Ethnobiology Letters, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: Dec. 29, 2023

Agriculture significantly reshapes soils and ecology, often with lasting ecological impacts. For over a millennium, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin have practiced maize agriculture in upper Great Lakes. Though vast majority ancestral Indigenous agricultural sites been destroyed American Midwest, documented numerous archaeological, raised garden bed at their Reservation, enabling an investigation into vegetation impacts practices. Here, we report findings from our pilot surveys three sites. Results show that all surveyed are high quality ecosystems. We observed differences species richness between non-agricultural places, although varied based on location. Overall, illustrate complexity these anthropogenic, biologically diverse landscapes shaped by past contemporary land use how today’s ecology is part enduring legacy

Language: Английский