Author: Clavil Garth SampsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Nightfire Island
Author: Clavil Garth SampsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of California and the Great Basin
Author: Noel D. JusticePublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253108838
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Noel Justice adds another regional guide to his series of important reference works that survey, describe, and categorize the projectile point and cutting tools used in prehistory by Native American peoples. This volume addresses the region of California and the Great Basin. Written for archaeologists and amateur collectors alike, the book describes over 50 types of stone arrowhead and spear points according to period, culture, and region. With the knowledge of someone trained to fashion projectile points with techniques used by the Indians, Justice describes how the points were made, used, and re-sharpened. His detailed drawings illustrate the way the Indians shaped their tools, what styles were peculiar to which regions, and how the various types can best be identified. There are hundreds of drawings, organized by type cluster and other identifying characteristics. The book also includes distribution maps and color plates that will further aid the researcher or collector in identifying specific periods, cultures, and projectile types.
Diachronic Variability in Obsidian Procurement Patterns in Northeastern California and Southcentral Oregon
Author: Richard E. HughesPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520096998
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
California Prehistory
Author: Terry L. JonesPublisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759108721
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Reader of original synthesizing articles for introductory courses on archaeology and native peoples of California.
The Great Basin
Author: Donald GraysonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520948718
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Covering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none of its rivers or streams flow into the sea. This fascinating illustrated journey through deep time is the definitive environmental and human history of this beautiful and little traveled region, home to Death Valley, the Great Salt Lake, Lake Tahoe, and the Bonneville Salt Flats. Donald K. Grayson synthesizes what we now know about the past 25,000 years in the Great Basin—its climate, lakes, glaciers, plants, animals, and peoples—based on information gleaned from the region’s exquisite natural archives in such repositories as lake cores, packrat middens, tree rings, and archaeological sites. A perfect guide for students, scholars, travelers, and general readers alike, the book weaves together history, archaeology, botany, geology, biogeography, and other disciplines into one compelling panorama across a truly unique American landscape.
Headquarters Site
Author: Daniel P. DugasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Archaeology of Oregon
Author: C. Melvin AikensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 2056
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages :
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Sheep Rock Shelter (CA-Sis-266) Archaeological Test Excavations in Shasta Valley
Author: Eric W. RitterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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