Michael A Etnier
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 148045 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Michael A Etnier |
| NOMBRES | Michael A |
| APELLIDO | Etnier |
| FIRMA | ETNIER M A |
| AFILIACIONES | Western Washington University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6546-7854 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2008 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Further instances of osteoarthrosis from the Unalaska Sea Ice Project, Unalaska Island, Alaska
Documenting the Effects of Laboratory Sorting in Zooarchaeology
Zooarchaeologists routinely analyze assemblages that were initially sorted into major animal type (birds, mammals, fish, invertebrates) by students or lab technicians with varied backgrounds in zooarchaeology. Sorting errors are probably made in this initial phase, which can affect taxonomic representation and understanding of human–animal relationships. Recent study of the immense faunal assemblage (over 1 million NSP [Number of Specimens]) from…
Indigenous use and conservation of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) at Yakutat, Alaska since the sixteenth century
Sustainable Indigenous resource use reflects balance between animal populations and levels of human consumption, influenced by natural cycles of faunal abundance, community size and subsistence needs, procurement technologies, and the requirements of trade or commodity production. Sustainability is “epiphenomenal” when animal populations are preserved, and community needs met, without deliberate measures to prevent overharvesting. Alternatively, …
Impacts of lost fishing nets in the U.S. portion of the Salish Sea
Late Holocene Animal Use in Southern Kamchatka
This study purposed to reveal animal use in southern Kamchatka by examining the largest archaeofaunal collections recovered by Tamara M. Dikova and Nikolai N. Dikov. Radiocarbon dates of charcoal and caribou antler demonstrated that materials for this study were dated during the past 1,600 years, including three cultural periods: Nalychevo Culture (the 15-19th centuries AD), Tar’ya Culture (the mid-first millennium AD), and the intermediate perio…
Size distribution of Pacific cod ( Gadus macrocephalus ) in the North Pacific Ocean over 6 millennia
In this paper, we compile estimates of cod size distributions based on zooarchaeological data and contemporary length-frequency data to look at variability in size composition through time across the North Pacific, from the northern Kuril Islands through the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska. The results suggest that a strong longitudinal trend in cod size has remained consistent over time, with the largest cod found to the west. We find that …
Instances of avian osteoarthritis from the Unalaska Sea Ice Project, Unalaska Island, Alaska
Skeletal remains of five blue foxes ( Vulpes lagopus ) from St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
We evaluated skeletal remains of five blue arctic foxes from St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska. All five had been found dead. Cleared skeletal remains were examined visually and by magnification or backlighting where necessary. Pathological features were described and photographed. Results suggested that more than one disorder may have occurred in these foxes, with primary observations being demineralizing and/or proliferation. Most promi…
The Čḯxwicən project of Northwest Washington State, U.S.A
Čḯxwicən (pronounced ch-WHEET-son) is a 2700 year-old ancestral village of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (LEKT), located on the northwest coast of Washington State, U.S.A. The Čḯxwicən project has scientific values that broadly contribute to research in human ecodynamics and maritime foragers, given the scale of the project, excavation methods, and enormous quantities of faunal materials recovered. The village holds great significance to the LEKT…
Exploring ecodynamics of coastal foragers using integrated faunal records from Čḯxwicən village (Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington, U.S.A.)
