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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.
Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters: Integrating Archaeology and Ecology of the Northeast Pacific Edited by Todd J. Braje and Torben C. Rick. 2011. University of California Press, Berkeley. Pp. 328. $65.00 hardcover. ISBN 9780520267268. Reviewed by Ray Pierotti Reviewer address: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas.
Neoglacial Sea Ice and Life History Flexibility in Ringed and Fur Seals Download; XML; A 4500-Year Time-Series of Otariid Abundance on Sanak Island, Western Gulf of Alaska Download; XML; An Analysis of Seal, Sea Lion, and Sea Otter Consumption Patterns on Sanak Island, Alaska:: AN 1800-YEAR RECORD ON ALEUT CONSUMER BEHAVIOR Download; XML
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The effect of land-based seal watching on the haul-out pattern of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) was investigated between June and August of 2008-2010 on Vatnsnes, NW Iceland. The results showed that the behaviour and spatial haul-out pattern of seals was affected by the tourists.
- Michael Lueck
Through a well-developed chronology and extensively documented examples, this book provides an excellent historic review of human interactions with seals, sea lions, walruses, and sea otters in the northeastern Pacific Ocean—with an intended focus on the impacts humans have had on these marine mammals.
- Raymond Pierotti
Mar 23, 2011 · 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.
Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters: Integrating Archaeology and Ecology in the Northeast Pacific. Edited by Todd J. Braje and Torben C. Rick. Berkeley (California): University of California Press. $65.00. viii + 320 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-520-26726-8. 2011. Thomas L. Serfass and Sadie S. Stevens
