The Chumash world at European contact : power, trade, and feasting among complex hunter-gatherers / Lynn H. Gamble.
Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 361 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520942684
- 052094268X
- 0520254414
- 9780520254411
- 1281752649
- 9781281752642
- Chumash Indians -- History
- Chumash Indians -- Social life and customs
- Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples -- California
- Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration
- California -- Discovery and exploration
- California -- History -- To 1846
- Chumash (Indiens) -- Histoire
- Chumash (Indiens) -- Mœurs et coutumes
- Espagne -- Colonies -- Amérique -- Administration
- Californie -- Découverte et exploration
- Californie -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1846
- HISTORY -- State & Local -- General
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- Chumash Indians
- Chumash Indians -- Social life and customs
- Discoveries in geography
- Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples
- Colonies -- Administration
- Spanish colonies
- America
- California
- To 1846
- 979.40049758 22
- E99.C815 G36 2008eb
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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 Drawing from archaeology, historical documents, and ethnography, she describes daily life in the mainland towns, focusing on Chumash culture, household organization, politics, economy, and warfare.
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