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Thanks. You're right, those sources do not mention Hudson Bay, despite my Google search including the words. I should know better. I've recently started enjoy

Thanks. You're right, those sources do not mention Hudson Bay, despite my Google search including the words. I should know better. I've recently started enjoying oysters and other shellfish so I'll add the book to my reading list. Looks very interesting! edit: "New York mounds" -- is this about Hudson Bay (the one in Canada) or the Hudson River estuary, in New York? The first source I linked doesn't mention the river either, but second source does claim no prehistoric declines of oyster sizes in the Hudson River estuary. Still going to read the book and then make my up my mind

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> "New York mounds" -- is this about Hudson Bay (the one in Canada) or the Hudson River estuary, in New York? New York, New York. The natives piled mounds of shells. Over generations, these grew formidable [1]. (“Midden” [2]. Pearl Street gets its name from a Lenape midden [3].) [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/science/native-americans-shell-middens-maine.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/science/native-americans-... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midden https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midden [3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Street_(Manhattan) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Street_(Manhattan)