Fish and Fishing in Holocene Cis-Baikal, Siberia: A Review

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-145

  Losey, Robert J ^a   Nomokonova, Tatiana ^a   White, Dustin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economy and subsistence; fishing; Russia; Siberia; social organization; zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BATHYMETRY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; FISH; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FISHING; HARVESTING; HOLOCENE; HUNTING; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPAWNING GROUND; SUBSISTENCE;

LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

PISCES; UNGULATA;

EID: 84859626333     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2011.611854     Document Type: Article

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