Extensive 2004 excavation of Čḯxwicən (pronounced ch-WHEET-son), traditional home of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe in northwest Washington State, U.S.A., documented human occupation spanning the last 2700 years with fine geo-stratigraphic control and 102 radiocarbon samples. Remains of multiple plankhouses were documented. Occupation spans large-magnitude earthquakes, periods of climate change, and change in nearshore habitat. Our project began i…
Impacts of resource fluctuations and recurrent tsunamis on the occupational history of Čḯxwicən, a Salishan village on the southern shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington State, U.S.A
A summed probability density function (spdf), generated from the catalog of 101 radiocarbon ages on wood and charcoal from the Čḯxwicən archaeological site (Washington State, USA), serves as a proxy for the site's occupational history over the last 2500 years. Significant differences between spdfs derived from a null model of population growth (a bootstrapped logistic equation) and the observed index suggest relatively less cultural activity at Č…
Biogeography and adaptation in the Kuril Islands, Northeast Asia
The Circumpolar North is generally recognized as a challenging environment to inhabit and yet, we know relatively little about how people managed their welfare in these places. Here, we add to the understanding of maritime hunter-gatherers in the subarctic North Pacific through a comparative approach that synthesizes biogeographic and archaeological data from the Kuril Islands. We conclude that our faunal, ceramic and lithic evidence support expe…
Human ecodynamics
Human ecodynamics (H.E.) refers to processes of stability, resilience, and change in socio-ecological relationships or systems. H.E. research involves interdisciplinary study of the human condition as it affects and is affected by the rest of the non-human world. In this paper, we review the intellectual history of the human ecodynamics concept over the past several decades, as it has emerged out of classical ecology, anthropology, behavioral eco…
Using bone fragmentation records to investigate coastal human ecodynamics
Coastal shell middens are known for their generally excellent preservation and abundant identifiable faunal remains, including delicate fish and bird bones that are often rare or poorly preserved at non-shell midden sites. Thus, when we began our human ecodynamics research project focused on the fauna from Čḯxwicən (45CA523, pronounced ch-WHEET-son), a large ancestral village of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, located on the shore of the Strait of…
Alutiiq Subsistence Economy at Igvak, a Russian-American Artel in the Kodiak Archipelago
Igvak was a Russian-American Company fur-hunting outpost ( artel ) on the south end of Afognak Island that was occupied from the 1790s to about 1830. Midden samples were recovered from deposits adjacent to the Alutiiq workers’ barracks as part of the Dig Afognak program. Although small amounts of European domesticates were identified, the bulk of the diet focused on traditional local foods. The dominant species included cod, harbor seals, and puf…
Neptune's Ark
Neptune's Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas. By David Rains Wallace, with illu-strations by Ken Kirkland. University of California Press, Los Angeles. 2007. ISBN-0520243226 (Hardback UK £16.95, US $2
Human ecodynamics
Human ecodynamics (H.E.) refers to processes of stability, resilience, and change in socio-ecological relationships or systems. H.E. research involves interdisciplinary study of the human condition as it affects and is affected by the rest of the non-human world. In this paper, we review the intellectual history of the human ecodynamics concept over the past several decades, as it has emerged out of classical ecology, anthropology, behavioral eco…
Using bone fragmentation records to investigate coastal human ecodynamics
Coastal shell middens are known for their generally excellent preservation and abundant identifiable faunal remains, including delicate fish and bird bones that are often rare or poorly preserved at non-shell midden sites. Thus, when we began our human ecodynamics research project focused on the fauna from Čḯxwicən (45CA523, pronounced ch-WHEET-son), a large ancestral village of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, located on the shore of the Strait of…
Neptune's Ark
Neptune's Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas. By David Rains Wallace, with illu-strations by Ken Kirkland. University of California Press, Los Angeles. 2007. ISBN-0520243226 (Hardback UK £16.95, US $2
Alutiiq Subsistence Economy at Igvak, a Russian-American Artel in the Kodiak Archipelago
Igvak was a Russian-American Company fur-hunting outpost ( artel ) on the south end of Afognak Island that was occupied from the 1790s to about 1830. Midden samples were recovered from deposits adjacent to the Alutiiq workers’ barracks as part of the Dig Afognak program. Although small amounts of European domesticates were identified, the bulk of the diet focused on traditional local foods. The dominant species included cod, harbor seals, and puf…
Human ecodynamics
Human ecodynamics (H.E.) refers to processes of stability, resilience, and change in socio-ecological relationships or systems. H.E. research involves interdisciplinary study of the human condition as it affects and is affected by the rest of the non-human world. In this paper, we review the intellectual history of the human ecodynamics concept over the past several decades, as it has emerged out of classical ecology, anthropology, behavioral eco…
Using bone fragmentation records to investigate coastal human ecodynamics
Coastal shell middens are known for their generally excellent preservation and abundant identifiable faunal remains, including delicate fish and bird bones that are often rare or poorly preserved at non-shell midden sites. Thus, when we began our human ecodynamics research project focused on the fauna from Čḯxwicən (45CA523, pronounced ch-WHEET-son), a large ancestral village of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, located on the shore of the Strait of…
The Čḯxwicən project of Northwest Washington State, U.S.A
Čḯxwicən (pronounced ch-WHEET-son) is a 2700 year-old ancestral village of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (LEKT), located on the northwest coast of Washington State, U.S.A. The Čḯxwicən project has scientific values that broadly contribute to research in human ecodynamics and maritime foragers, given the scale of the project, excavation methods, and enormous quantities of faunal materials recovered. The village holds great significance to the LEKT…
Exploring ecodynamics of coastal foragers using integrated faunal records from Čḯxwicən village (Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington, U.S.A.)
