An Archaeology of Abundance: Reevaluating the Marginality of California's Islands

The islands of Alta and Baja California changed dramatically in the centuries after Spanish colonists arrived. Native populations were decimated by disease, and their lives were altered through forced assimilation and the cessation of traditional foraging practices. Overgrazing, overfishing, and the introduction of nonnative species depleted natural resources severely. Most scientists have assumed the islands were also relatively marginal for human...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813056160
• ISBN13: 9780813056166
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"