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Darrell Cardiff (1965–2023) California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Patrick Brunmeier, Julia Huddleson, David Nicholson
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 16, No. 1, 2024)
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Dennis Paul McDougall (1958–2023) California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Susan K. Goldberg, Joyce E. McDougall, Michael J. Moratto, Brian Dervin Dillon
Published in California Archaeology (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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News and Notes California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-24
Published in California Archaeology (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Sacred Laws, Spiritual Healing & Doctoring Songs: Interviews with Bernice Torrez, Kashaya Pomo California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Sandra E. Hollimon
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 16, No. 1, 2024)
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Seven Thousand Years of Native American History in the Sacramento Valley: Results of Archaeological Investigations Near Hamilton City, California California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Carly S. Whelan
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 16, No. 1, 2024)
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Exploring a Scientific Research Station from a Bygone Era: Historical Archaeology at Orr’s Camp, Santa Rosa Island (Wimaɬ), Alta California California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Linda Bentz, Torben Rick, Breana Campbell, Leslie Reeder-Myers, Todd Braje, Jon Erlandson, Amy Gusick, Kristin Hoppa
The northwest coast of Wimaɬ (Santa Rosa Island) has long been a focus of archaeological research, including former Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History archaeologist, geologist, and paleontolog...
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Cleaning Up California Culture History: The Malaga Cove Leaf Projectile Point Type California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Christina Hornbaker, Terry L. Jones
The Malaga Cove Leaf projectile point was originally defined based on three specimens from CA-LAN-138, the Malaga Cove Site, and nine from other sites in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties....
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Working With and for Ancestors: Collaboration in the Care and Study of Ancestral Remains California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Wendy Giddens Teeter
Published in California Archaeology (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The Long Shore: Archaeologies and Social Histories of California's Maritime Cultural Landscapes California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 James P. Delgado
Published in California Archaeology (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Earth Ovens and Desert Lifeways: 10,000 Years of Indigenous Cooking in the Arid Landscapes California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Lara Homsey-Messer
Published in California Archaeology (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Conflict Archaeology, Historical Memory, and the Experience of War: Beyond the Battlefield California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Jacob Stone
Published in California Archaeology (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Western Ceramic Traditions: Prehistoric and Historic Native American Ceramics of the Western U.S. California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Judith A. Habicht-Mauche
Published in California Archaeology (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Fluted Points of the Far West California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Metin I. Eren
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 16, No. 1, 2024)
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Polarized Pasts: Heritage and Belonging in Times of Political Polarization California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Savanna Solian
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 16, No. 1, 2024)
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Archaeology Outside the Box California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Alexis T. Boutin
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 16, No. 1, 2024)
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Damon Mark Haydu (1967–2022) California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Mike Taggart, Katie Metzger, Wayne Pardi, Michael Stoyka, Erin Enright Parsick, Marc Linder, Terry Joslin Azevedo, Cris Lowgren
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Estimating the Seasonality of Bent-Nose Clam (Macoma nasuta) Harvesting at a 3,000-Year-Old Ancestral Ohlone Site (CA-ALA-11) on the San Francisco Bay California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Marcela O. Barron, Jelmer W. Eerkens, Christyann M. Darwent, Daniel Shoup
This article investigates the harvest month for bent-nose clams (Macoma nasuta) at CA-ALA-11, an estuarine site in the modern-day city of Alameda along the San Francisco Bay. The archaeological dep...
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Geomorphology and Prehistoric Site Distribution Near Hamilton City, California, and Their Implications for the Archaeological Record of the Sacramento Valley California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Andrew Ugan, Jeffrey Rosenthal, Jack Meyer
Despite more than a century of investigations, archaeologists have found few prehistoric sites over 3,000 years old in California’s Central Valley. Yet, recent surface inventory, geoarchaeological ...
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Heath Browning (1973–2023) California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Melinda Button, Russ Bevill, Jamie Moore, Joshua Peabody
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Contextualizing Late Holocene Subsistence Change on California’s Northern Channel Islands: A Middle Period Case Study from Santa Cruz Island California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Todd J. Braje, Stephanie Gallanosa, Jon M. Erlandson, Kristina Gill, Torben C. Rick
The complex relationship between sociopolitical complexity, natural climatic change, and subsistence strategies on California’s Northern Channel Islands has long been a topic of archaeological inqu...
