Book
Purisimeño Chumash prehistory: maritime adaptations along the Southern California coast
Harcourt Brace College Publishers • Fort Worth • Published In 1996 • Pages: xiv, 170
By: Glassow, Michael A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Glassow directed two archaeological projects on Vandenberg Air Force Base. Excavations were carried out at 11 sites. The studies were undertaken to comply with federal laws concerning archaeology. Prehistory on Vandenberg extends back 9,000 years. While doing the compliance, Glassow hoped to answer certain research questions concerning the prehistory of the area and of the Purismeño Chumash. He was able to learn more about diet; settlement patterns; climatic changes and its effects on population; relative population densities; hunting, shellfish collecting, and fishing; site acitivities; and how these things changed through time. He discusses the role of the Vandenberg region in interregional exchange (chert preforms were manufactured on Vandenberg) and he discusses some of the cultural differences between the Purismeño and the Barbareño Chumash. A synopsis of the Chumash culture at the time of European contact is included in this report.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Fauna
- Prehistory
- Diet
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Southern California
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974 and 1978-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3000 BP - 200 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael A. Glassow
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95080318
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- California--Antiquities