The archaeology of North Pacific fisheries

Moss, Madonna. (Added Author). Cannon, Aubrey. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781602231467 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 160223146X (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 9781602231474 (electronic book)
ISBN: 1602231478 (electronic book)
Physical Description: print
xii, 312 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The archaeology of North Pacific fisheries : an introduction / Madonna L. Moss and Aubrey Cannon -- Identification of salmon species from archaeological remains on the Northwest Coast / Trevor J. Orchard and Paul Szpak -- Little Ice Age climate : Gadus macrocephalus otoliths as a measure of local variability / Catherine R. West, Stephen Wischniowski, and Christopher Johnston -- Pacific cod and salmon structural bone density : implications for interpreting butchering patterns in North Pacific archaeofaunas / Ross E. Smith ... [et al.] -- Site-specific salmon fisheries on the central coast of British Columbia / Aubrey Cannon, Dongya Yang, and Camilla Speller -- Heiltsuk stone fish traps on the central coast of British Columbia / Elroy White -- Riverine salmon harvesting and processing technology in northern British Columbia / Paul Prince -- Late Holocene fisheries in Gwaii Haanas : species composition, trends in abundance, and environmental or cultural explanations / Trevor J. Orchard -- Locational optimization and faunal remains in northern Barkley Sound, western Vancouver Island, British Columbia / Gregory G. Monks -- Pacific cod in southeast Alaska : the "cousin" of the fish that changed the world / Madonna L. Moss --