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Sands of Time: Reminiscences of Robert Lynn (Rob) Edwards (1938–2023) California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Shelly Davis-King
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Intrasite Spatial Analysis of Mobile and Semisedentary Peoples: Analytical Approaches to Reconstructing Occupation History California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Christopher S. Jazwa
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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News and Notes California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Brendon Greenaway
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Digital Heritage and Archaeology in Practice: Presentation, Teaching, and Engagement California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Tiffany Earley-Spadoni
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Alec Apodaca
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Digital Heritage and Archaeology in Practice: Data, Ethics, and Professionalism California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Eric C. Kansa
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Isotope Research in Zooarchaeology: Methods, Applications, and Advances California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Nicole Mathwich
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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The Community-Based PhD: Complexities and Triumphs of Conducting CBPR California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Kathryn F. Nuss
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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The Elemental Analysis of Glass Beads: Technology, Chronology, and Exchange, Studies in Archaeological Sciences No. 8 California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Danielle L. Dadiego
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Textile Impressions in California Archaeology: Analytical Considerations and Research Potential California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Edward A. Jolie, Barry A. Price
In the absence of exceptional organic preservation, data on ancient textile industries can be recovered from intentional and accidental negative impressions of woven products left in media that are...
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Denise Hope McLemore (1947–2022) California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Rob Jackson, Katy Parr
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Obsidian Hydration Dating: Summary and Status of a Physics-Based Approach California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Alexander K. Rogers, Christopher M. Stevenson
Obsidian hydration dating (OHD) is a method of computing archaeological ages based on measuring water absorption by obsidian artifacts, and is widely used in the western United States. This abstrac...
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News and Notes California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-31
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Marie G. Cottrell (1948–2023) California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Steven R. James, Patricia Martz, Virginia Bickford
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Jerald Jay Johnson (1940–2022) California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Tammara Ekness Norton
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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George Kritzman (1923–2022) – An Appreciation California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Rick Minor
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Alliance Rises in the West: Labor, Race, and Solidarity in Industrial California California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-23 Diane L. Teeman
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Bioarchaeology of Care through Population-Level Analyses California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Karen Gardner
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Late Holocene Size Variation of Mytilus californianus Remains from Shelter Cove (CA-HUM-182), Northern California California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-16 Hayley T. Kievman, Kurt M. Wilson, Roxanne Lois F. Lamson, Arthur Gyumushyan, Brian F. Codding, Alexandra M. Greenwald
Here we evaluate variation in Mytilus californianus size from CA-HUM-182, comparing patterns with those from Punta Gorda Rock Shelter that suggested sustainable resource management. Using a novel e...
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The Great Basin Seafloor: Exploring the Ancient Oceans of the Desert West California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Mark E. Hall
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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More Than Shelter from the Storm: Hunter-Gatherer Houses and the Built Environment California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Ashley Hampton
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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The Archaeology of Place & Space in the West California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Veronica Peterson
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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On Desert Shores: Archaeology and History of the Western Midriff Islands in the Gulf of California California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Amira F. Ainis
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Diversity in Open-Air Site Structure across the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Erica J. Bradley
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Subsistence and Persistence: Indigenous Foodways Within Mission Santa Clara de Asís California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-08 Sarah J. Noe
This study explores the subsistence strategies and dietary practices of Indigenous people who resided in Mission Santa Clara de Asìs (1777–1836). Through the analysis of faunal remains from recent ...
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Anarchy Meets Hierarchy: Sociopolitical Implications of Diachronic Variation in Exchange Indices from Central California’s Pecho Coast California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Terry L. Jones, Christina Hornbaker, Kate Knox, Zoe Levit, Sierra Lyman, Jake Wanzenreid, Brian F. Codding
For decades, it has been recognized that Chumash-speaking peoples of the Santa Barbara Channel had a highly complex society that featured sedentism, high population density, craft specialization, a...
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Isotopic Evidence of Sources for Central California Olivella Beads California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Gregory R. Burns, Jelmer W. Eerkens, Howard J. Spero, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
Without the large bead production sites present on the Channel Islands, the origin of Olivella beads in central California has been largely speculative. Stable isotope analysis of shell carbonate p...
