— For a zooarchaeologist, bones give up secrets about the distant past. Join Mike Etnier, zooarchaeologist at Western Washington University, as he exposes the secrets of bones. His work investigates how the populations and habitat ranges of animals like the Northern Fur Seal changed over time due to weather events, human interaction, and climate shifts.
You’ve seen ancient bones uncovered by archaeologists in museums, dusty and mysterious, and learned something new about the past. For a zooarchaeologist bones will give up more secrets than most. Join Mike Etnier, zooarchaeologist at Western Washington University, as he exposes the secrets of bones.
In videos A Zooarchaeologist’s Take on Climate Change and Using Middens as Time Machines, Etnier displays bones found in sites once occupied by ancient hunters along the edge of the Pacific Ocean, and describes using those bones to discover information about the distant past. His work investigates how the populations and habitat ranges of animals like the Northern Fur Seal have changed over time due to weather events and human interaction, and even uncovers evidence of past climate shifts. Etnier’s findings add more robust data to our ever-growing understanding of Earth’s climate past.