Hunter-gatherers subsistence and impact on fauna in the Islands of Four Mountains, Eastern Aleutians, Alaska, over 3000 yr
Abstract This first zooarchaeological analysis for the Islands of Four Mountains (IFM), Aleutian Islands, Alaska, provides data about local hunter-gatherer resource exploitation over three thousand yr. The majority of zooarchaeological material represents faunal resources that were harvested within...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/qua.2018.127 2024-09-15T18:41:24+00:00 Hunter-gatherers subsistence and impact on fauna in the Islands of Four Mountains, Eastern Aleutians, Alaska, over 3000 yr Krylovich, Olga A. Vasyukov, Dmitry D. Khasanov, Bulat F. Hatfield, Virginia West, Dixie Savinetsky, Arkady A. 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.127 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589418001278 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 91, issue 03, page 983-1002 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 2019 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.127 2024-07-24T04:02:38Z Abstract This first zooarchaeological analysis for the Islands of Four Mountains (IFM), Aleutian Islands, Alaska, provides data about local hunter-gatherer resource exploitation over three thousand yr. The majority of zooarchaeological material represents faunal resources that were harvested within several kilometers of villages. Our analysis shows that IFM subsistence system was shaped by the small size of these islands, which is mostly true for all of the Aleutian Islands. The archaeological middens indicate that Aleuts readily exploited new resources when they became available, expanding their dietary niche. Despite human harvesting, most faunal populations remained stable; however, Aleuts overexploited the storm-petrel colony on Carlisle Island. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alaska Aleutian Islands Cambridge University Press Quaternary Research 91 03 983 1002 |
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Abstract This first zooarchaeological analysis for the Islands of Four Mountains (IFM), Aleutian Islands, Alaska, provides data about local hunter-gatherer resource exploitation over three thousand yr. The majority of zooarchaeological material represents faunal resources that were harvested within several kilometers of villages. Our analysis shows that IFM subsistence system was shaped by the small size of these islands, which is mostly true for all of the Aleutian Islands. The archaeological middens indicate that Aleuts readily exploited new resources when they became available, expanding their dietary niche. Despite human harvesting, most faunal populations remained stable; however, Aleuts overexploited the storm-petrel colony on Carlisle Island. |
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Krylovich, Olga A. Vasyukov, Dmitry D. Khasanov, Bulat F. Hatfield, Virginia West, Dixie Savinetsky, Arkady A. Hunter-gatherers subsistence and impact on fauna in the Islands of Four Mountains, Eastern Aleutians, Alaska, over 3000 yr |
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Krylovich, Olga A. Vasyukov, Dmitry D. Khasanov, Bulat F. Hatfield, Virginia West, Dixie Savinetsky, Arkady A. |
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Hunter-gatherers subsistence and impact on fauna in the Islands of Four Mountains, Eastern Aleutians, Alaska, over 3000 yr |
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Hunter-gatherers subsistence and impact on fauna in the Islands of Four Mountains, Eastern Aleutians, Alaska, over 3000 yr |
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Hunter-gatherers subsistence and impact on fauna in the Islands of Four Mountains, Eastern Aleutians, Alaska, over 3000 yr |
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Hunter-gatherers subsistence and impact on fauna in the Islands of Four Mountains, Eastern Aleutians, Alaska, over 3000 yr |
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Hunter-gatherers subsistence and impact on fauna in the Islands of Four Mountains, Eastern Aleutians, Alaska, over 3000 yr |
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hunter-gatherers subsistence and impact on fauna in the islands of four mountains, eastern aleutians, alaska, over 3000 yr |
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