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In this publication, baseline data on the regions environment during the ethnographic period are formulated through what can best be termed "environmental reconstruction." That is, through historical research, interviews with local residents, and on-the-ground observations, a model of the regions environment prior to the entry ofEuroAmericans into the area is documented. Paleoclimatic and pollen core-data are then integrated with these baseline data to formulate a diachronic catchment model (accounting for the variable or dimension of time) of the region for the prehistoric period. In effect, this catchment analysis delineates the potential resource base and procurement opportunities available to the aboriginal population through time and in a changing environment. The purpose of such a model is to permit researchers, as Richard Gould (1975:153) writes, to "examine the universe of edible resources in the region from the point of view of how human beings must organize their ·movements, technology, and social groups in order to collect them effectively." The catchment analysis is followed by an overview outlined in the North Fork catchment analysis and of the ethnographic data for the region about the the ethnographic record, the final part of this study kinds of natural resources utilized by the Wailaki presents some suggestions on potential prehistoric and Lassik, who inhabited the region during the late site settlement patterning and the kinds of sites prehistoric period. In light of the resource base likely to be found in the North Fork region.
Publication Date
9-1995
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture
Keywords
Eel River, California, Humboldt County, Pacific Southwest
Recommended Citation
Keter, Thomas S., "Environmental History and Cultural Ecology of the North Fork of the Eel River Basin, California" (1995). Archives & Reprint Series (imprint). 10.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/reprint/10