California Maritime Archaeology

A San Clemente Island Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

AvL. Mark Raab,Jim Cassidy,Andrew Yatsko,William J. Howard

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San Clemente Island is a microcosm of California coastal archaeology from prehistoric through historic times—not only because of the extensiveness of its archaeological remains but because those remains have been so well preserved. In California Maritime Archaeology, the authors use the island as a platform to explore evidence of early seafaring, colonization, paleoenvironmental change, and cultural interaction along the California coast. They make a strong case that San Clemente island should be seen as a kind of "California archaeological Galapagos," offering an extraordinary variety of ancient life as well as surprising information about prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the northern Pacific. The authors' two decades of research have resulted in this rich cultural history that defies widespread assumptions about California's ancient maritime history.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-08-16
Mått161 x 239 x 22 mm
Vikt583 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor290
FörlagAltaMira Press
MedarbetareFagan,Brian
ISBN9780759113169

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L. Mark Raab is emeritus professor of anthropology, California State University, Northridge. He has written scores of scholarly articles and several books, including editing California Prehistory, Archaeology, and the Myth of Paradise with Terry L. Jones, pub. University of Utah Press 2004. Jim Cassidy is an environmental specialist with the United States Marine Corps. Andrew Yatsko is a staff archaeologist with the U.S. Navy. William Howard is a research associate at the Center for Public Archaeology at California State University, Northridge.

Chapter 1 ForewordPart 2 Part I. IntrodcutionChapter 3 Chapter 1. California GalapagosChapter 4 Chapter 2. San Clemente IslandChapter 5 Chapter 3. Coastal Prehistory and the Island GabrielinoPart 6 Part II. Early HoloceneChapter 7 Chapter 4. The Ancient Mariners of Eel PointChapter 8 Chapter 5. The Dolphin HuntersPart 9 Part III. Middle HoloceneChapter 10 Chapter 6. This Old HouseChapter 11 Chapter 7. Beads and the Great Basin ConnectionPart 12 Part IV. The Late HoloceneChapter 13 Chapter 8. Tragedy of the CommonsChapter 14 Chapter 9. Medieval Climatic CrisisChapter 15 Chapter 10. In the Shadow of ChiefdomsChapter 16 Chapter 11. Vectors of Death and Native MessiahsPart 17 Part V. Toward a New Paradigm of Maritime PrehistoryChapter 18 Chapter 12. Perspectives from an Island Laboratory

This important study offers new perspectives on maritime hunter-gatherers based on more than two decades of cutting-edge archaeological research on San Clemente Island in southern California. Synthesizing more than 9,000 years of history, Raab, Cassidy, Yatsko, and Howard address some of the big issues in hunter-gatherer studies today: early seafaring, the timing of residential stability, long-term human-environmental interactions, sociopolitical complexity, and colonial encounters. This provocative book will energize healthy debate about maritime societies in California for years to come.