The Archaeology of Camas Production
Camas (Camassia spp.) is a bulb, like garlic, that was intensively harvested and eaten by Indigenous people through the Pacific Northwest for thousands of years. Having found 2000 year-old camas in an earth oven complex on the Harrison River, well outside its known range, we sought to understand the dynamics of production and exchange across the broader region. This research derives from a long-term archaeobotanical partnership between Ursus Heritage and Sts’ailes, a First Nations community of the Harrison River of British Columbia.
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The Archaeology of Camas Production and Exchange on the Northwest Coast (2017)
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