The island Chumash [[electronic resource] ] : behavioral ecology of a maritime society / / Douglas J. Kennett

• Autore: Kennett Douglas J
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 979.4004/9758
• Soggetto topico: Chumash Indians; Indians of North America - California
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Island Chumash -- 2. Human Behavioral Ecology and Maritime Societies -- 3. Environmental Context -- 4. Cultural Context -- 5. Historic Island Communities -- 6. Terminal Pleistocene to Middle Holocene Records -- 7. Late Holocene Record -- 8. Synthesis -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Colonized as early as 13,500 years ago, the Northern Channel Islands of California offer some of the earliest evidence of human habitation along the west coast of North America. The Chumash people who lived on these islands are considered to be among the most socially and politically complex hunter-gatherers in the world. This book provides a powerful and innovative synthesis of the cultural and environmental history of the chain of islands. Douglas J. Kennett shows that the trends in cultural elaboration were, in part, set into motion by a series of dramatic environmental events that were the catalyst for the unprecedented social and political complexity observed historically.
• Titolo autorizzato: The island Chumash
• ISBN: 0-520-93143-2; 1-59734-940-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910146934203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II