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The island Chumash : behavioral ecology of a maritime society /

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"Kennett explores trends in demography, dietary expansion, economic intensification, and increasing sociopolitical sophistication evident in the archaeological record. By combining empirical findings based on new archaeological and paleoclimatic work and a thorough synthesis of earlier studies,...

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Main Author: Kennett, Douglas J (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Chumash Indians.
Indians of North America > California.
Chumash.
Peuples autochtones > Californie.
Chumash Indians
Indians of North America
California
Archäologie
Humanökologie
Chumash
Channel Islands
Öko-Ethologie
Iwi taketake.
Online Access:ebrary
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Summary:"Kennett explores trends in demography, dietary expansion, economic intensification, and increasing sociopolitical sophistication evident in the archaeological record. By combining empirical findings based on new archaeological and paleoclimatic work and a thorough synthesis of earlier studies, Kennett argues that the social and political complexity evident among the island Chumash historically was ultimately a product of individual responses to demographic expansion, human impact on marine habitats, and periods of rapid climatic change."--Jacket.
Physical Description:xii, 298 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-290) and index.
ISBN:0520243021
9780520243026