Castoreum and Steel Traps in Eastern North America

Argues that contrary to what is generally accepted, the practise of trapping beaver using this method was in use long before the 1790s, but came into use in the Northeast Indians at that time as First Nations tried to compensate for the lower price of pelts by increasing the number they traded.
Author/Creator
Robin F. Wells
Open Access
No
Primary Source
No
Citation
American Anthropologist, vol. 74, no. 3, New Series, June 1972, pp. 479-483
Publication Date
1972-06
Location
Resource Type
Articles -- Scholarly, peer reviewed
Format
Text -- PDF
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