Description: California Indians and Their Environment : An Introduction, Paperback by Lightfoot, Kent G.; Parrish, Otis, ISBN 0520256905, ISBN-13 9780520256903, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK Capturing the vitality of California's unique indigenous cultures, this major new introduction incorporates the extensive research of the past thirty years into an illuminating, comprehensive synthesis for a wide audience. Based in part on new archaeological findings, it tells how the California Indians lived in vibrant polities, each boasting a rich village life including chiefs, religious specialists, master craftspeople, dances, feasts, and ceremonies. Throughout, th emphasizes how these diversecommunities interacted with the state's varied landscape, enhancing its already bountiful natural resources through various practices centered around prescribed burning. A handy reference section, illustrated with more than one hundred color photographs,describes the plants, animals, and minerals the California Indians used for food, basketry and cordage, medicine, and more. At a time when we are grappling with the problems of maintaining habitat diversity and sustainable economies, we find that these native peoples and their traditions have much to teach us about the future, as well as the past, of California.
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Book Title: California Indians and Their Environment : An Introduction
Number of Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: California Indians and Their Environment: an Introduction
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Geology
Item Height: 184 mm
Item Weight: 726 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Otis Parrish, Kent Lightfoot
Subject Area: Regional History
Series: California Natural History Guides
Item Width: 114 mm
Format: Paperback
