Central place foraging and shellfish processing on California's Northern Channel Islands

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-47

  Jazwa, Christopher S ^a   Braje, Todd J ^b   Erlandson, Jon M ^c   Kennett, Douglas J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal archaeology; Experimental archaeology; Middle Holocene; Mobility; Red abalone middens; Seasonality; Stable oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935852185     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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