Holocene History of Cedar and Native Indian Cultures of the North American Pacific Coast

@article{Hebda1984HoloceneHO,
  title={Holocene History of Cedar and Native Indian Cultures of the North American Pacific Coast},
  author={R. Hebda and R. Mathewes},
  journal={Science},
  year={1984},
  volume={225},
  pages={711 - 713}
}
  • R. Hebda, R. Mathewes
  • Published 1984
  • Geography, Medicine
  • Science
    • A comparison of paleobotanical records with archeological and ethnographic evidence from the Pacific Northwest shows a strong correlation between the expansion of Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) in coastal forests between 5000 and 2500 years ago and the evolution of a massive woodworking technology by native cultures. This suggests that an important component of cultural development was environmentally constrained until large cedar trees, the basic resource for canoe-building and plank-house… CONTINUE READING
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