California Archaeology provides a compilation of knowledge for archeologists who are not California specialists. This book explains important cultural events an

"As an Indigenous scholar researching the history and archaeology of his own tribe, Tsim D. Schneider provides a unique and timely contribution to the growing f

Recent archaeological research on California includes a greater diversity of models and approaches to the region’s past, as older literature on the subject st

Native Americans who populated the various ranchos of Mexican California as laborers are people frequently lost to history. The "rancho period" was a critical t

San Clemente Island is a microcosm of California coastal archaeology from prehistoric through historic times—not only because of the extensiveness of its arch