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Villages in Prehistoric Southern California: Communities or Locations? California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-16 Don Laylander
The term “village” has been variously applied either to specific geographical locations or to the social units that inhabited such locations. In the late prehistoric territories of the Kumeyaay gro...
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News and Notes California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Jon M. Erlandson, Kristina M. Gill, Laura Kirn, Amira Ainis, Kristin Hoppa
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 14, No. 2, 2022)
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With Grit and Determination: A Century of Change for Women in Great Basin and American Archaeology California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Ashley Parker
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 14, No. 2, 2022)
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Trowels in the Trenches: Archaeology as Social Activism California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Edward González-Tennant
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 14, No. 2, 2022)
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Decolonizing “Prehistory”: Deep Time and Indigenous Knowledges in North America California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-10-26 Brittani R. Orona
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 14, No. 2, 2022)
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The Archaeology of Refuge and Recourse: Coast Miwok Resilience and Indigenous Hinterlands in Colonial California California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Brian F. Byrd
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 14, No. 2, 2022)
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Prehistoric Quarries and Terranes: The Modena and Tempiute Obsidian Sources of the American Great Basin California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Lee M. Panich
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 14, No. 2, 2022)
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Boats, Seafaring, and the Colonization of the Americas and California Channel Islands: A Response to Cassidy (2021) California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-10-10 Jon M. Erlandson, Todd J. Braje
ABSTRACT In a recent issue of California Archaeology, Jim Cassidy (2021. “A Technological Assessment of the North Pacific Seafaring Hypothesis: Informed by California Channel Island Research.” California Archaeology 13 (1): 69–92). provided a flawed assessment of the potential role boats and seafaring played in the initial peopling of the Americas, as well as the nature of watercraft used to settle
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Return to the Shellfish Beds: New Insights on Use of California Sea Mussels (Mytilus californianus) and Turban Snails (Tegula spp.) Based on Harvesting Experiments California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-09-15 Claire Tatlow, Emma Cook, Maddie Noet, Jack Webb, Kate Knox, Brian F. Codding, Terry L. Jones
ABSTRACT Sea mussels and turban snails are among the most abundant mollusks recovered from central California middens. Experimental harvests of these and other shellfish have been conducted to help interpret archaeological findings, but methodological complications have plagued many of the early experiments. Here we report results of harvest experiments of mussels and turban snails completed between
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Yuman Rebels of Antigua California: Colonial Resistance in a Hostile Environment? California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-09-15 Antonio Porcayo-Michelini
ABSTRACT Archaeological studies conducted in the north of Baja California document a series of peculiar settlements in Yuman territory, as in the case of site MRA 21, given their relative inaccessibility where human life under current climatic conditions is unsustainable. Radiocarbon dating and evidence from the colonial period when invasion of the Yuman territory began (A.D. 1769) show that indeed
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Message from the Editor California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-07-06 Kathleen L. Hull
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 14, No. 1, 2022)
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Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Patterns in the South-Central Mojave Desert: Perspectives from Emerson Lake, San Bernardino County, California California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-05-27 Ryan M. Byerly, Chelsea Karthauser, Erik P. Martin, Andrew J. Hoskins, D. Craig Young, Joanna C. Roberson, Eric L. Gingerich
ABSTRACT This article briefly explores the archaeological signatures of Early through Late Holocene resource use and hunter-gatherer settlement patterns near Emerson Lake aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Investigations of 156 localities along a linear belt of probable plant biomass modeled through Normalized Difference Vegetation Index assessments registered larger, richer, and more
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News and Notes California Archaeology (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2022-05-27 Jon M. Erlandson, Quintan Shup Garcia, Kristina M. Gill, John Thothokanayoh Ruiz, Todd Braje, Lynn Gamble, Brian Holguin, Torben C. Rick, Alan Salazar, Gilbert Unzueta, Matthew Vestuto, Michael J. Moratto, Joan S. Schneider, Barbara Roth, Mark Q. Sutton, Jeanette Schulz
Published in California Archaeology (Vol. 14, No. 1, 2022)