Examining temporal differences in faunal exploitation at two ceramic age sites in Puerto Rico

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-222

  Carlson, Lisabeth A ^a   Steadman, David W ^b  

^a Southeastern Archaeological Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Extinct species; Greater Antilles; Non native species; Settlement patterns; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIACHRONISM; EXTINCTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SUBSISTENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTEBRATE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349693922     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564890903142842     Document Type: Article

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