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Personal profile
About
Mike is a zooarchaeologist, primarily interested in studying biogeography and historical ecology of North Pacific marine ecosystems, and how changes in each of these has or has not influenced, or been influenced by, prehistoric human hunting practices. To study these complex systems, he spends nearly equal amounts of time working with modern and ancient bone and tooth samples. Mike is currently working on year four of a four-year NSF grant examining a long-term faunal record from Dutch Harbor (Unalaska Is.), Alaska.
Contact Information
Michael Etnier
Arntzen Hall, Room 302
Department of Anthropology
Western Washington University
Arntzen Hall, Room 302
Department of Anthropology
Western Washington University
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Education/Academic qualification
Department of Anthropology, Ph.D., University of Washington
… → 2002
Department of Anthropology, M.A., University of Washington
… → 1997
Department of Anthropology, B.A., University of Tennessee
… → 1992
Research Interests
- Zooarchaeology
- Biogeography
- Historical ecology
- North Pacific marine ecosystems
- Prehistoric human hunting practices
Disciplines
- Anthropology
- Archaeological Anthropology
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Integrating marine historical ecology into management of Alaska's Pacific cod fishery for climate readiness
West, C. F., McClenachan, L., Barbeaux, S. J., Spies, I., Addison, J. A., Anderson, B. T., Hofman, C. A., Reedy, K. L., Elliott Smith, E. A., Etnier, M. A., Helser, T. E. & Finney, B. P., Apr 1 2025, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 82, 4, fsaf056.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Polar bears and expanding sea ice in the Mid Holocene Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Parker, L. D., West, C. F., Tatum, K. H., Etnier, M., Bethke, B., Reedy, K., Shellikoff, N. & Hofman, C. A., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 5767.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reading the carnivoran skeletal story: An acetabular viewpoint, with suggested implications across geological time
Lawler, D., Tangredi, B., Widga, C., Etnier, M., Martin, T., Schulz, K. & Kohn, L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Acta Zoologica.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Indigenous use and conservation of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) at Yakutat, Alaska since the sixteenth century
Crowell, A. L., Ramos, J. D. & Etnier, M. A., 2024, In: Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology. 3, 1494479.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impacts of lost fishing nets in the U.S. portion of the Salish Sea
Drinkwin, J., Antonelis, K., Heller-Shipley, M., Rudell, P., Etnier, M., Good, T., Elz, A. & Morgan, J., Feb 2023, In: Marine Policy. 148, 105430.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Press/Media
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The House Full of Otters: Recalling Human-Sea Otter Relationships on an Indigenous Oregon Coast.
9/22/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research