Main Title |
Before the wilderness environmental management by native Californians / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Ballena Press, |
Year Published |
1993 |
OCLC Number |
27679838 |
ISBN |
0879191279 : 0879191260 (pbk.) : |
Subjects |
Indians of North America--California--Economic conditions ;
Human ecology--California ;
Environmental management--California ;
Indians of North America--Agriculture--California
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
E78.C15B45 1993 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
07/30/2014 |
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Collation |
476 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. {401}-464) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Some explanations for the rise of cultural complexity in native California with comments on proto-agriculture and agriculture / by Lowell J. Bean and Harry W. Lawton -- Patterns of Indian burning in California / by Henry T. Lewis -- Vegetation burning by the Chumash / by Jan Timbrook, John R. Johnson, and David D. Earle -- Native Californians as ancient and contemporary cultivators / by Kat Anderson -- "The basket is in the roots, that's where it begins" / by David W. Peri and Scott M. Patterson -- Contemporary California indian basketweavers and the environment / by Bev Ortiz -- Managing oaks and the acorn crop / by Helen McCarthy -- Quality food / by Glenn Farris -- Bow staves harvested from Juniper trees by indians of Nevada / Philip J. Wilke -- Fuel use and resource management / by Chester King -- Ritual management of Salmonid fish resources in California / by Sean L. Swezey and Robert F. Heizer -- Agriculture among the Paiute of Owens Valley -- Kumeyaay plant husbandry / by Florence Shipek. |