Shellfish resources and maritime economy at Caylán, Coastal Ancash, Peru

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 336-360

  Chicoine, David ^a   Rojas, Carol ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Proyecto Arqueológico Huaca de la Luna   (Peru)

Author keywords

Andean coast; Archaeomalacology; Interactions; Marine shell; Subsistence economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894042971     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2013.787567     Document Type: Article

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