California Prehistory Colonization, Culture, and Complexity

by Jones, Terry L.; Klar, Kathryn A.; Aiello, Ivano; Allen, Mark W.; Anderson, R Scott; Basgall, Mark E.; Bellefemine, Viviana; Bieling, David G.; Byrd, Brian F.; Cartier, Robert; Cassidy, Jim; Chartkoff, Joseph L.; Erlandson, Jon M.; Eshleman, Jason A.; Fit

• ISBN13: 9780759108721
• ISBN10: 0759108722
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-07-16
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Reader of original synthesizing articles for introductory courses on archaeology and native peoples of California.

Table of Contents

Archaeological progress since 1984	p. 1
Late Pleistocene and Holocene environments	p. 11
Postglacial evolution of coastal environments	p. 35
One if by land, two if by sea : who were the first Californians?	p. 53
Colonization technologies : fluted projectile points and the San Clemente Island woodworking/microblade complex	p. 63
Linguistic prehistory	p. 71
Northwest California : ancient lifeways among forested mountains, flowing rivers, and Rocky Ocean shores	p. 83
Punctuated culture change in the San Francisco bay area	p. 99
The central coast : a midlatitude Milieu	p. 125
The central valley : a view from the Catbird's seat	p. 147
Models made of glass : a prehistory of Northeast California	p. 165
The Sierra Nevada : archaeology in the range of light	p. 177
Prehistory of the Northern California bight and the adjacent transverse ranges	p. 191
Prehistory of the southern bight : models for a new millennium	p. 215
Advances in understanding Mojave Desert prehistory	p. 229
The Colorado Desert : ancient adaptations to wetlands and wastelands	p. 247
Prehistoric material conveyance	p. 259
Rock art in the Golden State : pictographs and petroglyphs, portable and panoramic	p. 273
Prehistoric mitochondrial DNA and population movements	p. 291
Colonization, culture, and complexity	p. 299
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.