Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Torben C. Rick ,
Jon M. Erlandson
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.907kg
ISBN: 9780520253438
ISBN 10: 0520253434
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 29 April 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
This groundbreaking, 'must read' book will serve as the prelude for understanding how the world's modern marine ecosystems have been so severely impacted by humans. Choice 20081001 Rich in data and containing plentiful... paleoecological research useful to those studying terrestrial as well as marine ecosystems. -- Philip J. Piper Antiquity 20090601 What impresses you is the broad, holistic arguments for collaborative research and the relevance of archaeology. Journal Of Ethnobiology 20090701 No one who wishes to participate in this debate ... can do without the detailed case studies and conclusions presented. Marine Ecology 20090917
This groundbreaking, 'must read' book will serve as the prelude for understanding how the world's modern marine ecosystems have been so severely impacted by humans. --Choice Rich in data and containing plentiful... paleoecological research useful to those studying terrestrial as well as marine ecosystems. --Antiquity What impresses you is the broad, holistic arguments for collaborative research and the relevance of archaeology. --Jrnl of Ethnobiology No one who wishes to participate in this debate ... can do without the detailed case studies and conclusions presented. --Marine Ecology
This groundbreaking, 'must read' book will serve as the prelude for understanding how the world's modern marine ecosystems have been so severely impacted by humans. Choice Rich in data and containing plentiful... paleoecological research useful to those studying terrestrial as well as marine ecosystems. -- Philip J. Piper Antiquity What impresses you is the broad, holistic arguments for collaborative research and the relevance of archaeology. Journal Of Ethnobiology No one who wishes to participate in this debate ... can do without the detailed case studies and conclusions presented. Marine Ecology
Author Information
Torben C. Rick is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University and the author of The Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Late Holocene San Miguel Island. Jon M. Erlandson is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon. He is coeditor of Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology and author of several books.
