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

Published Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 313 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps Contents 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 Summary "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 the now extinct Cochimís people of Baja California. There is also a strong natural history component to the project since much of the historic exploration of the islands, both Euroamerican and Mexican, was biological in nature. This results in a current evaluation of the environmental impacts on the islands and the conservation approaches that have been undertaken"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 21, 2023) Subject Seri Indians -- Antiquities Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- California, Gulf of -- Antiquities Islands -- Mexico -- California, Gulf of -- History Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities Islands Seri Indians -- Antiquities SUBJECT Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- History Subject Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021042981 ISBN 9781647690397 1647690390

Other Titles Archaeology and history of the western Midriff Islands in the Gulf of California

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