[OR_Archaeology] PSU First Thursday Lecture--Understanding the (Pre?)History of Foxes in the Kuril Islands

[John Pouley]

Dear friends and colleagues,
Please join us this Thursday (June 7, 4 pm)  for our June First
Thursday
presentation in Smith Center Room 294, on PSU campus.

Michael Etnier (University of Washington/Western Washington
University)
will present,

Understanding the (Pre?)History of Foxes in the Kuril Islands

Red foxes and arctic foxes are an important predator in island
ecosystems
such as the Aleutians (Alaska) and the Kurils (Russia).  While many
scholars assume 19th-20th century introductions through
Russian/Japanese
fox farming marks the first arrival of foxes to these islands, recent
archaeological work suggests the animals have a much deeper history
there.
Etnier’s presentation reviews results from his on-going project
analyzing
fox remains recovered from sites excavated as part of the the Kuril
Biocomplexity Project (2006-2008), including geochemistry and genetics,
and
the larger implications of zooarchaeology to conservation biology.


We look forward to seeing you here.

-- 
Virginia L. Butler
Department of Anthropology
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207
503.725.3303
virginia at pdx.edu 
http://web.pdx.edu/~virginia/ 








John O. Pouley
Oregon SHPO
Assistant State Archaeologist
725 Summer St NE Suite C
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 986-0675 Office
(503) 480-9164 Cell
(503) 986-0793 Fax
john.pouley at state.or.us
http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/ARCH/index.shtml