Interdisciplinary study of coastal archaeological sites provides a wealth of information on the
ecology and evolution of ancient marine animal populations, the structure of past marine …

Maintaining food production while sustaining productive ecosystems is among the central
challenges of our time, yet, it has been for millennia. Ancient clam gardens, intertidal rock …

In the face of environmental uncertainty due to anthropogenic climate change, islands are at
the front lines of global change, threatened by sea level rise, habitat alteration, extinctions …

While there is increasing recognition among archaeologists of the extent to which non-
agricultural societies have managed their terrestrial ecosystems, the traditional management …

Bow and arrow technology spread across California between∼ AD 250 and 1200, first
appearing in the intermountain deserts of the Great Basin and later spreading to the coast …

By integrating foraging models developed in behavioral ecology with measures of variability
in faunal remains, zooarchaeological studies have made important contributions toward …

Archaeologists working on California's northern Channel Islands have produced an
essentially continuous record of Native American fishing and nearshore ecological changes …

The long‐term history of vegetation and fire was investigated at two locations–Soledad Pond
(275 m; from ca. 12 000 cal. a BP) and Abalone Rocks Marsh (0 m; from ca. 7000 cal. a BP) …

Archaeological data from coastal shell middens provide a window into the structure of
ancient marine ecosystems and the nature of human impacts on fisheries that often span …

Archaeologists analyzing shell middens typically focus on larger (> 2 cm) mollusks to
examine subsistence practices, impacts on littoral habitats, and paleoenvironmental …