Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. AUTHOR’S NOTE xv
5. 1. Bountiful Waters 1
6. PART ONE. Opportunistic Fishers
7. Introduction 15
8. 2. Beginnings 21
9. 3. Neanderthals and Moderns 32
10. 4. Shellfish Eaters 45
11. 5. Baltic and Danube After the Ice 54
12. 6. Rope-Patterned Fisherfolk 64
13. 7. The Great Journey Revisited 74
14. 8. Fishers on the Pacific Northwest Coast 87
15. 9. The Myth of a Garden of Eden 99
16. 10. The Calusa: Shallows and Sea Grass 114
17. 11. The Great Fish Have Come In 125
18. PART TWO. Fishers in the Shadows
19. Introduction 141
20. 12. Rations for Pharaohs 147
21. 13. Fishing the Middle Sea 160
22. 14. Scaly Flocks 172
23. 15. The Fish Eaters 184
24. 16. The Erythraean Sea 196
25. 17. Carp and Khmer 209
26. 18. Anchovies and Civilization 223
27. PART THREE. The End of Plenty
28. Introduction 237
29. 19. Ants of the Ocean 243
30. 20. The Beef of the Sea 257
31. 21. “Inexhaustible Manna” 270
32. 22. Depletion 284
33. 23. More in the Sea? 295
34. Glossary of Fishing Terms 305
35. Acknowledgments 309
36. Notes 311
37. Index 333