Archaeological evidence for resilience of pacific northwest salmon populations and the socioecological system over the last ~7,500 years

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Campbell, Sarah K ^a   Butler, Virginia L ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indigenous resource management; Pacific northwest; Salmon; Sustainable harvests; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SALMONID; SUSTAINABILITY;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 77951586300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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