Exploring Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Central California through Ethnographic and Ethnohistorical Records

Summary

This paper explores ethnographic and ethno-historical records of Coast Miwok and Kashaya Pomo peoples in Central California to understand 20th century memories or traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of landscape management practices. TEK and traditional resource and environmental management (TREM) practices are entangled with contemporary issues. These include but are not limited to management practices for indigenous communities, state, and federal agencies. Understanding how Native people modified the landscape in the past through historical documents and archaeological research provides a first step for managing contemporary ecosystems.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• "Unless We Remember We Cannot Understand": Archaeological Inquiries into the Act of Remembering

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