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The Chumash world at European contact : power, trade, and feasting among complex hunter-gatherers / Lynn H. Gamble.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 361 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520942684
  • 052094268X
  • 0520254414
  • 9780520254411
  • 1281752649
  • 9781281752642
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Chumash world at European contact.DDC classification:
  • 979.40049758 22
LOC classification:
  • E99.C815 G36 2008eb
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Contents:
The Chumash at historic contact : theoretical considerations -- The environment and its management -- Cultural setting -- Historic Chumash settlements on the mainland coast -- Village and household organization -- Subsistence and feasting -- Rank, ritual, and power -- Economics and exchange : manifestations of wealth finance -- Conflict and social integration -- The Chumash, Pomo, and Patwin : comparative analysis and final thoughts.
Summary: The author weaves together multiple sources of evidence to re-create the tapestry of California's Chumash society. Drawing from archaeology, historical documents, and ethnography, she describes daily life in the mainland towns, focusing on Chumash culture, household organization, politics, economy, and warfare.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-344) and index.

The Chumash at historic contact : theoretical considerations -- The environment and its management -- Cultural setting -- Historic Chumash settlements on the mainland coast -- Village and household organization -- Subsistence and feasting -- Rank, ritual, and power -- Economics and exchange : manifestations of wealth finance -- Conflict and social integration -- The Chumash, Pomo, and Patwin : comparative analysis and final thoughts.

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The author weaves together multiple sources of evidence to re-create the tapestry of California's Chumash society. Drawing from archaeology, historical documents, and ethnography, she describes daily life in the mainland towns, focusing on Chumash culture, household organization, politics, economy, and warfare.

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