California's Channel Islands - The Archaeology of Human-Environment Interactions (Hardcover)

California's Channel Islands are a chain of eight islands that extend along the state's southern coastline from Santa Barbara's Point Conception to the Mexican border. Popular tourist destinations today, these islands once supported some of the earliest human populations in the Americas; archaeological evidence of maritime Paleo-Indian settlements on the northern islands dates back some 13,000 years. The indigenous peoples of the islands--the Chumash of the northern islands and the Tongva of the southern islands--thrived into historic times by relying upon the abundance and diversity of marine and terrestrial resources available to them. "California's Channel Islands "presents a definitive archaeological investigation of these unique islands and their inhabitants, and is the first publication to discuss the islands and their peoples holistically rather than individually or by subgroup.
Tracing the human occupation of the islands from the earliest settlement at the end of the Pleistocene by marine-adapted foragers with sophisticated stone tool technologies to the tragic story of historic depopulation continuing into the nineteenth century, contributors discuss topics including human settlement patterns on small and large scales, prehistoric trails, the use of plant resources, and ceremonialism. They also address the decisions that people made when confronted with diverse and changing environments. By focusing on distinct aspects of human relationships with California's Channel Islands through time, they tell a story of settlement, subsistence, and ritual on the coastal edge of western North America.
This compendium of scholarship condenses decades of excavation and analysis into a single, illuminating volume that will be indispensable for those interested in the Channel Islands or New World history or archaeology.

General

Imprint:	University of Utah Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Anthropology of Pacific North America
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	October 2013
Editors:	Christopher S. Jazwa • Jennifer E Perry
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-60781-271-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-60781-271-1
Barcode:	9781607812715

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