People Gathered on Island to Commiserate and Eat Oysters (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

People Gathered on Island to Commiserate and Eat Oysters

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When climate change and social upheaval hit the Southeast, people still regularly gathered at Roberts Island on Florida's Gulf Coast, maintaining their long tradition of communal rituals. But the lavish feasts of the pasts had dwindled to a menu of oysters and little else.

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Thomas J. Pluckhahn

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