Islanders and mainlanders : prehistoric context for the Southern California Bight /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Altschul, Jeffrey H., Grenda, Donn R.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tucson, Ariz. : SRI Press, [2002]
Subjects:	Indians of North America > California > Antiquities. Indians of North America > Southern California Bight (Calif. and Mexico) > Antiquities. Indians of North America > Southern California Bight (Calif. and Mexico) > History. Human ecology > Southern California Bight (Calif. and Mexico) Coastal ecology > Southern California Bight (Calif. and Mexico) Southern California Bight (Calif. and Mexico) > Antiquities. Southern California Bight (Calif. and Mexico) > History.

Table of Contents:

Why study channel islands? A question of context / Jeffrey H. Altschul
Islanders and mainlanders: a critical review of the anthropological literature / Hsain Ilahiane and Jeffrey H. Altschul
A tale of two cultures: the Chumash and the Gabrielino / William McCawley
Paradise or purgatory: environments, past and present / René L. Vellanoweth and Donn R. Grenda
Antiquarians, culture historians, and scientists: the archaeology of the Bight / René L. Vellanoweth and Jeffrey H. Altschul
A moveable feast: isolation and mobility among Southern California hunter-gatherers / Donn R. Grenda and Jeffrey H. Altschul
Complex cultures, complex arguments: sociopolitical organization in the Bight / Donn R. Grenda and Jeffrey H. Altschul
Scales and axes: the cultural geography of Southern California / Jeffrey H. Altschul.