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Before the wilderness : environmental management by native Californians
Record details
- ISBN: 0879191260
- ISBN: 0879191279 :
- ISBN: 9780879191276
- ISBN: 0879191260 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 9780879191269 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Menlo Park, CA : Ballena Press, c1993.
Content descriptions
| 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. |
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| Subject: | Indians of North America California Economic conditions Human ecology California Environmental management California Indians of North America Agriculture California |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 98 .A3 C15 B44 1993 | 227129 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |
| Lummi Library | E 98 .A3 C15 B44 1993 | 229755 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |