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Author:

Society for American Archaeology. Meeting (76th : 2011 : Sacramento, Calif.)

Title:

Contemporary issues in California archaeology / Terry L. Jones, Jennifer E. Perry, editors.

Publisher:

Left Coast PressInc.,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

396 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Indians of North America--California--Antiquities--Congresses.
California--Antiquities--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Jones, Terry L.
Perry, Jennifer E.

Notes:

Contributions from two sessions of the 2011 meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, held in Sacramento, Calif., on Mar. 31, 2011 -- Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part I: Origins, environment, and ecology -- The archaeology of a goodly ilande / Terry L. Jones and Jennifer E. Perry -- A land by the sea: an ocean view of California / Jon M. Erlandson -- A land impacted? The Younger-Dryas Boundary event in California / Terry L. Jones and Douglas J. Kennett -- A land of diversity: genetic insights into ancestral origins / John R. Johnson, Brian Kemp, Cara Monroe, and Joseph G. Lorenz -- A land of many people: population dynamics as context and catalyst / Kathleen L. Hull -- A land of many seasons: bioarchaeology and the medieval climatic anomaly hypothesis in Central California / Al W. Schwitalla and Terry L. Jones -- A land of work: foraging behavior and ecology / Brian F. Codding, Douglas W. Bird, and Terry L. Jones -- A land of prestige / William R. Hildebrandt and Kelly R. McGuire -- A land of fire: anthropogenic burning on the central coast of California / Rob Q. Cuthrell, Chuck Striplen, Mark Hylkema, and Kent G. Lightfoot --
Part II: Social dimensions of the past -- A land of power: the materiality of wealth, knowledge, authority, and the supernatural / Lynn H. Gamble -- A land of violence / Mark W. Allen -- A land visited: reviewing the case for Polynesian contact in Southern California / Terry L. Jones and Kathryn A. Klar -- A land of style: a quantitative and cultural transmission approach to understanding Coso rock art / Jelmer W. Eerkens, Rebecca Dinkel, and Carol Ormsbee -- A land of vision and dreams / David S. Whitley and Tamara K. Whitley -- A land of boundaries and networks / David W. Robinson, Michelle Wienhold, and Wendy Whitby -- A land of many genders / Sandra E. Hollimon and Daniel F. Murley -- A land of ethnogenesis: material culture, power, and identity / Barbara L. Voss -- A land of cultural pluralism: case studies from California's colonial frontiers / Tsim D Schneider, Sara L Gonzalez, Kent G. Lightfoot, Lee M. Panich, and Matthew A. Russell --
A land of inequality: structure, agency, and the archaeology of African Americans / Adrian Praetzellis and Mary Praetzellis -- A land of many archaeologists: archaeology with native Californians / Desire©♭ Rene©♭ Martinez -- Conclusion: a land of many perspectives / Jennifer E. Perry and Terry L. Jones.

ISBN:

9781611324631 (consumer ebook)
1611324637 (consumer ebook)
9781611320930 (institutional ebook)
1611320933 (institutional ebook)
1611320925 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781611320923 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1611320917 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781611320916 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)764361000

LCCN:

2011049560

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)