Why smaller oysters? Maybe not Native American shellfishing
![](https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/512px-Oyster_bed_close_up_USEPA-400x300.jpg)
Five thousand years ago, Native Americans lived and thrived on Georgia’s coast. Shellfishing, especially the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), was a significant cultural practice of these coastal Natives Americans. Today, Georgia’s coast is peppered with oyster shell deposits from long-term native American consumption. While studying archaeological shell deposits on Georgia’s coast, researchers with the Georgia Coastal… Read more »