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Foragers on America's western edge : the archaeology of California's Pecho Coast
- Title
- Foragers on America's western edge : the archaeology of California's Pecho Coast / Terry L. Jones, Brian F. Codding.
- Author
- Jones, Terry L.
- Publication
- Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Codding, Brian F.
- Description
- xii, 291 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm
- Summary
- The California coastline has long been of interest to archaeologists. This book directs attention to the largely ignored Pecho Coast, a rugged, isolated 20km long peninsula between modern-day Morro Bay and Pismo Beach. Archaeological work along this stretch was last synthesized in 1972. Jones and Codding now bring together the extensive contract work and field school studies of the intervening years, shedding new light on the region's early inhabitants. The first people of the Pecho Coast were part-time residents who exploited shellfish, fish, and marine birds, including the flightless duck, Chendytes lawi, which sustained hunting drove to extinction ca. 2800 cal BP. This marked the only unequivocal case of prehistoric, human-caused extinction in western North America. Cold, productive seas allowed inhabitants to weather droughts of the Medieval Climatic Anomaly (950<n>600 cal BP), after which shell beads became increasingly abundant, representing either the initial appearance of Chumash-speaking peoples or attempts by Chumash leaders to consolidate power through gifting, reciprocal exchange, or forced conquest. During the mission era, fishing sustained the Native community as, for the first time, individuals became fully sedentary, foraging within a limited radius to avoid contact with the Spanish. This record reveals a unique story of local adaptation, anthropogenic habitat change, social differentiation and, ultimately, resistance to colonial invasion"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- California > Morro Bay
- Morro Bay (Calif.) > Antiquities
- Chumash Indians > California > San Luis Obispo County > Antiquities
- San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) > Antiquities
- California > Pismo Beach
- California > San Luis Obispo County
- Antiquities
- Chumash Indians > Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology) > California > San Luis Obispo County
- Pismo Beach (Calif.) > Antiquities
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-281) and index.
- Call Number
- JFF 19-1057
- ISBN
- 9781607816430
- 1607816431
- 9781607816447 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018011928
- OCLC
- 1029070707
- Author
- Jones, Terry L., author.
- Title
- Foragers on America's western edge : the archaeology of California's Pecho Coast / Terry L. Jones, Brian F. Codding.
- Publisher
- Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-281) and index.
- Added Author
- Codding, Brian F., author.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Jones, Terry L. Foragers on America's western edge. Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018] 9781607816447 (DLC) 2018013435
- Research Call Number
- JFF 19-1057