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Island of Fogs: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Investigations of Isla Cedros, Baja California
Matthew R Des Lauriers
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Description for Island of Fogs: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Investigations of Isla Cedros, Baja California
Hardcover. A profile of Isla Cedros, Baja California based on ten years of historical, ethnographic, and archaeological research. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
Located off the west coast of the Mexican state of Baja California, Isla Cedros - Island of Fogs - is site to some of the most extensive and remarkable archaeological discoveries on the continent. Two sites dated to before 12,000 cal BP have been excavated, as well as portions of two large village sites dated to the last one thousand years. Among the artefacts discovered are the earliest fishhooks found on the continent. Drawing on ten years of his own historical, ethnographic, and archaeological research, Matthew Des Lauriers uses Isla Cedros to form hypotheses regarding the ecological, economic, and social ... Read more
Located off the west coast of the Mexican state of Baja California, Isla Cedros - Island of Fogs - is site to some of the most extensive and remarkable archaeological discoveries on the continent. Two sites dated to before 12,000 cal BP have been excavated, as well as portions of two large village sites dated to the last one thousand years. Among the artefacts discovered are the earliest fishhooks found on the continent. Drawing on ten years of his own historical, ethnographic, and archaeological research, Matthew Des Lauriers uses Isla Cedros to form hypotheses regarding the ecological, economic, and social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607810070
SKU
V9781607810070
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99-15
About Matthew R Des Lauriers
Matthew R. Des Lauriers is Assistant Professor and Director of the Anthropological Research Institute at California State University, Northridge
Reviews for Island of Fogs: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Investigations of Isla Cedros, Baja California
"I have followed Des Lauriers’ research with great interest over the last several years as he made remarkable find after find on the important, but very poorly understood, desert island.”—Torben Rick, Smithsonian Institution "The book will make a significant and timely contribution to this very little studied Mexican region."—MarÍa L. Cruz-Torres, Arizona State University ... Read more