Seasonality and Intensity of Shellfish Harvesting on the North Coast of British Columbia

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-169

  Burchell, Meghan ^a   Hallmann, Nadine ^b   Martindale, Andrew ^c   Cannon, Aubrey ^a   Schöne, Bernd R ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

multi site multi regional analysis; Pacific Northwest Coast; seasonality; settlement; stable isotope analysis; subsistence

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CLAM FISHERY; COASTAL ZONE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEASONALITY; SHELLFISH; SHELLFISH CULTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PRINCE RUPERT;

EID: 84880599639     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2013.787566     Document Type: Article

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