Sea ice expansion in the Bering Sea during the Neoglacial: Evidence from archaeozoology

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 699-706

  Crockford, S J ^a   Frederick, S G ^a  

^a Pacific Identifications Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaezoology; Bering Sea; Fur seal; Holocene; Neoglacial; Ringed seal; Sea ice; Whale migration

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EXPANSION; HOLOCENE; ISLAND; MIGRATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PERSISTENCE; PINNIPED; SEA ICE; SKELETAL REMAINS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WHALE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; AMAKNAK ISLAND; BERING SEA; BERING STRAIT; FOX ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNALASKA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 35649007271     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607080507     Document Type: Article

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