Fishing Down a Prehistoric Caribbean Marine Food Web: Isotopic Evidence From Punta Candelero, Puerto Rico

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-254

  Pestle, William J ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

archaeology; fishing down; Puerto Rico; stable isotope analysis; trophic shift

Indexed keywords

FISHERY SURVEY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREHISTORIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84880632798     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2013.797943     Document Type: Article

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