“This is a significant contribution because it gathers into one publication a great deal of information that might otherwise be difficult to obtain, including the initial population of the New World, use of plants (surprisingly well preserved on the islands back into the early Holocene), a rich record of ritual behavior, and much else.”—Robert G. Elston, University of Nevada Reno ... Read more “For anyone conducting scholarly research on the archaeology of the California Channel Islands, this book will serve as a handy guide to recent investigations. … Furthermore, scholars who work in other regions of the world should find this collection of papers valuable, particularly those who live with the challenges of dissecting shell middens and reconstructing dynamic cultural and natural environments inhabited by hunter-gatherers.” —Journal of Anthropological Research Show Less