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Title

The archaeology and historical ecology of Late Holocene San Miguel Island / by Torben C. Rick.

Author

Rick, Torben C.

Publication

Los Angeles : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, 2007.

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Description

xii, 180 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.

Summary

• "California's northern Channel Islands have one of the longest and best preserved archaeological records in the Americas, spanning some 13,000 calendar years. When European explorers first traveled to the area, these islands were inhabited by the Chumash, some of the most populous and culturally complex hunter-gatherers known. Chumash society was characterized by hereditary leaders, sophisticated exchange networks and interaction spheres, and diverse maritime economies. Focusing on the archaeology of five sites dated to the last 3,000 years, this book examines the archaeology and historical ecology of San Miguel Island, the westernmost and most isolated of the northern Channel Islands.
• Detailed faunal, artifact, and other data are woven together in a diachronic analysis that investigates the interplay of social and ecological developments on this unique island. The first to focus solely on San Miguel Island archaeology, this book investigates issues ranging from coastal adaptations to emergent cultural complexity to historical ecology and human impacts on ancient environments."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology perspectives in California archaeology ; v. 8

Uniform Title

Perspectives in California archaeology ; v. 8.

Subject

• Chumash Indians > San Miguel Island > Antiquities
• Excavations (Archaeology) > San Miguel Island
• Paleo-Indians > San Miguel Island
• Paleoecology > Holocene
• San Miguel Island (Calif.) > Antiquities

Note

• Rev. and expanded version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2004.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-173) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Environments and peoples of the Channel Islands -- Project methods -- An early Late Holocene settlement on Cuyler Harbor -- Late Holocene occupation of Otter Harbor -- Historic period San Miguel Island -- Late Holocene cultural and environmental dynamics.

ISBN

• 9781931745369 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1931745366 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781931745376 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1931745374 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007000294

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