Before the wilderness : environmental management by native Californians

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Before the wilderness : environmental management by native Californians / compiled and edited by Thomas C. Blackburn and Kat Anderson.

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-464) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: 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.