California Indians and their environment : an introduction
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California Indians and their environment : an introduction
（California natural history guides, No. 96）
University of California Press, c2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-449) and index
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Description
Capturing the vitality of California's unique indigenous cultures, this major new introduction incorporates the extensive research of the past thirty years into an illuminating, comprehensive synthesis for a wide audience. Based in part on new archaeological findings, it tells how the California Indians lived in vibrant polities, each boasting a rich village life including chiefs, religious specialists, master craftspeople, dances, feasts, and ceremonies. Throughout, the book emphasizes how these diverse communities interacted with the state's varied landscape, enhancing its already bountiful natural resources through various practices centered around prescribed burning.A handy reference section, illustrated with more than one hundred color photographs, describes the plants, animals, and minerals the California Indians used for food, basketry and cordage, medicine, and more. At a time when we are grappling with the problems of maintaining habitat diversity and sustainable economies, we find that these native peoples and their traditions have much to teach us about the future, as well as the past, of California.
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments RETHINKING CALIFORNIA INDIANS Why California Indians Matter The Central Role of Fire Waves of Migrations A Landscape of Unparalleled Diversity The Uniqueness of California The First Fire Managers They Are Not Farmers Where We Go from Here VISUAL GUIDE TO NATURAL RESOURCES A GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA INDIAN USES OF NATURAL RESOURCES Introduction Northwest Coast Province Central Coast Province South Coast Province Northwest Coast Province Great Central Valley/Sierra Nevada Province Southern Deserts Province Notes Bibliography Art Credits Index
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