Research ArticleANTHROPOLOGY
Ecosystem stability and Native American oyster harvesting along the Atlantic Coast of the United States
- View ORCID ProfileVictor D. Thompson1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileTorben Rick2,
- View ORCID ProfileCarey J. Garland1,
- David Hurst Thomas3,
- View ORCID ProfileKaren Y. Smith4,5,
- View ORCID ProfileSarah Bergh6,
- View ORCID ProfileMatt Sanger7,
- View ORCID ProfileBryan Tucker8,
- View ORCID ProfileIsabelle Lulewicz1,
- View ORCID ProfileAnna M. Semon3,
- View ORCID ProfileJohn Schalles9,
- Christine Hladik10,
- View ORCID ProfileClark Alexander11 and
- View ORCID ProfileBrandon T. Ritchison12
- 1University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology, 250A Baldwin Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
- 2Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.
- 3American Museum of Natural History, Division of Anthropology, 79th Street at Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA.
- 4South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 1000 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29201, USA.
- 5South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, 1321 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
- 6Union Institute & University, 440 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206, USA.
- 7National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.
- 8Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division, 2610 GA Hwy 155, SW, Stockbridge, GA 30281, USA.
- 9Department of Biology, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
- 10Georgia Southern University, Department of Geology and Geography, P.O Box 8149, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.
- 11Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411, USA.
- 12Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 607 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: vdthom{at}uga.edu
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Science Advances 10 Jul 2020:
Vol. 6, no. 28, eaba9652
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba9652
Vol. 6, no. 28, eaba9652
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba9652
Victor D. Thompson
1University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology, 250A Baldwin Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Torben Rick
2Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.
Carey J. Garland
1University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology, 250A Baldwin Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
David Hurst Thomas
3American Museum of Natural History, Division of Anthropology, 79th Street at Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA.
Karen Y. Smith
4South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 1000 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29201, USA.
5South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, 1321 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Sarah Bergh
6Union Institute & University, 440 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206, USA.
Matt Sanger
7National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA.
Bryan Tucker
8Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division, 2610 GA Hwy 155, SW, Stockbridge, GA 30281, USA.
Isabelle Lulewicz
1University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology, 250A Baldwin Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Anna M. Semon
3American Museum of Natural History, Division of Anthropology, 79th Street at Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA.
John Schalles
9Department of Biology, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
Christine Hladik
10Georgia Southern University, Department of Geology and Geography, P.O Box 8149, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.
Clark Alexander
11Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411, USA.
Brandon T. Ritchison
12Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 607 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.