Paleoindian seafaring, maritime technologies, and coastal foraging on California's channel islands

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6021, 2011, Pages 1181-1185

  Erlandson, Jon M ^a   Rick, Torben C ^b   Braje, Todd J ^c   Casperson, Molly ^a   Culleton, Brendan ^a   Fulfrost, Brian ^d   Garcia, Tracy ^a   Guthrie, Daniel A ^e   Jew, Nicholas ^a   Kennett, Douglas J ^a   Moss, Madonna L ^a   Reeder, Leslie ^f   Skinner, Craig ^g   Watts, Jack ^h   Willis, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Claremont McKenna Scripps and Pitzer Colleges ^*  (United States)

^f SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Northwest Research Obsidian Studies Laboratory   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COLONIZATION; FINFISH; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE RESOURCE; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHELL; WADER; WATERFOWL;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIRD; FORAGING; GOOSE; HUMAN; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CALIFORNIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TECHNOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA ROSA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANSER; AVES; MAMMALIA; PHALACROCORACIDAE;

EID: 79952259692     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1201477     Document Type: Article

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25. Supported by NSF grants EAR 0746314 (J.M.E.) and BCS 0917677 ( J.M.E. and T.C.R.), Channel Islands National Park, our home institutions, D. Dana, D. Easly, and the Watts Family Foundation. Work at SRI-512 was conducted under ARPA permit PWR-1979-09-CA-04. We thank A. Huston, K. Minas, M. Senning, and I. Williams of Channel Islands National Park for logistical support; D. L. Johnson, D. Muhs, N. Pinter, and T. Rockwell for insights into the geology of the area; C. Billings, C. Buell, T. Davis, N. Dwyer, E. Erlandson, B. Fernandes, K. Hamm, C. Lopez, P. Pugh, J. Rizzi, Q. Shup, and J. Southon for help in the field or lab; and the editors and anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and editorial suggestions.