The origins of a Pacific Coast chiefdom : the Chumash of the Channel Islands / / edited by Jeanne E. Arnold

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910975271503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2001
• ISBN: 1-60781-806-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ArnoldJeanne E
• Disciplina: 979.4/91
• Soggetti: Chumash Indians - Antiquities; Chumash Indians - Implements; Chumash beadwork; Stone implements - California - Channel Islands; Shell beads - California - Channel Islands; Excavations (Archaeology) - California - Channel Islands; Channel Islands (Calif.) Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-315).
• Nota di contenuto: The Chumash in world and regional perspectives / Jeanne E. Arnold -- The Channel Islands Project : history, objectives, and methods / Jeanne E. Arnold -- Ethnohistoric reflections of Cruzeno Chumash society / John R. Johnson -- The evolution of specialized shellworking among the Island Chumash / Jeanne E. Arnold and Anthony P. Graesch -- Flaked stone craft production and exchange in Island Chumash territory / Jeanne E. Arnold, Aimee M. Preziosi, and Paul Shattuck -- Bifaces and the institutionalization of exchange relationships in the Chumash sphere / Scott Pletka -- Standardization and specialization : the Island Chumash microdrill industry / Aimee M. Preziosi -- Groundstone tools as indicators of changing subsistence and exchange patterns in the coastal Chumash region / Colleen Delaney-Rivera -- Bone tool technology on Santa Cruz Island and implications for exchange / Thomas A. Wake -- Ecological and economic analysis of faunal remains from Santa Cruz Island / Roger H. Colten -- The economics of Island Chumash fishing practices / Scott Pletka -- Paleoethnobotanical investigations of archaeological sites on Santa Cruz Island / Steve L. ; Martin and Virginia S. Popper -- Culture contact on the Channel Islands : historic-era production and exchange systems / Anthony P. Graesch -- Social evolution and the political economy in the northern Channel Islands / Jeanne E. Arnold.
• Sommario/riassunto: A new series of reprints, monographs, and edited volumes on the anthropology and prehistory of Pacific North America. The series will include works from the coastal and riverine regions of Alaska to California.