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California Prehistory
Colonization, Culture, and Complexity
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2007
Summary
Some forty scholars examine California's prehistory and archaeology, looking at marine and terrestrial palaeoenvironments, initial human colonization, linguistic prehistory, early forms of exchange, mitochondrial DNA studies, and rock art. This work is the most extensive study of California's prehistory undertaken in the past 20 years. An essential resource for any scholar of California prehistory and archaeology!
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Copyright year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7591-0873-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-7591-1374-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
394
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Illustrations No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1 Archaeological Progress since 1984 No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter 2 Late Pleistocene and Holocene Environments No access Pages 11 - 34
Chapter 3 Postglacial Evolution of Coastal Environments No access Pages 35 - 52
Chapter 4 One If by Land, Two If by Sea: Who Were the First Californians? No access Pages 53 - 62
Chapter 5 Colonization Technologies: Fluted Projectile Points and the San Clemente Island Woodworking/Microblade Complex No access Pages 63 - 70
Chapter 6 Linguistic Prehistory No access Pages 71 - 82
Chapter 7 Northwest California: Ancient Lifeways among Forested Mountains, Flowing Rivers, and Rocky Ocean Shores No access Pages 83 - 98
Chapter 8 Punctuated Culture Change in the San Francisco Bay Area No access Pages 99 - 124
Chapter 9 The Central Coast: A Midlatitude Milieu No access Pages 125 - 146
Chapter 10 The Central Valley: A View from the Catbird’s Seat No access Pages 147 - 164
Chapter 11 Models Made of Glass: A Prehistory of Northeast California No access Pages 165 - 176
Chapter 12 The Sierra Nevada: Archaeology in the Range of Light No access Pages 177 - 190
Chapter 13 Prehistory of the Northern California Bight and the Adjacent Transverse Ranges No access Pages 191 - 214
Chapter 14 Prehistory of the Southern Bight: Models for a New Millennium No access Pages 215 - 228
Chapter 15 Advances in Understanding Mojave Desert Prehistory No access Pages 229 - 246
Chapter 16 The Colorado Desert: Ancient Adaptations to Wetlands and Wastelands No access Pages 247 - 258
Chapter 17 Prehistoric Material Conveyance No access Pages 259 - 272
Chapter 18 Rock Art in the Golden State: Pictographs and Petroglyphs, Portable and Panoramic No access Pages 273 - 290
Chapter 19 Prehistoric Mitochondrial DNA and Population Movements No access Pages 291 - 298
Chapter 20 Colonization, Culture, and Complexity No access Pages 299 - 316
References No access Pages 317 - 380
Index of Sites No access Pages 381 - 382
Index No access Pages 383 - 390
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 391 - 394
