Global Patterns in the Exploitation of Shellfish

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 145-149

  Codding, Brian F ^a   Whitaker, Adrian R ^b   Bird, Douglas W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Far Western Anthropological Research Group   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age and gender specific foraging; alternative currencies; behavioral ecology; conservation; over exploitation; territoriality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION; EXPLOITATION; OVERFISHING; SHELLFISH; SUBSISTENCE; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84904425693     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2014.881939     Document Type: Article

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