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A new journal devoted to the archaeology of California and adjacent
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California Archaeology: Journal of the Society for California Archaeology

Volume 1, Number 1, June 2009

 

Table of Contents

 

ARTICLES

Inferring the Function of Projectile Points from the Central Coast of Alta
California

Nathan E. Stevens and Brian F. Codding

 

Trace Element Analysis of Fused Shale: Implications for Revised
Understanding of Obsidian Source Use Shifts in Southern Coastal Alta
California

Richard E. Hughes and Polly A. Peterson

 

HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY SECTION

Shellfish Transport, Caloric Return Rates, and Prehistoric Feasting on the
Laguna de Santa Rosa, Alta California

William R. Hildebrandt, Jeffrey Rosenthal, and Glenn Gmoser

 

When Should We Expect to See Hunting as Mating Effort?

Michael D. Cannon

 

Are Deer Really Susceptible to Resource Depression? Modeling Deer
(Odocoileus hemionus) Populations Under Human Predation

Adrian R. Whitaker

 

REPORTS

Marine Shellfish Harvest on Middle and Late Holocene Santa Barbara Island,
Alta California

Torben C. Rick, Jon M. Erlandson, and Kristina E. Horton

 

A Pre-Columbian Rubber Ball from the Central Sierra Nevada, Alta California

Michael J. Moratto

 

REVIEWS

Ancient Peoples of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau, by Steven R. Simms.

Reviewed by Mark W. Allen

 

A Canyon Through Time: Archaeology, History, and Ecology of the Tecolote
Canyon Area, Santa Barbara County, California, by Jon M. Erlandson, Torben
C. Rick, and René L. Vellanoweth.

Reviewed by Georgia L. Fox

 

The Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Late Holocene San Miguel Island,
by Torben C. Rick.

Reviewed by Jennifer E. Perry

 

The Archaeology of Ethnogenesis: Race and Sexuality in Colonial San
Francisco by Barbara L. Voss.

Reviewed by Adrian Praetzellis

 

NEWS AND NOTES, Compiled by Shelly Davis-King 

Lake Oroville Investigation Reports by Janis Offermann, • SCA News of Record
• Government News, • In Memoriam: With a Twinkle in his Eye, Bruce Crespin
(1953–2008) by Russell L. Kaldenberg • Garth Portillo (1952 –2007) by Pat
Barker • A Gentleman and a Scholar, Glen B. Wilson (1914–

 

California Archaeology publishes original papers on the archaeology of Alta
California, Baja California, and adjoining regions (southern Oregon, western
Nevada and Arizona). The journal is dedicated to advancing knowledge of
California’s past and it will consider manuscripts that treat theory,
method, and/or empirical findings from either the prehistoric or historic
(text-aided) era. Ethnohistoric or ethnographic studies will be considered
only if they make explicit connections to or have clear implications for the
material record. Paleoenvironmental studies will be considered with the same
caveat. Papers dealing with the recent past (< 50 years) will be given lower
priority for publication. 

The journal publishes four types of papers: articles that advance
theoretical, methodological, and/or empirical knowledge of a major issue in
the prehistory or history of California or an adjoining region; reports that
present descriptive information on important and/or unusual discoveries;
letters, that briefly comment on recently published research (commonly
followed by a response); reviews, that briefly evaluate recently published
books, DVDs, museum exhibits, or other materials with significant
archaeological content. 

The journal also publishes in each issue a News and Notes column, which
includes information on recent field work, legal developments, and/or other
events or activities related to the practice of archaeology in California
and adjoining regions. 

 

Submissions: Submissions to California Archaeology are primarily electronic.
Manuscripts should be sent with an accompanying E-mail message as MS Word
documents to the Editor at [log in to unmask] The cover
letter should identify the manuscript as an ARTICLE, REPORT, LETTER, or
REVIEW. Tables should be sent collected together in a separate file in
either MS Word or Excel format. Figures should be sent as 300 dpi TIFs, each
in a separate file.

 

Editors: Editor: Terry L. Jones, Department of Social Sciences, California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0329
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Managing Editor: Jill Gardner

Associate Editors: 

Historical Archaeology - Kent Lightfoot, Department of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley

Reviews - Kathleen Hull, Department of Anthropology, University of
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News and Notes - Shelly Davis King, Davis-King & Associates, P. O. Box 10,
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Semi-annual in June and December, 256 pages per volume

 

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