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California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity - Softcover

 
9780759119604: California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity

Synopsis

Some forty scholars examine California's prehistory and archaeology, looking at marine and terrestrial palaeoenvironments, initial human colonization, linguistic prehistory, early forms of exchange, mitochondrial D.N.A. studies, and rock art. This work is the most extensive study of California's prehistory undertaken in the past 20 years. An essential resource for any scholar of California prehistory and archaeology!

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About the Author

Torben Rick is curator of human environmental interactions and chair of the department of anthropology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. He has active field projects on California’s Channel Islands and the Chesapeake Bay, which are collaborative with researchers from a variety of disciplines and focus on ancient and modern human environmental interactions.

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