Before California : an archaeologist looks at our earliest inhabitants / Brian Fagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fagan, Brian M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--California--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

California.

Antiquities.

California--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xvi, 400 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

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.

Contents:

Part I. The Archaeologist's Tale 1

1 A Stream of Time (Before 11,200 B.C. to A.D. 1542) 3

Part II. Beginnings (Before 11,200 to C. 2500 B.C.) 39

2 First Footprints (Before 11,200 B.C. to C. 9000 B.C.) 41

3 The First Coastal Settlement (C. 11,000 to 6500 B.C.) 62

4 The Mainland: A World of Milling Stones (9500 to 2500 B.C.) 79

5 The Dolphin Hunters (C. 6500 to 2500 B.C.) 102

Part III. The Web of Interconnectedness (C. 2500 to 1500 B.C.) 125

6 A Changing World (C. 2500 to 1500 B.C.) 127

7 The Seductive Glass 157

8 The Realm of the Supernatural 177

9 Art on the Rocks 191

Part IV. A Crowded World (C. 1500 B.C. to A.D. 1542) 215

10 The Northwest: Dugouts and Salmon 217

11 San Francisco Bay: A Landscape of Mounds 244

12 Central Valley and Foothills: Realm of the Rivers 268

13 The South and Southeast: Coast, Hinterland, and Desert 294

14 Santa Barbara Channel: The World of the Tomol 324

15 Entrada 357.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-383) and index.

ISBN:

0742527948

OCLC:

50725439