Archaeology On The Northern Channel Islands Of California
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Archaeology On The Northern Channel Islands Of California
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Author : Brenda Bowser
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Archaeology On The Northern Channel Islands Of California written by Brenda Bowser and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Social Science categories.
Islands Through Time
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Author : Todd J. Braje
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-11-06
Islands Through Time written by Todd J. Braje and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-06 with Social Science categories.
Explore the remarkable history of one of the jewels of the US National Park system California’s Northern Channel Islands, sometimes called the American Galápagos and one of the jewels of the US National Park system, are a located between 20 and 44 km off the southern California mainland coast. Celebrated as a trip back in time where tourists can capture glimpses of California prior to modern development, the islands are often portrayed as frozen moments in history where ecosystems developed in virtual isolation for tens of thousands of years. This could not, however, be further from the truth. For at least 13,000 years, the Chumash and their ancestors occupied the Northern Channel Islands, leaving behind an archaeological record that is one of the longest and best preserved in the Americas. From ephemeral hunting and gathering camps to densely populated coastal villages and Euro-American and Chinese historical sites, archaeologists have studied the Channel Island environments and material culture records for over 100 years. They have pieced together a fascinating story of initial settlement by mobile hunter-gatherers to the development of one of the world’s most complex hunter-gatherer societies ever recorded, followed by the devastating effects of European contact and settlement. Likely arriving by boat along a “kelp highway,” Paleocoastal migrants found not four offshore islands, but a single super island, Santarosae. For millennia, the Chumash and their predecessors survived dramatic changes to their land- and seascapes, climatic fluctuations, and ever-evolving social and cultural systems. Islands Through Time is the remarkable story of the human and ecological history of California’s Northern Channel Islands. We weave the tale of how the Chumash and their ancestors shaped and were shaped by their island homes. Their story is one of adaptation to shifting land- and seascapes, growing populations, fluctuating subsistence resources, and the innovation of new technologies, subsistence strategies, and socio-political systems. Islands Through Time demonstrates that to truly understand and preserve the Channel Islands National Park today, archaeology and deep history are critically important. The lessons of history can act as a guide for building sustainable strategies into the future. The resilience of the Chumash and Channel Island ecosystems provides a story of hope for a world increasingly threatened by climate change, declining biodiversity, and geopolitical instability.
Archaeological Overview Of The Northern Channel Islands California Including Santa Barbara Island
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Author : University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Anthropology
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Archaeological Overview Of The Northern Channel Islands California Including Santa Barbara Island written by University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Anthropology and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Archaeology categories.
Archaeological Overview Of The Northern Channel Islands Including Santa Barbara Island
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Author : Michael A. Glassow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Archaeological Overview Of The Northern Channel Islands Including Santa Barbara Island written by Michael A. Glassow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with California categories.
An Archaeological Overview Of The Northern Channel Islands California
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Author : Michael A. Glassow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986-04-01
An Archaeological Overview Of The Northern Channel Islands California written by Michael A. Glassow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-04-01 with categories.
The Archaeology And Historical Ecology Of Late Holocene San Miguel Island
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Author : Torben C. Rick
language : en
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Release Date : 2007-12-31
The Archaeology And Historical Ecology Of Late Holocene San Miguel Island written by Torben C. Rick and has been published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-31 with History categories.
California's northern Channel Islands have one of the longest and best-preserved archaeological records in the Americas, spanning some 13,000 calendar years. When European explorers first travelled to the area, these islands were inhabited by the Chumash, some of the most populous and culturally complex hunter-gatherers known. Chumash society was characterised by hereditary leaders, sophisticated exchange networks and interaction spheres, and diverse maritime economies. Focusing on the archaeology of five sites dated to the last 3,000 years, this book examines the archaeology and historical ecology of San Miguel Island, the westernmost and most isolated of the northern Channel Islands. Detailed faunal, artefact, and other data are woven together in a diachronic analysis that investigates the interplay of social and ecological developments on this unique island. The first to focus solely on San Miguel Island archaeology, this book examines issues ranging from coastal adaptations to emergent cultural complexity to historical ecology and human impacts on ancient environments.
An Archaeology Of Abundance
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Author : Kristina M. Gill
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2019-01-23
An Archaeology Of Abundance written by Kristina M. Gill and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-23 with Social Science categories.
The islands of Alta and Baja California changed dramatically in the centuries after Spanish colonists arrived. Native populations were decimated by disease, and their lives were altered through forced assimilation and the cessation of traditional foraging practices. Overgrazing, overfishing, and the introduction of nonnative species depleted natural resources severely. Most scientists have assumed the islands were also relatively marginal for human habitation before European contact, but An Archaeology of Abundance reassesses this long-held belief, analyzing new lines of evidence suggesting that the California islands were rich in resources important to human populations. Contributors examine data from Paleocoastal to historic times that suggest the islands were optimal habitats that provided a variety of foods, fresh water, minerals, and fuels for the people living there. Botanical remains from these sites, together with the modern resurgence of plant communities after the removal of livestock, challenge theories that plant foods had to be imported for survival. Geoarchaeological surveys show that the islands had a variety of materials for making stone tools, and zooarchaeological data show that marine resources were abundant and that the translocation of plants and animals from the mainland further enhanced an already rich resource base. Studies of extensive exchange, underwater forests of edible seaweeds, and high island population densities also support the case for abundance on the islands. Concluding that the California islands were not marginal environments for early humans, the discoveries presented in this volume hold significant implications for reassessing the ancient history of islands around the world that have undergone similar ecological transformations. A volume in the series Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology, edited by Victor D. Thompson
California S Channel Islands
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Author : Christopher S. Jazwa
language : en
Publisher: Anthropology of Pacific North
Release Date : 2013
California S Channel Islands written by Christopher S. Jazwa and has been published by Anthropology of Pacific North this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Definitive analyses of these unique Pacific coast islands and their inhabitants
Archaeological Overview Of The Northern Channel Islands Including Santa Barbara Island
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Author : Michael A. Glassow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Archaeological Overview Of The Northern Channel Islands Including Santa Barbara Island written by Michael A. Glassow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Channel Islands (Calif.) categories.
Proceedings Of The Fifth California Islands Symposium
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Author : David R. Browne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Proceedings Of The Fifth California Islands Symposium written by David R. Browne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Archaeology categories.