Shellfishing and the Colonization of Sahul: A Multivariate Model Evaluating the Dynamic Effects of Prey Utility, Transport Considerations and Life-History on Foraging Patterns and Midden Composition

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 238-252

  Codding, Brian F ^a   O'Connell, James F ^a   Bird, Douglas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children's foraging; colonization of Sahul (Australia New Guinea); division of labor; human behavioral ecology; shellfish exploitation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COAST; COLONIZATION; EXPLOITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LABOR DIVISION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLEISTOCENE; PREDATION; SHELLFISH;

AUSTRALIA; NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84904419779     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2013.848958     Document Type: Article

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