Mollusk collecting and environmental change during the Prehistoric Period in the Mariana Islands

Coral Reefs

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 947-958

  Amesbury, J R ^a  

^a Micronesian Archaeological Research Services   (Guam)

Author keywords

Anadara; Mangroves; Mariana Islands; Mollusks; Sea level decline; Strombus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIVALVE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HARVESTING; MOLLUSC; PREHISTORIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAIPAN; TUMON BAY;

ANADARA; ANADARA ANTIQUATA; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; STROMBUS; STROMBUS GIBBERULUS;

EID: 37249089099     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0274-2     Document Type: Article

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