California's Channel Islands
Subtitle: the archaeology of human-environment interactions
By: edited by Christopher S. Jazwa and Jennifer E. Perry
Series: The anthropology of Pacific North America series
Publisher: The University of Utah Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781607812715; 9781607812722
Subjects: Antiquities; Human ecology; History; Indians of North America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Christopher S. Jazwa and Jennifer E. Perry; title: The ecological, environmental, and cultural contexts for island archaeology / Christopher S. Jazwa and Jennifer E. Perry; title: Points in space and time: the distribution of paleocoastal points and crescents on California's northern Channel Islands / Todd J. Braje, Jon M. Erlandson, and Torben C. Rick; title: The early holocene occupation of Santa Cruz Island / Amy E. Gusick; title: Settlement systems on Santa Cruz Island between 6300 and 5300 BP / Michael A. Glassow; title: The ideal free distribution and settlement history at old Ranch Canyon, Santa Rosa Island, California / Christopher S. Jazwa, Douglas J. Kennett, and Bruce Winterhalder; title: Geographic information systems as a tool for analyzing intrasite spatial variability on San Nicolas Island, California / Richard B. Guttenberg, Ren L. Vellanoweth, William E. Kendig, Rebekka G. Knierim, and Steven J. Schwartz; title: Paleoethnobotanical investigations on the Channel Islands: current directions and theoretical considerations / Kristina M. Gill; title: The archaeology of ritual on the Channel Islands / Jennifer E. Perry; title: Cultural landscapes of Catalina Island / Wendy G. Teeter, Desire Rene Martinez, and Karimah O. Kennedy Richardson; title: The native depopulation of Santa Catalina Island, California / Ivan H. Strudwick; title: Island perspectives / Michael Jochim.