The Influence of Enhanced Post-Glacial Coastal Margin Productivity on the Emergence of Complex Societies

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-52

  Day, John W ^a   Gunn, Joel D ^b   Folan, William J ^c   Yáñez Arancibia, Alejandro ^d   Horton, Benjamin P ^e,f  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DHA; estuarine ecology; origins of complex society; paleo diet; polyunsaturated fatty acids; relative sea level

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ARCHAEOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; DEGLACIATION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACID; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; MONUMENT; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POSTGLACIAL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RANKING; SEA LEVEL; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SOCIAL HISTORY; VILLAGE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859616928     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2011.650346     Document Type: Article

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