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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791485703321

Titolo

California prehistory [[electronic resource] ] : colonization, culture, and complexity / / edited by Terry L. Jones and Kathryn A. Klar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : AltaMira Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-71341-8

9786612713415

0-7591-1374-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1296 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesTerry L

KlarKathryn

Disciplina

979.4/01

Soggetti

Paleo-Indians - California

California Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-380) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

California Prehistory; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Archaeological Progress since 1984; Late Pleistocene and Holocene Environments; Postglacial Evolution of Coastal Environments; One If by Land, Two If by Sea: Who Were the First Californians?; Colonization Technologies: Fluted Projectile Points and the San Clemente Island Woodworking/Microblade Complex; Linguistic Prehistory; Northwest California: Ancient Lifeways among Forested Mountains, Flowing Rivers, and Rocky Ocean Shores; Punctuated Culture Change in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Central Coast: A Midlatitude MilieuThe Central Valley: A View from the Catbird's Seat; Models Made of Glass: A Prehistory of Northeast California; The Sierra Nevada: Archaeology in the Range of Light; Prehistory of the Northern California Bight and the Adjacent Transverse Ranges; Prehistory of the Southern Bight: Models for a New Millennium; Advances in Understanding Mojave Desert Prehistory; The Colorado Desert: Ancient Adaptations to Wetlands and Wastelands; Prehistoric Material Conveyance; Rock Art in the Golden State: Pictographs and Petroglyphs, Portable and Panoramic

Prehistoric Mitochondrial DNA and Population MovementsColonization,



Culture, and Complexity; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

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