Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology

Name: Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology
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ISBN: 9780816521135

ISBN-10: 0816521131

ISBN-13: 9780816521135

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Steve Wolverton, R. Lee Lyman

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Until now, the research of applied zooarchaeologists has not had a significant impact on the work of conservation scientists. This book is designed to show how zooarchaeology can productively inform conservation science. Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology offers a set of case studies that use animal remains from archaeological and paleontological sites to provide information that has direct implications for wildlife management and conservation biology. It introduces conservation biologists to zooarchaeology, a sub-field of archaeology and ethnobiology, and provides a brief historical account of the development of applied zooarchaeology.The case studies, which utilize…

Book details

List price: $68.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 12/6/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.27" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

R Lee Lyman is professor of anthropology at University of Missouri, formerly at Oregon State University. He is co-author or co-editor of Adding Prehistory to Conservation Biology: Zooarchaeological Studies from North America, Cladistics and Archaeology, Style, Function, Transmission: Evolutionary Archaeological Perspectives, and many articles.



Preface



Introduction to Applied Zooarchaeology




Zooarchaeological Evidence for Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Breeding in Northwestern Washington State




Archaeological Freshwater Mussel Remains and Their Use in the Conservation of an Imperiled Fauna




Prehistoric Biogeography and Conservation Status of Threatened Freshwater Mussels (Mollusca: Unionidae) in the Upper Trinity River Drainage, Texas




Ancient Actions Predict Modern Consequences: Prehistoric Lessons in Marine Shellfish Exploitation




The Overkill Hypothesis and Conservation Biology




Paleozoological Stable Isotope Data for Modern Management of Historically Extirpated Missouri Black Bears (Ursus americanus)




Rockfish in the Long View: Applied Zooarchaeology and Conservation of Pacific Red Snapper (Genus Sebastes) in Southern California




The Past, Present, and Future of Small Terrestrial Mammals in Human Diets




Applied Zooarchaeology: History, Value, and Use



About the Contributors


Index