Greetings!
I specialize in archaeological insect remains and was wondering if anyone had any information on Orthoptera (grasshopper, cricket, katydid) consumption by native peoples in North America. Specifically, I am doing research on a rockshelter site in the northern Great Basin, USA, and I'm looking for any information on native consumption or other uses (medicinal?) of the Jerusalem cricket (Stenopelmatus sp.). I know there is quite a tradition in the Great Basin for consumption of grasshoppers and crickets, one of the most common in that area being the Mormon cricket (Anabrus simplex). However, the site I'm working has a lot of Jerusalem cricket remains and I have not found anything in the archaeological literature regarding their consumption. A very exhaustive Internet search has revealed almost nothing, but I don't want to conclude that this is an indication that they weren't consumed .... either they were and I just can't find a reference for it (too old, not indexed online, etc.), or perhaps they have yet to be found archaeologically or perhaps their remains are otherwise not recognized in the field. Does anyone have any knowledge of archaeological use of the Jerusalem cricket, and (if so), can you point me in the direction of any literature?
Thanks in advance,
Martin E. Adams.
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