Introduction / Christopher S. Jazwa and Jennifer E. Perry -- The ecological, environmental, and cultural contexts for island archaeology / Christopher S. Jazwa and Jennifer E. Perry -- Points in space and time: the distribution of paleocoastal points and crescents on California's northern Channel Islands / Todd J. Braje, Jon M. Erlandson, and Torben C. Rick -- The early holocene occupation of Santa Cruz Island / Amy E. Gusick -- Settlement systems on Santa Cruz Island between 6300 and 5300 BP / Michael A. Glassow -- The ideal free distribution and settlement history at old Ranch Canyon, Santa Rosa Island, California / Christopher S. Jazwa, Douglas J. Kennett, and Bruce Winterhalder -- Geographic information systems as a tool for analyzing intrasite spatial variability on San Nicolas Island, California / Richard B. Guttenberg, Ren L. Vellanoweth, William E. Kendig, Rebekka G. Knierim, and Steven J. Schwartz -- Paleoethnobotanical investigations on the Channel Islands: current directions and theoretical considerations / Kristina M. Gill -- The archaeology of ritual on the Channel Islands / Jennifer E. Perry -- Cultural landscapes of Catalina Island / Wendy G. Teeter, Desire Rene Martinez, and Karimah O. Kennedy Richardson -- The native depopulation of Santa Catalina Island, California / Ivan H. Strudwick -- |