A reminder of a talk today by Dr. Jon Erlandson at 11am in 120 AERL:
Neptune’s Children: An Archaeological History of Human Seafaring, Fishing, and Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
Dr. Erlandson is a professor in the department of Anthropology and a Knight professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. He is also the executive director of the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History, and a co-editor of the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. Dr. Erlandson has taught as well as conducted research in California and Alaska, and has explored the Viking Age sites in Iceland. His research revolves around the origins and development of maritime societies, human migrations, historical ecology, and the history of human impacts on marine fisheries and ecosystems. He also revealed the “Kelp Highway Hypothesis”, suggesting another theory regarding the peopling of the Americas.
For more on Dr. Erlandson’s recent research, see this BBC news story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5398850.stm
Books by Dr. Erlandson can be found in Koerner Library, including:
– Canyon through time : archaeology, history, and ecology of the Tecolote Canyon area, Santa Barbara County, California
– Human impacts on ancient marine ecosystems : a global perspective
– Early hunter-gatherers of the California coast