Researchers in British Columbia, Canada Excavate Ancient Shells from the Beach (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Researchers in British Columbia, Canada Excavate Ancient Shells from the Beach

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Researchers in British Columbia, Canada excavate ancient shells from the beach of a "clam garden" -- a constructed rock-face terrace where Indigenous People cultivated clams. �The clam garden fronts a 9,000 year old village that was supported in part by these cultivated clams.

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Image courtesy of Mark Wunsch (Greencoast Media, British Columbia, Canada).

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