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Extensification and intensification in central California prehistory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

J. M. Beaton
J. M. Beaton*
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Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis CA 95616, USA
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The central portion of the California ‘culture area’ is a microcosm of the larger California province, which is a patchwork of landforms, microclimates and hydraulic régimes. There are large coastal bays, rugged scrubby foothills, broad intermontane valleys with massive river systems and extensive deltaic wetlands (FIGURE 1).

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Antiquity , Volume 65 , Issue 249 , December 1991 , pp. 946 - 952
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1991

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