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Islands through Time - A Human and Ecological History of California's Northern Channel Islands (Hardcover)
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Islands through Time - A Human and Ecological History of California's Northern Channel Islands (Hardcover)
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Explore the remarkable history of one of the jewels of the US
National Park system California's Northern Channel Islands,
sometimes called the American Galapagos and one of the jewels of
the US National Park system, are a located between 20 and 44 km off
the southern California mainland coast. Celebrated as a trip back
in time where tourists can capture glimpses of California prior to
modern development, the islands are often portrayed as frozen
moments in history where ecosystems developed in virtual isolation
for tens of thousands of years. This could not, however, be further
from the truth. For at least 13,000 years, the Chumash and their
ancestors occupied the Northern Channel Islands, leaving behind an
archaeological record that is one of the longest and best preserved
in the Americas. From ephemeral hunting and gathering camps to
densely populated coastal villages and Euro-American and Chinese
historical sites, archaeologists have studied the Channel Island
environments and material culture records for over 100 years. They
have pieced together a fascinating story of initial settlement by
mobile hunter-gatherers to the development of one of the world's
most complex hunter-gatherer societies ever recorded, followed by
the devastating effects of European contact and settlement. Likely
arriving by boat along a "kelp highway," Paleocoastal migrants
found not four offshore islands, but a single super island,
Santarosae. For millennia, the Chumash and their predecessors
survived dramatic changes to their land- and seascapes, climatic
fluctuations, and ever-evolving social and cultural systems.
Islands Through Time is the remarkable story of the human and
ecological history of California's Northern Channel Islands. We
weave the tale of how the Chumash and their ancestors shaped and
were shaped by their island homes. Their story is one of adaptation
to shifting land- and seascapes, growing populations, fluctuating
subsistence resources, and the innovation of new technologies,
subsistence strategies, and socio-political systems. Islands
Through Time demonstrates that to truly understand and preserve the
Channel Islands National Park today, archaeology and deep history
are critically important. The lessons of history can act as a guide
for building sustainable strategies into the future. The resilience
of the Chumash and Channel Island ecosystems provides a story of
hope for a world increasingly threatened by climate change,
declining biodiversity, and geopolitical instability.
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