Extensive 2004 excavation of Čḯxwicən (pronounced ch-WHEET-son), traditional home of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe in northwest Washington State, U.S.A., documented human occupation spanning the last 2700 years with fine geo-stratigraphic control and 102 radiocarbon samples. Remains of multiple plankhouses were documented. Occupation spans large-magnitude earthquakes, periods of climate change, and change in nearshore habitat. Our project began i…
Impacts of resource fluctuations and recurrent tsunamis on the occupational history of Čḯxwicən, a Salishan village on the southern shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington State, U.S.A
A summed probability density function (spdf), generated from the catalog of 101 radiocarbon ages on wood and charcoal from the Čḯxwicən archaeological site (Washington State, USA), serves as a proxy for the site's occupational history over the last 2500 years. Significant differences between spdfs derived from a null model of population growth (a bootstrapped logistic equation) and the observed index suggest relatively less cultural activity at Č…
Biogeography and adaptation in the Kuril Islands, Northeast Asia
The Circumpolar North is generally recognized as a challenging environment to inhabit and yet, we know relatively little about how people managed their welfare in these places. Here, we add to the understanding of maritime hunter-gatherers in the subarctic North Pacific through a comparative approach that synthesizes biogeographic and archaeological data from the Kuril Islands. We conclude that our faunal, ceramic and lithic evidence support expe…
Instances of avian osteoarthritis from the Unalaska Sea Ice Project, Unalaska Island, Alaska
Skeletal remains of five blue foxes ( Vulpes lagopus ) from St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
We evaluated skeletal remains of five blue arctic foxes from St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska. All five had been found dead. Cleared skeletal remains were examined visually and by magnification or backlighting where necessary. Pathological features were described and photographed. Results suggested that more than one disorder may have occurred in these foxes, with primary observations being demineralizing and/or proliferation. Most promi…
Size distribution of Pacific cod ( Gadus macrocephalus ) in the North Pacific Ocean over 6 millennia
In this paper, we compile estimates of cod size distributions based on zooarchaeological data and contemporary length-frequency data to look at variability in size composition through time across the North Pacific, from the northern Kuril Islands through the Aleutian Islands to southeast Alaska. The results suggest that a strong longitudinal trend in cod size has remained consistent over time, with the largest cod found to the west. We find that …
Impacts of lost fishing nets in the U.S. portion of the Salish Sea
Late Holocene Animal Use in Southern Kamchatka
This study purposed to reveal animal use in southern Kamchatka by examining the largest archaeofaunal collections recovered by Tamara M. Dikova and Nikolai N. Dikov. Radiocarbon dates of charcoal and caribou antler demonstrated that materials for this study were dated during the past 1,600 years, including three cultural periods: Nalychevo Culture (the 15-19th centuries AD), Tar’ya Culture (the mid-first millennium AD), and the intermediate perio…
Indigenous use and conservation of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) at Yakutat, Alaska since the sixteenth century
Sustainable Indigenous resource use reflects balance between animal populations and levels of human consumption, influenced by natural cycles of faunal abundance, community size and subsistence needs, procurement technologies, and the requirements of trade or commodity production. Sustainability is “epiphenomenal” when animal populations are preserved, and community needs met, without deliberate measures to prevent overharvesting. Alternatively, …
Documenting the Effects of Laboratory Sorting in Zooarchaeology
Zooarchaeologists routinely analyze assemblages that were initially sorted into major animal type (birds, mammals, fish, invertebrates) by students or lab technicians with varied backgrounds in zooarchaeology. Sorting errors are probably made in this initial phase, which can affect taxonomic representation and understanding of human–animal relationships. Recent study of the immense faunal assemblage (over 1 million NSP [Number of Specimens]) from…
Further instances of osteoarthrosis from the Unalaska Sea Ice Project, Unalaska Island, Alaska
Geography (13 obras) · Archaeology (9 obras) · Biology (8 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 obras) · Ecology (7 obras) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 obras) · Geology (5 obras) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (5 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 obras) · Oceanography (4 obras)