Based on detailed excavation data, the author reconstructs the paleography of the Santa Barbara coast ca. 8500 years ago, makes comparisons to other early California sites, and applies his findings to current theories of hunter-gatherers and coastal environments. With an emphasis on paleographic reconstructions, site formation processes, chronological studies, and integrated faunal analyses, the work will be of interest to a wide range of scholars working in shell middens, hunter-gatherer ecology, geoarchaeology, and coatal or aquatic adaptations.
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At the time of European contact, California was home to some of the most populous and complex hunter-gatherer societies anywhere in the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shellfish taxa, midden constituents, many coastal canyons, multiple shell fragments, retouched chunk, seven test units, faunal classes, nutritional conversions, shellfish assemblage, chipped stone debitage, numerous manos, coastal paleogeography, early coastal sites, overlying midden, sea cliff retreat, grading spoils, metate fragments, bone bipoints, central site area, clam fragments, coastal migration theory, earliest coastal sites, early midden, estuarine taxa, intensive core reduction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Santa Barbara, San Dieguito, San Diego, Channel Islands, Santa Rosa Island, Oak Grove, Los Angeles, Monterey Bifacially, San Luis Obispo, Harris Site, San Augustin, Early Period, Eel Point, Monterey Unifacially, North Pacific, Coso Volcanic Field, Middle Period, Point Arguello, Chester King, New World, United States, Batiquitos Lagoon, Cañada de la Gaviota, Daisy Cave, Goleta Slough New!
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At the time of European contact, California was home to some of the most populous and complex hunter-gatherer societies anywhere in the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shellfish taxa, midden constituents, many coastal canyons, multiple shell fragments, retouched chunk, seven test units, faunal classes, nutritional conversions, shellfish assemblage, chipped stone debitage, numerous manos, coastal paleogeography, early coastal sites, overlying midden, sea cliff retreat, grading spoils, metate fragments, bone bipoints, central site area, clam fragments, coastal migration theory, earliest coastal sites, early midden, estuarine taxa, intensive core reduction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Santa Barbara, San Dieguito, San Diego, Channel Islands, Santa Rosa Island, Oak Grove, Los Angeles, Monterey Bifacially, San Luis Obispo, Harris Site, San Augustin, Early Period, Eel Point, Monterey Unifacially, North Pacific, Coso Volcanic Field, Middle Period, Point Arguello, Chester King, New World, United States, Batiquitos Lagoon, Cañada de la Gaviota, Daisy Cave, Goleta Slough New!
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- Santa Barbara County by Automobile Club of Southern California on 15 pages
- San Luis Obispo County by Automobile Club of Southern California on 11 pages
- Ventura County by Automobile Club of Southern California on 10 pages
- Hunter-Gatherers of Early Holocene Coastal California (Perspectives in California Archaeology) by Jon M. Erlandson on 5 pages
- Early Man (Knowing World History) by S.L. Case in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers by Kent Lightfoot in Back Matter
- In Search of Ancient North America: An Archaeological Journey to Forgotten Cultures by Heather Pringle in Back Matter
- Darwinian Archaeologies (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) by Herbert D.G. Maschner in Back Matter
- Human Adaptability: An Introduction To Ecological Anthropology, Second Edition by Emilio F Moran in Back Matter
- Faunal Extinction in an Island Society - Pygmy Hippopotamus Hunters of Cyprus (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) by Alan H. Simmons in Back Matter
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