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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778491003321

Titolo

Human impacts on ancient marine ecosystems [[electronic resource] ] : a global perspective / / edited by Torben C. Rick and Jon M. Erlandson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008

ISBN

1-282-35935-5

9786612359354

0-520-93429-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RickTorben C

ErlandsonJon

Disciplina

930.1028/04

Soggetti

Coastal archaeology

Underwater archaeology

Prehistoric peoples

Fishing, Prehistoric

Nature - Effect of human beings on

Marine mammals - Effect of human beings on

Marine mammal remains (Archaeology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Archaeology, Marine Ecology, And Human Impacts On Marine Environments -- 2. Short And Sometimes Sharp Human Impacts On Marine Resources In The Archaeology And History Of South Polynesia -- 3. Aleut Hunters, Sea Otters, And Sea Cows Three Thousand Years Of Interactions In The Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska -- 4. Historical Ecology And Human Impacts On Coastal Ecosystems Of The Santa Barbara Channel Region, California -- 5. Long-Term Effects Of Human Predation On Marine Ecosystems In Guerrero, Mexico -- 6. Ancient Fisheries And Marine Ecology Of Coastal Peru -- 7. Human Impacts On Marine Environments In The West Indies During The Middle To Late Holocene -- 8. Possible Prehistoric Fishing Effects On Coastal Marine Food Webs In The Gulf Of Maine -- 9. Codfish And Kings, Seals And Subsistence Norse Marine



Resource Use In The North Atlantic -- 10. Historical Ecology Of The North Sea Basin An Archaeological Perspective And Some Problems Of Methodology -- 11. Twenty Thousand Years Of Fishing In The Strait Archaeological Fish And Shellfish Assemblages From Southern Iberia -- 12. Human Impact On Precolonial West Coast Marine Environments Of South Africa -- 13. Archaeology, Historical Ecology, And The Future Of Ocean Ecosystems -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Archaeological data now show that relatively intense human adaptations to coastal environments developed much earlier than once believed-more than 125,000 years ago. With our oceans and marine fisheries currently in a state of crisis, coastal archaeological sites contain a wealth of data that can shed light on the history of human exploitation of marine ecosystems. In eleven case studies from the Americas, Pacific Islands, North Sea, Caribbean, Europe, and Africa, leading researchers working in coastal areas around the world cover diverse marine ecosystems, reaching into deep history to discover how humans interacted with and impacted these aquatic environments and shedding new light on our understanding of contemporary environmental problems.