California Indians and their environment [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Kent G. Lightfoot and Otis Parrish ; contributions by Lee M. Panich ... [et al.]

• Autore: Lightfoot Kent G. <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (513 p.)
• Disciplina: 979.4/01
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - California - Social life and customs; Indians of North America - Hunting - California; Hunting and gathering societies - California; Human ecology - California - History; Indigenous peoples - Ecology - California
• Soggetto geografico: California Environmental conditions History
• Soggetto non controllato: basketry; biological diversity; california; ceremony; chiefs; cordage; cultural diversity; cultural history; dances; diversity; environmental sciences; environmentalism; ethnobiology; ethnobotany; feasts; fire; food; indigenous cultures; indigenous peoples; indigenous religions; master craftspeople; medicine; migration; native americans in california; native americans; native californians; natural environment; natural resources; sustainability; united states of america
• Altri autori: ParrishOtis PanichLee M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- VISUAL GUIDE TO NATURAL RESOURCES -- CALIFORNIA INDIAN USES OF NATURAL RESOURCES -- Notes -- General References -- Resource References by Region and Type -- Art Credits -- Index -- More Advance Praise
• Sommario/riassunto: Capturing the vitality of California's unique indigenous cultures, this major new introduction incorporates the extensive research of the past thirty years into an illuminating, comprehensive synthesis for a wide audience. Based in part on new archaeological findings, it tells how the California Indians lived in vibrant polities, each boasting a rich village life including chiefs, religious specialists, master craftspeople, dances, feasts, and ceremonies. Throughout, the book emphasizes how these diverse communities interacted with the state's varied landscape, enhancing its already bountiful natural resources through various practices centered around prescribed burning. A handy reference section, illustrated with more than one hundred color photographs, describes the plants, animals, and minerals the California Indians used for food, basketry and cordage, medicine, and more. At a time when we are grappling with the problems of maintaining habitat diversity and sustainable economies, we find that these native peoples and their traditions have much to teach us about the future, as well as the past, of California.
• Titolo autorizzato: California Indians and their environment
• ISBN: 1-280-99554-8; 9786613767158; 0-520-94228-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779116603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: California natural history guides ; ; 96.