An edition of California prehistory (1900)

California prehistory

colonization, culture, and complexity

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An edition of California prehistory (1900)

California prehistory

colonization, culture, and complexity

1st pbk. ed.
  • 3 Want to read

Some forty scholars examine California's prehistory and archaeology, looking at marine and terrestrial palaeoenvironments, initial human colonization, linguistic prehistory, early forms of exchange, mitochondrial DNA studies, and rock art. This work is the most extensive study of California's prehistory undertaken in the past 20 years. An essential resource for any scholar of California prehistory and archaeology!

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AltaMira Press
Language
English
Pages
394

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Cover of: California prehistory
California prehistory: colonization, culture, and complexity
2010, AltaMira Press
in English - 1st pbk. ed.
Cover of: California Prehistory
California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity
2007, AltaMira Press
in English
Cover of: California prehistory
California prehistory: colonization, culture, and complexity
2007, AltaMira Press
in English
Cover of: California Prehistory
California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity
1900, AltaMira Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Archaeological progress since 1984 -- Michael J. Moratto and Joseph L. Chartkoff
Late Pleistocene and Holocene environments -- G. James West, Wallace Woolfenden, James A. Wanket, and R. Scott Anderson
Postglacial evolution of coastal environments -- Patricia M. Masters and Ivano W. Aiello
One if by land, two if by sea : who were the first Californians? -- Jon M. Erlandson, Torben C. Rick, Terry L. Jones, and Judith F. Porcasi
Colonization technologies : fluted projectile points and the San Clemente Island woodworking/microblade complex -- Michael F. Rondeau, Jim Cassidy, and Terry L. Jones
Linguistic prehistory -- Victor Golla
Northwest California : ancient lifeways among forested mountains, flowing rivers, and rocky Pacific shores -- William R. Hildebrandt
Punctuated culture change in the San Francisco Bay Area -- Randall Milliken, Richard T. Fitzgerald, Mark G. Hylkema, Randy Groza, Tom Origer, David G. Bieling, Alan Leventhal, Randy S. Wiberg, Andrew Gottsfield, Donna Gillette, Viviana Bellifemine, Eric Strother, Robert Cartier, and David A. Fredrickson
The central coast : a midlatitude milieu -- Terry L. Jones, Nathan E. Stevens, Deborah A. Jones, Richard T. Fitzgerald, Mark G. Hylkema
The central valley : a view from the catbird's seat -- Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Gregory G. White, and Mark Q. Sutton
Models made of glass : a prehistory of northeast California -- Kelly R. McGuire
The Sierra Nevada : archaeology in the range of light -- Kathleen L. Hull
Prehistory of the Northern California Bight and the adjacent transverse ranges -- Michael A. Glassow, Lynn H. Gamble, Jennifer E. Perry, and Glenn S. Russell
Archaeology of the Southern Bight : models for a new millennium -- Brian F. Byrd and L. Mark Raab
Advances in understanding Mojave Desert prehistory -- Mark Q. Sutton, Mark E. Basgall, Jill K. Gardner, Mark W. Allen
The Colorado Desert : ancient adaptations to wetlands and wastelands -- Jerry Schaefer and Don Laylander
Prehistoric material conveyance -- Richard E. Hughes and Randall Milliken
Rock art in the Golden State : pictographs and petroglyphs, portable and panoramic -- Amy J. Gilreath
Prehistoric mitochondrial DNA and population movements -- Jason A. Eshleman and David Glenn Smith
Colonization, culture, and complexity -- Terry L. Jones and Kathryn A. Klar.

Edition Notes

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

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Lanham, MD

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
979.4/00497
Library of Congress
E78.C15 C297 2010eb, , E78.C15C297 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource (xiv, 394 pages)
Number of pages
394

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27480565M
Internet Archive
californiaprehis0000unse
ISBN 10
0759113742, 0759119600
ISBN 13
9780759113749, 9780759119604
OCLC/WorldCat
668196125

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