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A TEST: THE GENERATIONALLY-LINKED ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACH EVALUATED WITH 4,000 YEARS OF SALISH SEA ARCHAEOLOGICAL FAUNA AND FLORA
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A TEST: THE GENERATIONALLY-LINKED ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACH EVALUATED WITH 4,000 YEARS OF SALISH SEA ARCHAEOLOGICAL FAUNA AND FLORA

Dale R. Croes, Ed Carriere and Darby C Stapp
SAA Archaeological Record, pp.24-31
01/2026
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https://doi.org/10.7273/000007897
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Zooarchaeology Landscape Archaeology Social and Cultural Anthropology Traditional Ecological Knowledge Indigenous Knowledge Vertebrate Paleontology Subsistence systems (Archaeology) Pacific Archaeology Northwest Coast, United States Pacific Northwest Coast archaeology Archaeology of shell middens Flora Cultural Landscape Fauna Seeds Wood Charcoal Shellfish Archaeology Native North Americans
We are pleased to announce a new archaeological article on our new book: "Living-Off-The-Land" for 4,000 Years on the Salish Sea, by Ed Carriere, Master Basketmaker, and myself, Wet/Waterlogged Archaeological Sites Specialist. We detail, in Ed's own words, the use of 44 natural resources (shellfish, fish, ducks, mammals, berry crops, raw materials to make basketry traps and nets) and compare these 44 resources to the fauna (bones, shells) and flora (seeds, charcoal) found in 9 archaeological sites within 20 miles of Ed's home (mostly Seattle area) for 4,000 years. We found generationally-linked CONTINUITY and SUSTAINABILITY for 200 generations of peoples supporting their families and communities for this time period, with no overuse or species driven to extinction for these millennia; unfortunately this is what's seen over the last 200 years. Hopefully we help to turn that around!!!

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