Using combined biomolecular methods to explore whale exploitation and social aggregation in hunter-gatherer-fisher society in Tierra del Fuego

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages 757-767

  Evans, Sally ^a   Briz i Godino, Ivan ^b,c   Álvarez, Myrian ^b   Rowsell, Keri ^c   Collier, Phoebe ^c   de Goodall, Rae Natalie Prosser ^d   Mulville, Jacqui ^a   Lacrouts, Adriana ^e   Collins, Matthew J ^c   Speller, Camilla ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d Museo Acatushún de Aves y Mamíferos Marinos Australes AMMA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Cetaceans; Social aggregation; Species identification; Tierra del fuego; ZooMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947706813     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.10.025     Document Type: Article

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