Addressing seasonal site use through ancient DNA species identification of Pacific salmon at Dionisio Point, Galiano Island, British Columbia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2536-2546

  Ewonus, Paul A ^a   Cannon, Aubrey ^b   Yang, Dongya Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Dionisio Point; Northwest Coast; Pacific salmon; Seasonality studies

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DNA; SALMONID; SALMONID FISHERY; VERTEBRATE; ZOOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051795438     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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