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California Indians and their environment : an introduction / Kent G. Lightfoot and Otis Parrish ; contributions by Lee M. Panich ... [et al.].
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lightfoot, Kent G., 1953-
- Series:
- California natural history guides ; 96.
- California natural history guide series ; no. 96
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--California--Social life and customs.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Hunting--California.
- Hunting and gathering societies--California.
- Hunting and gathering societies.
- Human ecology--California--History.
- Human ecology.
- Indigenous peoples--Ecology--California.
- Indigenous peoples.
- California--Environmental conditions--History.
- California.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (513 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Capturing the vitality of California's unique indigenous cultures, this major new introduction incorporates the extensive research of the past thirty years into an illuminating, comprehensive synthesis for a wide audience. Based in part on new archaeological findings, it tells how the California Indians lived in vibrant polities, each boasting a rich village life including chiefs, religious specialists, master craftspeople, dances, feasts, and ceremonies. Throughout, the book emphasizes how these diverse communities interacted with the state's varied landscape, enhancing its already bountiful natural resources through various practices centered around prescribed burning. A handy reference section, illustrated with more than one hundred color photographs, describes the plants, animals, and minerals the California Indians used for food, basketry and cordage, medicine, and more. At a time when we are grappling with the problems of maintaining habitat diversity and sustainable economies, we find that these native peoples and their traditions have much to teach us about the future, as well as the past, of California.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- VISUAL GUIDE TO NATURAL RESOURCES
- CALIFORNIA INDIAN USES OF NATURAL RESOURCES
- Notes
- General References
- Resource References by Region and Type
- Art Credits
- Index
- More Advance Praise
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786613767158
- 9781280995545
- 1280995548
- 9780520942288
- 0520942280
- OCLC:
- 799766966
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