Early HunterGatherers of the California Coast Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Based on detailed excavation data, the author reconstructs the paleography of the Santa Barbara coast ca. 8500 years ago, makes comparisons to other early California sites, and applies his findings to current theories of hunter-gatherers and coastal environments. With an emphasis on paleographic reconstructions, site formation processes, chronological studies, and integrated faunal analyses, the work will be of interest to a wide range of scholars working in shell middens, hunter-gatherer ecology, geoarchaeology, and coatal or aquatic adaptations. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii California’s Coastal Hunter-Gatherers....Pages 1-19 Environmental Setting....Pages 21-35 Culture History....Pages 37-51 Research Procedures....Pages 53-63 Investigations at SBA-1807....Pages 65-116 Investigations at SBA-2061....Pages 117-141 Investigations at SBA-2057....Pages 143-160 Early Holocene Adaptations of the Santa Barbara Channel....Pages 161-199 Early Holocene Cultural Ecology on the California Coast....Pages 201-249 Summary and Conclusions....Pages 251-281 Back Matter....Pages 283-336