| Title |
Before California : an archaeologist looks at our earliest inhabitants / Brian Fagan. |
| Author |
Fagan, Brian M. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79058690
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| Description |
xvi, 400 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Publication |
Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003] |
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©2003 |
| Note |
"An AltaMira Press book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-383) and index. |
| Contents |
The Archaeologist's Tale -- Beginnings (Before 11,200 to C. 2500 B.C.) -- The Web of Interconnectedness (C. 2500 to 1500 B.C.) -- A Crowded World (C. 1500 B.C. to A.D. 1542). |
| Summary |
As the tour guide for this fascinating trip across the Golden State, the author will take uou to visit distinct societies in widely constrasting environments: Chumash villages on the Santa Barbara coast, shellmounds in the San Francisco Bay, salmon trappers of the northern streams, acorn gatherers of the Central Valley, and shamans who painted a multitude of mysterious figures on stone. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- California -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065441
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California -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018868
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