This comprehensive volume takes an in depth look at the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in California archaeology.

Preface; Part I Origins, Environment, and Ecology; Chapter 1 The Archaeology of a Goodly Ilande, Terry L. Jones, Jennifer E. Perry; Chapter 2 A Land by the Sea: An Ocean View of California Archaeology, Jon M. Erlandson; Chapter 3 A Land Impacted? The Younger Dryas Boundary Event in California, Terry L. Jones, Douglas J. Kennett; Chapter 4 A Land of Diversity: Genetic Insights into Ancestral Origins, John R. Johnson, Brian M. Kemp, Cara Monroe, Joseph G. Lorenz; Chapter 5 A Land of Many people: population Dynamics as Context and Catalyst, Kathleen L. Hull; Chapter 6 A Land of Many Seasons:A Land of Work: Foraging Behavior and ecology, Brian F. Codding, Douglas W. Bird, Terry L. Jones; Chapter 8 A Land of Prestige, William R. Hildebrandt, Kelly R. McGuire; Chapter 9 A Land of Fire: Anthropogenic Burning on the Central Coast of California, Rob Q. Cuthrell, Chuck Striplen, Mark Hylkema, Kent G. Lightfoot; Part II Social Dimensions of the Past; Chapter 10 A Land of Power: The Materiality of Wealth, Knowledge, Authority, and the Supernatural, Lynn H. Gamble; Chapter 11 A Land of Violence, Mark W. Allen; Chapter 12 A Land Visited: Reviewing the Case for polynesian Contact in Southern California, Terry L. Jones, Kathryn A. Klar; Chapter 13 A Land of Style: A Quantitative and Cultural Transmission Approach to Understanding Coso Rock Art, Jelmer W. Eerkens, Rebecca Dinkel, Carol Ormsbee; Chapter 14 A Land of Vision and Dreams, David S. Whitley, Tamara K. Whitley; Chapter 15 A Land of Boundaries and Networks, David W. Robinson, Michelle Wienhold, Wendy Whitby; Chapter 16 A Land of Many Genders, Sandra E. Hollimon, Daniel F. Murley; Chapter 17 A Land of Ethnogenesis: Material Culture, power, and Identity, Barbara L. Voss; Chapter 18 A Land of Cultural pluralism: Case Studies from California's Colonial Frontier, Tsim D. Schneider, Sara L. Gonzalez, Kent G. Lightfoot, Lee M. Panich, Matthew A. Russell; Chapter 19 A Land of Inequality: Structure, Agency, and the Archaeology of African Americans, Adrian Praetzellis, Mary Praetzellis; Chapter 20 A Land of Many Archaeologists: Archaeology with Native Californians, Desireé Reneé Martinez; Chapter 21 Conclusion: A Land of Many Perspectives, Jennifer E. Perry, Terry L. Jones;