| California Maritime Archaeology: A San Clemente Island Perspective Contributor(s): Raab, L. Mark (Author), Cassidy, Jim (Author), Yatsko, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0759113165 ISBN-13: 9780759113169 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $119.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: San Clemente Island serves as a microcosm of California maritime archaeology from prehistoric through historic times. The authors use findings from nearly two decades of research on the island to present a cultural history that defies many previous assumptions about the coastal prehistory of the Pacific Northwest. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: 979.496 |
| LCCN: 2009006738 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.30 lbs) 290 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - West Coast - Cultural Region - Southern California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: San Clemente Island is a microcosm of California coastal archaeology from prehistoric through historic times-not only because of the extensiveness of its archaeological remains but because those remains have been so well preserved. In California Maritime Archaeology, the authors use the island as a platform to explore evidence of early seafaring, colonization, paleoenvironmental change, and cultural interaction along the California coast. They make a strong case that San Clemente island should be seen as a kind of "California archaeological Galapagos," offering an extraordinary variety of ancient life as well as surprising information about prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the northern Pacific. The authors' two decades of research have resulted in this rich cultural history that defies widespread assumptions about California's ancient maritime history. |