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References and Links

The Reference section provides sources for more comprehensive research of lifeways and cultural practices of the groups addressed. A major goal of this brief guide is to motivate the reader to access the wealth of fascinating and significant existing literature regarding these remarkable peoples.

NOTE: A large number of resources exist, and many were used in the compilation of the information contained in this booklet. The listings below represent a few of the most basic pertinent references.

Bean, Lowell John and Charles R. Smith
1978 Serrano. In Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 8, California. William C. Sturtevant, general editor, Robert F. Heizer, volume editor, pp. 570-574. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.

Bettinger, Robert L.
1978 Alternative Adaptive Strategies in the Prehistoric Great Basin. Journal of Anthropological Research 34: 27-46.

Bettinger, R. L. and M.A. Baumhoff
1982 The Numic Spread: Great Basin Cultures in Competition. American Antiquity 47(3): 485-503.

Blackburn, Thomas C. and Lowell J. Bean
1978 Kitanemuk. In Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 8,
California. William C. Sturtevant, general editor, Robert F. Heizer, volume editor, pp. 564-569. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.

Davis, James T.
1961 Trade Routes and Economic Exchange among the Indians of California. Berkeley: University of California Archaeological Survey Reports 54.

Earle, David
1990-present Personal Communication. (Ethnological/Ethnographic Consultant.)
2001 New Evidence on the Political Geography of the Western Mojave Desert. Lancaster, CA: Antelope Valley Archaeological Society, Occasional Paper No. 2.

King, Chester and Thomas C. Blackbum
1978 Tataviam. In Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 8, California. William C. Sturtevant, general editor, Robert F. Heizer, volume editor, pp. 535-537. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.

Kroeber, Alfred L.
1925 Handbook of the Indians of California. Washington D.C.: Bureau
of American Ethnology, Bulletin 78.

Robinson, Roger W. (editor)
1987 Prehistory of the Antelope Valley, California: An Overview. Lancaster, CA: Antelope Valley Archaeological Society, Occasional Paper No.1.

Strong, William D.
1972 Aboriginal Society in Southern California. Banning, CA: Malki Museum Press.

Sutton, Mark Q.
1988 An Introduction to the Archaeology of the Western Mojave Desert, California. Archives of California Prehistory, No. 14. Salinas: Coyote Press.

Warren, Claude N.
1983 The Desert Region. In California Archaeology. Michael J. Moratto, editor, pp. 339-430. Orlando, FL: Academic Press.

Zigmond, Maurice L.
1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.
1986 Kawaiisu. In Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 11, Great Basin. William C. Sturtevant, general editor, Walter d'Azevedo, volume editor, pp. 398-411. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.

Websites

Anthropology Department, Cabrillo College
Resources on California Native peoples
http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/~crsmith/calindwwwresources.html

National Park Service
A history of American Indians in California
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views1a.htm

Native American Cultural Center
California tribal group map
http://www.nativecc.com/CaliforniaMap.html

University of California, Riverside
Bibliographies and links on California Indians, access to archives of early material
http://americanindian.ucr.edu/references/index.html

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