On desert shores : archaeology and history of the western Midriff Islands in the Gulf of California /

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"This project represents the first archaeological research ever conducted on the Western Midriff Islands, located midway in the Gulf of California, Mexico. It is also the first attempted compilation of the historic record for the islands, including information on the Seri people of Sonora and t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bowen, Thomas, 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2022]
Temas:
Seri Indians > Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico > Mexico > California, Gulf of > Antiquities.
Islands > Mexico > California, Gulf of > History.
Indians of Mexico > Antiquities.
Islands.
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) > History.
Mexico > Baja California (Peninsula)
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Maps and Tables
  • About This Book
  • Preface: Why Go There?
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. An Inventory of Cultural Resources
  • How It Began
  • Getting There
  • Finding Sites
  • Recording Sites
  • Part I. Setting the Stage
  • 1. A Tour of the Islands
  • The San Lorenzo Archipelago
  • Isla Ángel de la Guarda
  • Satellite Islands of Isla Ángel de la Guarda
  • The Outlying Islands
  • Part II. The Archaeological Legacy
  • 2. The Record of Native People
  • Sites
  • Structures
  • Artifacts
  • Ecofacts
  • Chronology
  • 3. The Record of Modern People
  • Sites
  • Artifacts
  • Ecofacts
  • Chronology
  • 4. Finding Water
  • The San Lorenzo Archipelago
  • Isla Ángel de la Guarda
  • 5. Loose Ends and Missing Pieces
  • Camps and Resources of the San Lorenzo Archipelago
  • Camps and Resources of Isla Ángel de la Guarda
  • The Obsidian Puzzle
  • The Agave Puzzle
  • Missing Seafood
  • Where's the Fire?
  • Where Are the Dead?
  • 6. Threats and Conservation
  • Natural Forces
  • Human Factors
  • Case Histories
  • Potential Threats
  • Part III. The Historical Legacy
  • 7. The Original Islanders
  • The Archaeological Record
  • The Documentary Record
  • Seri Oral History
  • 8. Enter the Europeans
  • The First Explorers (1539-1768)
  • After the Jesuits (1768-1900)
  • The Twentieth Century and Beyond (1900-2021)
  • 9. Altering the Biosphere
  • Redistributing Native Species
  • Introducing Non-Native Species
  • Conservation
  • Confronting the Future
  • Prospects for the Islands
  • Appendices
  • References Cited
  • Index

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