Papers presented at a symposium held in conjunction with the annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting in Denver in 2002. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The later evolution of the island Chumash / Jeanne E. Arnold and Anthony P. Graesch -- Identifying complexity during the early prehistory of Santa Cruz Island, California / Michael A. Glassow -- Status and the swordfish : the origins of large-species fishing among the Chumash / Julienne Bernard -- The role of ritual specialization in the evolution of prehistoric Chumash complexity / Sandra E. Hollimon -- Chumash bone whistles : the development of ceremonial integration in Chumash society / Ray Corbett -- Cultural transmission processes and change in bead types on Santa Cruz Island, California / Scott Pletka -- Social and economic dynamics on Late Holocene San Miguel Island, California / Torben C. Rick -- Quarries and microblades : trends in prehistoric land and resource use on eastern Santa Cruz Island / Jennifer E. Perry -- Specialized bead making among island Chumash households : community labor organization during the historic period / Anthony P. Graesch -- Complex hunter-gatherers of the southern California coast : a view from thousand miles north / Gary Coupland.
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