California Archaeology

List of FiguresList of TablesForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1. A Goodly llande: California's Natural Setting Introduction Native Cultures Numbers and Diversity Subsistence Trade Social Organization Cultural Summary Environment: Scope and Purpose Physiography and Geology Klamath Mountains Cascade Range Modoc Plateau Great Basin Sierra Nevada Great Central Valley Coast Ranges Transverse Ranges Mojave Desert Colorado Desert (Salton Trough) Peninsular Ranges Climate Life Zones and Vegetation Types Lower Sonoran Zone Upper Sonoran Zone Transition Zone The Upper Zones Great Basin Types Historic Transformations Synopsis of Natural History2. The First Californians Introduction Glaciers and Seas Peopling America Pleistocene California Climate and Water Rancholabrean Fauna Summary Evaluating the Archaeological Evidence Possible Early Sites Lake Manix The Calico Hills Site Yuha Pinto Wash The Yuha Burial La Jolla Shores and Del Mar Laguna Beach "Los Angeles Man" Angeles Mesa Rancho La Brea Santa Rosa and San Miguel Islands La Jolla and San Diego The Farmington Complex Potter Creek Cave The Tranquillity Site (Fre-48) China Lake Summary and Conclusions3. Early Cultures Introduction Environments The Fluted-Point Tradition Introduction Tulare Lake Borax Lake (Lak-36) China Lake Other Fluted-Point Discoveries Summary Faunal Extinctions The Western Pluvial Lakes Tradition Introduction Nomenclature Characteristics and Origins Lake Mojave Complex San Dieguito: The C. W. Harris Site Buena Vista Lake (Ker-116) The Mostin Site (Lak-380/381) Burns Valley (Lak-741, -742) WPLT Summary A Paleo-Coastal Tradition? Introduction Rancho Park North (SDM-W-49) Diablo Canyon Sites Summary Early Sites in West-Central California Conclusions4. Southern Coast Region Introduction Environment Native Cultures Early Archaeology Explorations Culture Change Prehistoric Reconstructions: Santa Barbara Subregion Topanga Canyon Coastal Sites Summary Channel Island Prehistory The Santa Barbara Sequence Revisited Coastal Phases Coastal-Inland Relationships Social Status and Mortuary Patterns Channel Prehistory: An Integrated Chronology Prehistoric Reconstructions: San Diego Subregion La Jolla Complex The Pauma Complex Sayles Complex Late Prehistory Regional Syntheses Summary and Conclusions5. The Central Valley Region Introduction Environment Native Cultures Early Archaeological Work Origins of a Central Valley Sequence The Delta Sequence The Central California Taxonomic System Central California Horizons Chronology Further Investigations San Joaquin Valley Sacramento Valley Rethinking the Central Califomia Sequence Central California Patterns Windmiller Pattern Berkeley Pattern Augustine Pattern Summary and Conclusions6. San Francisco Bay and Central Coast Regions Introduction Natural History San Francisco Bay Region Central Coast Region Native Cultures Exploratory Archaeology Introduction Central Coast Region The San Francisco Bay Region Summary and Discussion Regional and Local Prehistories Introduction The Central Coast Region San Francisco Bay Region Summary and Conclusions7. The Sierra Nevada Natural History Native Cultures Early Archaeology The Northern Sierra Lake Tahoe Vicinity The West Slope Summary The Central Sierra Mortuary Caves Yosemite National Park North-Central Sierra Nevada South-Central Foothills Summary The Southern Sierra Kings and San Joaquin Uplands Sequoia-Kings Canyon Locality Far Southern Sierra Discussion8 The Desert Region Environment Native Peoples of the California Deserts Early Archaeology of the California Deserts Later Archaeology of the California Deserts Northeastern Mojave Desert Owens Valley and Northwest Mojave Desert Western Mojave Desert Southeastern Mojave Desert Mojave River Valley Colorado Desert and Peninsular Ranges Synthesis Introduction Pinto Period (5000-2000 B.C.) Gypsum Period (2000 B.C.-A.D. 500) Saratoga Springs Period (A.D. 500-1200) Protohistoric Period (A.D. 1200-Historic) Summary9. Northeastern Cahfornia Introduction Environment Ethnographic Setting The Archaeological Record Exploratory Archaeology Chronology and Culture History Problem-Oriented Archaeology Public Archaeology: Adverse and Beneficial Impacts Conclusions and Prospectus10. The North Coastal Region Introduction Environment Native Cultures The Northwest Coast Subregion: Archaeology The Gunther Pattern Interior Archaeology The Eel River Subregion: Archaeology Culture Chronology Settlement Pattern Studies The Russian River Subregion: Archaeology Early Investigations Language and Archaeological Assemblages Local Sequences Summary Summary and Conclusions11. Linguistic Prehistory Introduction Linguistic Models California's Native Languages Hokan Stock Yukian Stock Penutian Stock Algic Superfamily Athapascan Family Uto-Aztecan Family Prehistoric Language Shifts 10,000-6000 B.C. 6000-4000 B.C. 4000-2000 B.C. 2000 B.C.-A.D. 1 A.D. 1-1000 A.D. 1000-1850Appendix 1: Common and Scientific Names of Plants and Animals Plants Mollusks Fishes Reptiles Birds MammalsAppendix 2: County Abbreviations Used in Site DesignationsGlossaryReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index