Contemporary issues in California archaeology / Terry L. Jones, Jennifer E. Perry, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Society for American Archaeology. Meeting (76th : 2011 : Sacramento, Calif.)

Contributor:

Jones, Terry L.

Perry, Jennifer E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--California--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

California--Antiquities.

California.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent archaeological research on California includes a greater diversity of models and approaches to the region's past, as older literature on the subject struggles to stay relevant. This comprehensive volume offers an in-depth look at the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in the field including key controversies relevant to the Golden State: coastal colonization, impacts of comets and drought cycles, systems of power, Polynesian contacts, and the role of indigenous peoples in the research process, among others. With a specific emphasis on those aspects of California's p

Contents:

Part I: Origins, environment, and ecology

The archaeology of a goodly ilande / Terry L. Jones and Jennifer E. Perry

A land by the sea / Jon M. Erlandson

A land impacted? The Younger-Dryas Boundary (YDB) event in California / Terry L. Jones and Douglas J. Kennett

A land of diversity: genetic insights into ancestral origins / John R. Johnson, Cara Monroe, Brian Kemp, and Joseph G. Lorenz

A land of many people: population dynamics as context and catalyst / Kathleen L. Hull

A land of many seasons: bioarchaeology and the medieval climatic anomaly hypothesis in Central California / Terry L. Jones and Al W. Schwitalla

A land of work: foraging behavior and ecology / Brian F. Codding, Douglas W. Bird, and Terry L. Jones

A land of prestige / William R. Hildebrandt and Kelly McGuire

A land of fire: anthropogenic burning on the central coast of California / Rob Cuthrell, Chuck Striplen, Mark Hylkema, and Kent G. Lightfoot

Part II: Social dimensions of the past

A land of power: the materiality of wealth, knowledge, authority, and the supernatural / Lynn H. Gamble

A land of violence / Mark W. Allen

A land visited: reviewing the case for Polynesian contact in Southern California / Terry L. Jones and Kathryn A. Klar

A land of style: a quantitative and cultural transmission approach to understanding Coso rock art / Jelmer W. Eerkens, Rebecca Dinkel, and Carol Ormsbee

A land of vision and dreams / Tamara K. Whitley and David S. Whitley

A land of boundaries / David W. Robinson, Michelle Wienhold, and Wendy Whitby

A land of many genders / Daniel Murley and Sandra Hollimon

A land of ethnogenesis: material culture, power, and identity / Barbara L. Voss

A land of cultural pluralism: case studies from California's colonial frontiers / Tsim D Schneider, Sara L Gonzalez, Kent G. Lightfoot, Lee M. Panich and Matthew A Russell

A land of inequality / Adrian Praetzellis and Mary Praetzellis

A land of many archaeologists: archaeology with native Californians / Desireé Reneé Martinez

A land of many perspectives / Jennifer E. Perry and Terry L. Jones.

Notes:

First published 2012 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-43163-7

1-315-43164-5

1-315-43165-3

1-61132-093-3

9781315431659

OCLC:

793166820