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Wapato as an Important Staple Carbohydrate in the Northwest Coast Diet: A Response to Martin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2022

Tanja Hoffmann Open the ORCID record for Tanja Hoffmann [Opens in a new window] ,
Natasha Lyons ,
Michael Blake ,
Andrew Martindale ,
Debbie Miller  and
Cynthia Larbey
Tanja Hoffmann*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Natasha Lyons
Affiliation:
Ursus Heritage Consulting, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
Michael Blake*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Andrew Martindale
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Debbie Miller
Affiliation:
Independent Researcher, Katzie IR 2, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Cynthia Larbey
Affiliation:
Independent Researcher, Arrochar, Argyll, Scotland
*
(th510@cam.ac.uk, corresponding author)
(Emeritus)
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Abstract

In response to Steve L. Martin's critique of our recent paper we provide further evidence in support of our central contention: that geophytes were a nutritionally important part of the precontact diet, and that they functioned as dietary, cultural, and economic staple foods for many peoples of the Pacific Northwest.

En réponse à la critique de Steve L. Martin de notre récent article, nous fournissons des preuves supplémentaires à l'appui de notre affirmation principale: les géophytes étaient un aspect nutritionnellement important du régime précontact, et qu'ils fonctionnaient comme des aliments de base diététiques, culturels, et économiques pour de nombreux peuples du Nord-Ouest Pacfique.

Keywords

Northwest Coast archaeologyIndigenous plant knowledgearchaeobotanyprecontact dietstaple foodsgeophyteswapatoarchéologie de la côte nord-ouestconnaissances des plantes par les indigènesarchéobotaniquealimentation précontactaliments de basegéophyteswapato
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American Antiquity , Volume 87 , Issue 3 , July 2022 , pp. 617 - 619
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for American Archaeology

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