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Keepers of the Oaks

By: Martin, Glen.
Subject(s): Science | Environment Science | Biology | Acron Orchards-Native Americans-California | Oaks | Anthropology | Agriculture-Native Americans | Acron | California Agriculture-Acrons | Oaks-California | Agriculture-California Native People | Ethnology In: Discover : the world of Science 17(8)Summary: When Europeans first arrived in California, they called it an Eden, a garden paradise. They were'nt far wrong. The land's native "hunter-gatheres" were gardeners.California is wilder now than it was before Europeans arrived. Where there now are forests, there once were vast acorn orchards, painstakingly tended by Native Americans.
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When Europeans first arrived in California, they called it an Eden, a garden paradise. They were'nt far wrong. The land's native "hunter-gatheres" were gardeners.California is wilder now than it was before Europeans arrived. Where there now are forests, there once were vast acorn orchards, painstakingly tended by Native Americans.