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| Large clam garden terrace in the Canadian Gulf Islands shows the extent of foreshore management by Indigenous people of the region. Image Courtesy of Phys.org. |
Phys.org has written an informative article about an example of landscape modification by indigenous Northwest Coast peoples in creating clam gardens to boost production;
not just gathering already established food sources.
not just gathering already established food sources.
"In its new paper published by American Antiquity, Lepofsky's team isolated novel ways to date the stone terraces that created clam beaches. They are certainly more than 1,000 years old and likely many thousands of years older. The researchers identified many places where people built gardens on bedrock—creating ideal clam habitats where there was none before. This, the researchers concluded, clearly challenges the notation that First Nations were living in wild, untended environments."
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For more information,
Visit:
- Ancient Shellfish Mariculture on the Northwest Coast of North America
- Lepofsky, Dana; Smith, Nicole F.; Cardinal, Nathan; Harper, John; Morris, Mary; (Elroy White), Gitla; Bouchard, Randy; Kennedy, Dorothy I.D.; Salomon, Anne K.; Puckett, Michelle; Rowell, Kirsten, American Antiquity, Vol. 80 No. 2, April 2015.
- Ancient Clam Gardens Increased Shellfish Production: Adaptive Strategies from the Past Can Inform Food Security Today (PDF available)
- Amy S. Groesbeck , Kirsten Rowell, Dana Lepofsky, Anne K. Salomon; PLOSONE, March 11, 2014.
- Ancient Clam Gardens Nurture Food Security
- Phys.org, March 20, 2014.
- Haida Nation
- Heiltsuk First Nation
- Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group
- Laich-Kwil-Tach Treaty Society
- Lyackson First Nation
- Samish Indian Nation
- Stz'uminus First Nation
- Tla'amin First Nation (Sliammon First Nation)
- Tla'amin & Simon Fraser University Heritage & Archaeology Project
- Clam Garden Network
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