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

Dale R. Croes; Ed Carriere; Darby C Stapp

doi:10.7273/000007897

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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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Abstract

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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Title: A TEST THE GENERATIONALLY-LINKED ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACH EVALUATED WITH 4,000 YEARS OF SALISH SEA ARCHAEOLOGICAL FAUNA AND FLORA
Creators: Dale R. Croes (Author) - Washington State University, Department of Anthropology
Ed Carriere (Author) - Suquamish Elder and Master Basketmaker
Darby C Stapp (Author)
Publication Details: SAA Archaeological Record, pp.24-31
Academic Unit: Department of Anthropology
Publisher: Society for American Archaeology
Identifiers: 99901355495701842
Language: English
Resource Type: Magazine article