Some forty scholars examine California's prehistory and archaeology, looking at marine and terrestrial palaeoenvironments, initial human colonization, linguistic prehistory, early forms of exchange, mitochondrial DNA studies, and rock art. This work is the most extensive study of California's prehistory undertaken in the past 20 years. An essential resource for any scholar of California prehistory and archaeology!
Terry L. Jones is an archaeologist at California Polytechnic University, San Luis, Obispo. Kathryn A. Klar is a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Archaeological Progress since 1984Chapter 2 Late Pleistocene and Holocene EnvironmentsChapter 3 Post-glacial Evolution of Coastal EnvironmentsChapter 4 One if by Land, Two if by Sea: Who Were the First Californians?Chapter 5 Colonization Technologies: Fluted Projectile Points and the San Clemente Island Woodworking/Microblade ComplexChapter 6 Linguistic PrehistoryChapter 7 Northwest California: Ancient Lifeways Among Forested Mountains, Flowing Rivers, and Rocky Ocean ShoresChapter 8 Punctuated Culture Change in the San Francisco Bay AreaChapter 9 The Central Coast: A Mid-Latitude MilieuChapter 10 The Central Valley: A View from the Catbird's SeatChapter 11 Models Made of Glass: A Prehistory of Northeast CaliforniaChapter 12 The Sierra Nevada: Archaeology in the Range of LightChapter 13 Prehistory of the Northern California Bight and the Adjacent Transverse RangesChapter 14 Prehistory of the Southern Bight: Models for a New MillenniumChapter 15 Advances in Understanding Mojave Desert PrehistoryChapter 16 The Colorado Desert: Ancient Adaptations to Wetlands and WastelandsChapter 17 Prehistoric Material ConveyanceChapter 18 Rock Art in the Golden State: Pictographs and Petroglyphs, Portable and PanoramicChapter 19 Prehistoric Mitochondrial DNA and Population MovementsChapter 20 Colonization, Culture and Complexity21 References