The "cultural filter," human transport of mussel shell, and the applied potential of zooarchaeological data

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1446-1459

  Peacock, Evan ^a   Randklev, Charles R ^b   Wolverton, Steve ^c   Palmer, Ronald A ^d   Zaleski, Sarah ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Applied zooarchaeology; Conservation biology; Cultural bias; Freshwater mussels; Mississippi; Tombigbee river basin

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; FILTER; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MUSSEL CULTURE; PALEOECOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; REINTRODUCTION; RIVER BASIN; SHELL;

MISSISSIPPI; TOMBIGBEE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864122052     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1943.1     Document Type: Article

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