Zooarchaeology and Conservation Biology

Many modern ecological problems such as rain forest destruction, decreasing marine harvests, and fire suppression are directly or indirectly anthropogenic. Zooarchaeology and Conservation Biology presents an argument that conservation biology and wildlife management cannot afford to ignore zooarchaeological research.

About the author

R. Lee Lyman is professor of anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia.

Kenneth P. Cannon is archaeologist with the National Park Service Midwest Archaeological Center, Lincoln, and doctoral candidate in the department of anthropology and geography, University of Nebraska.

Summary

Many modern ecological problems such as rain forest destruction, decreasing marine harvests, and fire suppression are directly or indirectly anthropogenic. Zooarchaeology and Conservation Biology presents an argument that conservation biology and wildlife management cannot afford to ignore zooarchaeological research.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kenneth P. Cannon (Editor), Richard Lee Lyman (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Utah Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 22
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781607815716
• ISBN: 978-1-60781-571-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 440 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering