Human Ecology of Shellfish Exploitation at a Prehistoric Fishing-Farming Village on the Pacific Coast of Mexico

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-202

  Smith, Carley B ^a   Ebert, Claire E ^b   Kennett, Douglas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral ecology; formative period; historical ecology; maritime adaptations; Mesoamerica; mollusks; optimal foraging theory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIETARY SHIFT; ECOLOGY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MOLLUSC; PREHISTORIC; SHELLFISH; VILLAGE;

GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84904412532     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2014.881935     Document Type: Article

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