacific

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 196-207

  Etnier, Michael A ^a,b  

^a Applied Osteology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Callorhinus ursinus; Harvest profiles; Phoca vitulina; Pinnipeds; Resource depression; Sustainability; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUNTING; PINNIPED; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; MOSS LANDING; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; OTARIIDAE; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 34548862583     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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