California Prehistory (eBook, PDF)

Colonization, Culture, and Complexity
Redaktion: Jones, Terry L.; Klar, Kathryn A.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881854324
• Artikelnr.: 74835146

Autorenporträt

Terry L. Jones is an archaeologist at California Polytechnic University, San Luis, Obispo. Kathryn A. Klar is a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Archaeological Progress since 1984 Chapter 2 Late Pleistocene and
Holocene Environments Chapter 3 Post-glacial Evolution of Coastal
Environments Chapter 4 One if by Land, Two if by Sea: Who Were the First
Californians? Chapter 5 Colonization Technologies: Fluted Projectile Points
and the San Clemente Island Woodworking/Microblade Complex Chapter 6
Linguistic Prehistory Chapter 7 Northwest California: Ancient Lifeways
Among Forested Mountains, Flowing Rivers, and Rocky Ocean Shores Chapter 8
Punctuated Culture Change in the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter 9 The
Central Coast: A Mid-Latitude Milieu Chapter 10 The Central Valley: A View
from the Catbird's Seat Chapter 11 Models Made of Glass: A Prehistory of
Northeast California Chapter 12 The Sierra Nevada: Archaeology in the Range
of Light Chapter 13 Prehistory of the Northern California Bight and the
Adjacent Transverse Ranges Chapter 14 Prehistory of the Southern Bight:
Models for a New Millennium Chapter 15 Advances in Understanding Mojave
Desert P