Mapping the Elephants of the 19th Century East African Ivory Trade with a Multi-Isotope Approach.

East African elephants have been hunted for their ivory for millennia but the nineteenth century witnessed strongly escalating demand from Europe and North America. It has been suggested that one consequence was that by the 1880s elephant herds along the coast had become scarce, and to meet demand,...

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Main Authors: Ashley N Coutu, Julia Lee-Thorp, Matthew J Collins, Paul J Lane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5070863?pdf=render