Historical ecology of late Holocene sea otters (Enhydra lutris) from northern British Columbia: Isotopic and zooarchaeological perspectives

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1553-1571

  Szpak, Paul ^a   Orchard, Trevor J ^b   McKechnie, Iain ^c   Gröcke, Darren R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Ecology of fear; Historical ecology; Quantifying isotopic variability; Sea otter; Stable isotopes; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOINDICATOR; BONE; COLLAGEN; CULTURAL TRADITION; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUNTING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; INVERTEBRATA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 84857123149     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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