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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.

Marine mammal remains (Archaeology) --- Marine mammals --- Nature --- Fishing, Prehistoric. --- Prehistoric peoples. --- Underwater archaeology --- Coastal archaeology --- Effect of human beings on. --- Marine mammals in archaeology --- Archaeology --- Mammal remains (Archaeology) --- Aquatic mammals --- Marine animals --- Anthropogenic effects on nature --- Ecological footprint --- Human beings --- Anthropogenic soils --- Human ecology --- Prehistoric fishing --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Archaeology, Submarine --- Marine archaeology --- Maritime archaeology --- Nautical archaeology --- Submarine archaeology --- Underwater exploration --- Marine archaeologists --- Coastal sites (Archaeology) --- Coasts --- Methodology --- Antiquities --- Primitive societies --- aquatic environments. --- archaeologist. --- archaeology. --- caribbean. --- case studies. --- climate change. --- coastal archaeology. --- coastal environment. --- conservationism. --- conservationists. --- contemporary environmental problems. --- human adaptation. --- human exploitation. --- marine biologist. --- marine biology. --- marine fisheries. --- north sea. --- polar ice caps.

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For more than ten thousand years, Native Americans from Alaska to southern California relied on aquatic animals such as seals, sea lions, and sea otters for food and raw materials. Archaeological research on the interactions between people and these marine mammals has made great advances recently and provides a unique lens for understanding the human and ecological past. Archaeological research is also emerging as a crucial source of information on contemporary environmental issues as we improve our understanding of the ancient abundance, ecology, and natural history of these species. This groundbreaking interdisciplinary volume brings together archaeologists, biologists, and other scientists to consider how archaeology can inform the conservation and management of pinnipeds and other marine mammals along the Pacific Coast.

Marine mammal remains (Archaeology) --- Seals (Animals) --- Sea otter --- Hunting, Prehistoric --- Paleoecology --- Effect of human beings on --- History. --- alaska. --- animal populations. --- animals. --- aquatic animals. --- archaeological sites. --- archaeology. --- coast. --- conservation. --- ecology. --- environment. --- environmental issues. --- environmentalism. --- history. --- indigenous culture. --- indigenous peoples. --- life sciences. --- mammals. --- marine animals. --- marine mammals. --- marine. --- native americans. --- natural history. --- natural world. --- nature. --- nonfiction. --- ocean animals. --- ocean. --- pacific coast. --- pinnipeds. --- science. --- sea lions. --- sea otters. --- seals. --- wildlife. --- zoology.

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Using archaeology as a tool for understanding long-term ecological and climatic change, this volume synthesizes current knowledge about the ways Native Americans interacted with their environments along the Atlantic coast over the past 10,000 years. Leading scholars discuss how the region's indigenous peoples grappled with significant changes to shorelines and estuaries, from sea level rise to shifting plant and animal distributions to European settlement and urbanization.

Indians of North America --- Antiquities. --- History.

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"Archaeologists have long been interested in understanding the antiquity and evolution of human occupation of the world's islands, but relatively limited attention has been given to small islands. With evidence for human occupation at least 13,000 years ago, California's eight Channel Islands have a long record of coastal settlement and land use, but key questions remain about the smallest islands of Anacapa and Santa Barbara, each less than 3 km2. This volume focuses on the archaeology of Anacapa Island by synthesizing data from excavation, survey, and radiocarbon dating on the island, particularly its eastern segment, during the past 15 years. Anacapa was occupied for at least 5,500 years through the Historic Period, and possibly since the terminal Pleistocene or early Holocene. People resided on the island during all seasons of the year, with several sites indicating occupation during the early part of the late Holocene ([circa] 3,700 and 2,500 years ago). During this period on Anacapa, people were making bone fishhooks and expedient tools from locally obtained chert. Mammal, fish, and bird bones suggest intensive maritime harvest of a variety of animals, especially harbor seals, albatross, and California sheephead. Island fox bones document the only occurrence of this endemic species outside of the six largest islands. Numerous deer bones indicate trade/interaction with the mainland. Surprisingly, only a handful of gull bones were recovered despite the fact that scores of gulls breed on Anacapa today, suggesting shifts in the island's ecosystems during historical and modern times."--Provided by publisher.

Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Indians of North America --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Antiquities --- Anacapa Island (Calif.) --- Antiquities.

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