Multi-proxy palaeoecological analyses of lake cores from two sites on northern Vancouver
Island reveal previously undocumented non-arboreal environments in the region during the …

The presence of well-documented sites in the Americas predating and south of the opening
of an ice-free corridor in the North American ice sheets lends credence to a Pacific coastal …

Forty years ago, Knut Fladmark (1979) argued that the Pacific Coast offered a viable
alternative to the ice-free corridor model for the initial peopling of the Americas—one of the …

Historical ecology can provide insights into the long-term and complex relationships
between humans and culturally important species and ecosystems, thereby extending …

Founding populations of the first Americans likely occupied parts of Beringia during the Last
Glacial Maximum (LGM). The timing, pathways, and modes of their southward transit remain …

Abstract The timing of Cordilleran Ice Sheet deglaciation along the central coast of British
Columbia, Canada, informs climate forcing and early human migration. Thirty‐two 10Be …

Clam gardens are ancient mariculture features developed by Indigenous Peoples of the
Northwest Coast of North America that create shallow slo** intertidal shelves where clam …

Ancient systems of mariculture were foundations of social-ecological systems of many
coastal Indigenous Peoples. However, since such systems either do not leave tangible …

Combining Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) with scientific research holds
promise for more effectively meeting community objectives for the conservation of cultural …

The timing of the initial peopling of the Americas is unresolved. Because the archaeological
record necessitates discussion of human entry from Beringia into southern North America …