| Title | Marine Mammals Before Extirpation: Using Archaeology to Understand Native American Use of Sea Otters and Whales in Oregon Prior to European Contact |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Wellman, Hannah P. |
| Academic Department | Dept. of Anthropology |
| Degree | Ph. D. |
| Pagination | 158 p. |
| University | University of Oregon |
| City | Eugene, Or. |
| Type of Work | Doctoral Dissertation |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | archeology, Blue whale = Balaenoptera musculus, genetics, Gray whale = Eschrichtius robustus, human impacts, Humpback whale = Megaptera novaeangliae, Lower Umpqua River, Native Americans, Palmrose Site, Par-Tee Site, Sea otter = Enhydra lutris, Seaside (Or.), Tahkenitch Lake, Tahkenitch Landing |
| Notes | In this doctoral dissertation, the author explores Native American exploitation of marine mammals, particularly sea otters. DNA analysis was performed on 20 ancient sea otter specimens from archeological sites at Seaside. Additionally, analysis was performed on 158 cetacean specimens. “These analyses provided new insight regarding precontact ancestral tribal use of sea otters and cetaceans and the historical ecologies of the animals. This dissertation provides a socio-ecological dataset with implications for potential reintroductions of sea otters and the conservation of cetaceans in Oregon today” (from the Abstract). |
| URL | https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/26714 |