ISBN:
9780813070322
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xvi, 275 Seiten)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Society and ecology in Island and coastal archaeology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Human ecology-History
;
Human behavior-History
;
Coastal ecology-History
;
Environmental management
;
Coastal settlements
;
Coastal archaeology
;
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Abstract:
In this volume, contributors apply human behavioral ecologytheoretical models to coastal environments around the globe and to the use ofcoastal resources by past human societies, showing how researchers can gaininsights about human behavior in these settings.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Behavioral Ecology at the Coastal Margins -- Part I. Regional Overviews -- 1. Human Behavioral Ecology and the Complexities of Arctic Environments -- 2. Aquatic Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers: Evolutionary Frameworks in Northeast Pacific Rim Archaeology -- 3. Potential Applications of Human Behavioral Ecology in the Prehistoric Mediterranean -- Part II. Local Case Studies -- 4. Human Niche Construction and Shifts in Subsistence and Settlement during the Early Formative in the Eastern Soconusco Ma ngrove Zone -- 5. Swordfish Hunting as Prestige Signaling? A Case Study from Middle Holocene Fishing Communities of the Atacama Desert Coast -- 6. Eighteenth-Century Shipbuilding and Forestry Management: Assessing the Impacts of Resource Intensification in Southwestern France -- 7. What Makes a Forager Turn Coastal? An Agent-Based Approach to Coastal Foraging on the Paleoscape of South Africa -- 8. Evaluating Mid- to Late Holocene Economic Intensification through Analysis of a Mollusk Assemblage on the Tropical North Australian Coast -- 9. Application of the Ideal Free Distribution Model to Pacific Island Settlement Patterns: A Case Study from Tutuila Island, American Samoa -- Conclusion: Advances in Current Theoretical Approaches to Coastal Archaeology -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y.
