Historical changes in the uses of the Neponset estuary by its surrounding society
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Historical changes in the uses of the
Neponset estuary by its surrounding society
Todd B Duval
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Laurentide ice sheet retreats ~14,000 ybp◦ Mile-wide glacial river
Clovis culture ~11,000 ybp◦ Spear points recovered in Canton, MA
Land clearing◦ Early European explorers report vast stretches of
treeless, cultivated land Massachuset tribes
◦ Shifting agriculture (~4,000 years)◦ Shellfish, herring and fur trapping◦ “Neponset”- meaning “harvest river” or “a good fall”
Pre-European contact
Heath 1996; Taylor 2003; Perry 2009
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Post-European Settlement 1619- Trading outpost on
Thompson’s Island
Smallpox reduces indigenous people
1630- Mary and John
Dorchester founded◦ Land use changes
1634- First grain mill
1728- Paper mills◦ Long fight over rights to
anadromous fish begin
Detail of Wood’s map, 1633Heath 1996; Taylor 2003; Perry 2009Dorchester Historical Society
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Savin Hill, 1830Dorchester Historical Society
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Industrial Age Multiple dams
Multiple industries◦ Early: leather, copper, paper,
gunpowder, chocolate, biscuits, nails
◦ Later: electronics, toys, cameras◦ Pollutants include Cu, Pb, As,
PCBs
Immigration◦ Urban infill
Sewage outfalls◦ Fowl Meadow becomes “Foul
Meadow”
Dorchester Historical Society
Taylor 2003; Perry 2009
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Recreation 1890s to Present
Dorchester Historical Society
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Post-industrial Age Factories abandoned
Demographic shift ◦ Suburban sprawl◦ Racial segregation
North of river: high poverty South of river: wealthier, less
dense
Reclamation efforts◦ 1972 to present
Clean Water Act MA State laws John Paul II Park Dorchester Historical Society
Heath 1996; Taylor 2003; Perry 2009; MDC 2012
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Dorchester Historical Society
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Possible historical evidence of C. virginicus oyster
Palmer, pers. comm. 2012
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