Overharvesting of Seafood: Did the Indians Affect their Environment? – Randell Research Center https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/blog/overharvesting-of-seafood-did-the-indians-affect-their-environment/
The Calusa were �sher-hunter-gatherers who relied upon the bounty of estuaries to provide adequate food for a large population and to develop a culturally and politically complex society. They collected a variety of shell�sh species for food, but the American oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ), perhap
Bivalve mollusks, such as oysters, if collected alive, have pristine shell interiors
