Calusa Engineered Complex Holding Pens for Fish (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Calusa Engineered Complex Holding Pens for Fish

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The Calusa kingdom ranks among the most politically complex groups of hunter-gatherers of the historic world. Unusually, it was powered by fishing, not farming. Massive enclosures enabled the Calusa to store enough fish to sustain population growth and fuel large-scale construction projects.

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