From Pleistocene Mariners to Complex Hunter-Gatherers: The Archaeology of the California Channel Islands
From Pleistocene Mariners to Complex Hunter-Gatherers: The Archaeology of the California Channel Islands
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从更新世水手到复杂的狩猎采集者：加州海峡群岛的考古学
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2005
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T. Braje
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T. Rick;J. Erlandson;René L. Vellanoweth;T. Braje
加州的海峡群岛是太平洋沿岸沿着最具特色的美洲土著民族的家园。海峡群岛在第四纪期间从未与大陆相连，陆地植物群和动物群贫乏，但拥有美洲最丰富和最具生产力的海洋环境，包括多样化的海带森林，潮间带和近海海洋栖息地。直到世纪早期，美洲原住民占据海峡群岛大约13，000个日历年，提供了美洲海上狩猎采集者最长和保存最完好的记录之一。我们提供了一个海峡群岛考古学的概述和分析，从相对移动的人民谁殖民的岛屿在更新世晚期复杂的狩猎采集记录早期西班牙探险家。我们的分析表明，海峡群岛考古学对于提高人们对许多广泛的人类学问题的认识非常重要，包括沿海和水生适应、航海、文化复杂性、贸易和交流以及古代人类对环境的影响。
California’s Channel Islands were home to some of the most distinctive Native American peoples along the Pacific Coast. Never connected to the mainland during the Quaternary, the Channel Islands have an impoverished terrestrial flora and fauna, but some of the richest and most productive marine environments in the Americas, including diverse kelp forest, intertidal, and offshore marine habitats. Native Americans occupied the Channel Islands for roughly 13,000 calendar years until the early nineteenth century, providing one of the longest and best preserved records of maritime hunter-gatherers in the Americas. We provide an overview and analysis of Channel Islands archaeology, from the relatively mobile peoples who colonized the islands during the Late Pleistocene to the complex hunter-gatherers documented by early Spanish explorers. Our analysis demonstrates the importance of Channel Islands archaeology for enhancing knowledge on a number of broad anthropological issues, including coastal and aquatic adaptations, seafaring, cultural complexity, trade and exchange, and ancient human impacts on the environment.