California Archaeology
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California Archaeology

  1. 798 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

California Archaeology

About this book

California Archaeology provides a compilation of knowledge for archeologists who are not California specialists. This book explains important cultural events and patterns discovered archeologically. Organized into 11 chapters, this book begins with an overview of California's historic and ancient environments as well as the evidence of Pleistocene human activity. This text then examines the glacial and other environmental conditions that would have influenced the origins, adaptations, and spread of the earliest North Americans. Other chapters consider how California's past is relevant to a wider understanding of human behavior. This book discusses as well the perceptions of Central Coast and San Francisco Bay region prehistory that have changed rapidly as a result of intensive fieldwork performed to comply with environmental law. The final chapter deals with the data of historical linguistics, which indicate something of the cultural relationships and events that might have occurred in the past. This book is a valuable resource for archeologists.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. California Archaeology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Chapter 1. A Goodly llande: California's Natural Setting
  12. Chapter 2. The First Californians
  13. Chapter 3. Early Cultures
  14. Chapter 4. Southern Coast Region
  15. Chapter 5. The Central Valley Region
  16. Chapter 6. San Francisco Bay and Central Coast Regions
  17. Chapter 7. The Sierra Nevada
  18. Chapter 8. The Desert Region
  19. Chapter 9. Northeastern California
  20. Chapter 10. The North Coastal Region
  21. Chapter 11. Linguistic Prehistory
  22. Appendix 1: Common and Scientific Names of Plants and Animals
  23. Appendix 2: County Abbreviations Used in Site Designations
  24. Glossary
  25. References
  26. Author Index
  27. Subject Index