While freshwater and anadromous fish have been critical economic resources for late
prehistoric and modern Native Americans, the origin and development of fishing is not well …

Since the 19th century, the study of shell middens has played an important role in
archaeological research. Shell midden and broader coastal archaeology have transformed …

Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) are ecological and cultural keystone species along the
Northwest Coast of North America and are ubiquitous in archaeological sites of the region …

Fish are the most diverse group of vertebrates, fulfil important ecological functions and are of
significant economic interest for aquaculture and wild fisheries. Advances in DNA extraction …

Though chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) are globally ubiquitous today, the timing,
location, and manner of their domestication is contentious. Until recently, archaeologists …

The earliest Native Americans have often been portrayed as either megafaunal specialists
or generalist foragers, but this debate cannot be resolved by studying the faunal record …

This study uses ancient DNA analysis to identify the species of salmonids from a number of
pre-contact Coast Salish settlements in Burrard Inlet, Canada dating from about 390 BCE to …

The complete quantitative essential amino acid (EAA) requirements of aquacultured animals
are largely unknown except for a handful of species. This is problematic because …

Prior to burning down in 1906 CE, Point Alones in the Monterey Bay region of Central
California was home to one of the largest Chinese fishing communities in the United States …

PCR inhibitors are a formidable problem to the study of aged, degraded, and/or low copy
number DNA. As a result, there is a need to find alternate methods that ameliorate the …