| Description |
xxix, 526 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-470) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. California at contact -- 1. The wildlife, plants, and people -- 2. Gathering, hunting, and fishing -- 3. The collision of worlds -- pt. II. Indigenous land management and its ecological basis -- 4. Methods of caring for the land -- 5. Landscapes of stewardship -- 6. Basketry : cultivating forbs, sedges, grasses, and tules -- 7. From arrows to weirs : cultivating shrubs and trees -- 8. California's cornucopia : a calculated abundance -- 9. Plant foods aboveground : seeds, grains, leaves, and fruits -- 10. Plant foods belowground : bulbs, corms, rhizomes, taproots, and tubers -- pt. III. Rekindling the old ways -- 11. Contemporary California Indian harvesting and management practices -- 12. Restoring landscapes with native knowledge -- Coda : indigenous wisdom in the modern world. |
| Subject |
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- California -- History.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Agriculture -- California.
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| Subject |
Indians of North America -- California -- History.
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Human ecology -- California.
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Indians of North America -- Agriculture -- California.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- California -- History.
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| ISBN |
0520238567 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520238565 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520248511 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780520248519 paperback alkaline paper |
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