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Indigenous eco-archaeology

Past, present, and future of environmental stewardship in central coastal California

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ID21263641
AuthorsAlec Apodaca (University of California, Santa Cruz, corresponding author), Gabriel M Sanchez (0000-0001-8342-3268, University of Oregon), Alexii Sigona (0009-0003-1946-1317, University of California, Santa Cruz), Michael Grone (California Department of Parks and Recreation), Valentin Lopez (University of California, Santa Cruz), Kent G Lightfoot (University of California, Berkeley)
Year2024
Volume3
Publication date2024-09-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Environmental Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2813-432X • E-ISSN: 2813-432X
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fearc.2024.1438898
OpenAlexW4402226774
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited46

The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band (AMTB) has stewarded terrestrial and aquatic resources in central California since time immemorial. Successive waves of European and Euro-American colonization have sought to suppress and erode AMTB's relationship with land, stewardship, and natural resources. The Tribe has mobilized anthropological and historical ecological data that demonstrate the effect of long-term Indigenous stewardship through cultural burning and other resource stewardship strategies. These Indigenous landscape legacies have influenced ecosystem structure and the sustainability of culturally important species. This paper focuses on the process of bridging archaeological research with contemporary stewardship efforts related to protecting, preserving, and caring for Tribal cultural heritage that exists from a landscape perspective. The collaborative research has helped clarify the record of Tribal relationships with the environment and how those relationships have changed due to colonial land use regimes. In doing so, we highlight how an archaeological research program can be a building point of access to ancestral places, which is a critical step in Tribal-led initiatives of restoring traditional resource management and ecological resilience of plant and animal life on public lands. In addition, we discuss the benefits and limitations of applying eco-archaeological research toward Tribal environmental stewardship

Archaeology · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Environmental stewardship · Geography · Indigenous · Political science · Politics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Environmental Science · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Ecology

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Citations per year7
Citation span2025 - 2026 (2)
Citation velocitycurrent
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