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} }
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… Expand
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