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 : Before the Wilderness: Environmental Management by Native Californians (Ballena Press Anthropological Papers, No. 40)






Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 304.28089970794
EAN: 9780879191269
ISBN: 0879191260
Label: Ballena Pr
Manufacturer: Ballena Pr
Number Of Pages: 476
Publication Date: 1993-03
Publisher: Ballena Pr
Studio: Ballena Pr




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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - enlightening book on indigenous land use
Many of us have been given the impression that the indigenous people of the Americas before white invasion lived wandering, nomadic lives of fierce hunting with little if any organized manipulation of their environment. This book corrects this impression with seasoned research. Indigenous California is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in the world. This work focuses on the ways the people of the region helped sustain the land's yield for their own uses. Henry T. Lewis's ... Read More







 






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