{"product_id":"islands-through-time-a-human-and-ecological-history-of-californias-northern-channel-islands-paperback","title":"Islands Through Time: A Human and Ecological History of California's Northern Channel Islands - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTodd J. Braje\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJon M. Erlandson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTorben C. Rick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore the remarkable history of one of the jewels of the US National Park system\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalifornia's Northern Channel Islands, sometimes called the American Galápagos and one of the jewels of the US National Park system, are a located between 20 and 44 km off the southern California mainland coast. Celebrated as a trip back in time where tourists can capture glimpses of California prior to modern development, the islands are often portrayed as frozen moments in history where ecosystems developed in virtual isolation for tens of thousands of years. This could not, however, be further from the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor at least 13,000 years, the Chumash and their ancestors occupied the Northern Channel Islands, leaving behind an archaeological record that is one of the longest and best preserved in the Americas. From ephemeral hunting and gathering camps to densely populated coastal villages and Euro-American and Chinese historical sites, archaeologists have studied the Channel Island environments and material culture records for over 100 years. They have pieced together a fascinating story of initial settlement by mobile hunter-gatherers to the development of one of the world's most complex hunter-gatherer societies ever recorded, followed by the devastating effects of European contact and settlement. Likely arriving by boat along a \"kelp highway,\" Paleocoastal migrants found not four offshore islands, but a single super island, \u003ci\u003eSantarosae\u003c\/i\u003e. For millennia, the Chumash and their predecessors survived dramatic changes to their land- and seascapes, climatic fluctuations, and ever-evolving social and cultural systems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIslands Through Time \u003c\/i\u003eis the remarkable story of the human and ecological history of California's Northern Channel Islands. We weave the tale of how the Chumash and their ancestors shaped and were shaped by their island homes. Their story is one of adaptation to shifting land- and seascapes, growing populations, fluctuating subsistence resources, and the innovation of new technologies, subsistence strategies, and socio-political systems. \u003ci\u003eIslands Through Time \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates that to truly understand and preserve the Channel Islands National Park today, archaeology and deep history are critically important. The lessons of history can act as a guide for building sustainable strategies into the future. The resilience of the Chumash and Channel Island ecosystems provides a story of hope for a world increasingly threatened by climate change, declining biodiversity, and geopolitical instability.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd J. Braje\u003c\/b\u003e, associate professor of anthropology at San Diego State University, has spent nearly 15 years exploring the archaeology, ecology, and history of the Northern Channel Islands. He has been editor of the Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, currently serves as coeditor of the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, and is author of \u003ci\u003eModern Oceans, Ancient Sites\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eShellfish for the Celestial Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Erlandson\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History and professor of anthropology at the University of Oregon. He has published 20 books and hundreds of scholarly articles, many drawing on his nearly 40 years of work on the Channel Islands. In 2013, Erlandson was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTorben Rick\u003c\/b\u003e is curator of human environmental interactions and chair of the department of anthropology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. He has active field projects on California's Channel Islands and the Chesapeake Bay, which are collaborative with researchers from a variety of disciplines and focus on ancient and modern human environmental interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53451737628979,"sku":"9781538188026","price":46.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/L0YaNK1iNL9781538188026.webp?v=1783024444","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/islands-through-time-a-human-and-ecological-history-of-californias-northern-channel-islands-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}