Lost laborers in colonial California : Native Americans and the archaeology of Rancho Petaluma / Stephen W. Silliman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silliman, Stephen W., 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--California--Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (Petaluma)--History--19th century.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--California--Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (Petaluma)--Antiquities.

Indians of North America--California--Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (Petaluma)--Social life and customs.

Excavations (Archaeology)--California--Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (Petaluma).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Manners and customs.

Antiquities.

History.

California.

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (Petaluma, Calif.)--History--19th century.

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (Petaluma, Calif.).

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (Petaluma, Calif.)--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xxii, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2004]

Contents:

Native Americans and colonialism : an introduction

Native life and labor : a California rancho perspective

Revisiting history : Native Americans at Rancho Petaluma

Lost laborers in Northern California : search and recovery

Things of everyday life : material culture on Rancho Petaluma

Food and politics on colonial ranchos : the Petaluma case

Colonial worlds, indigenous practices : interpreting Rancho Petaluma

Conclusion : Stepping back and moving forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-243) and index.

ISBN:

0816523819

OCLC:

55097876