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By Lynn H. Gamble

When Spanish explorers and missionaries got here onto Southern California's seashores in 1769, they encountered the massive cities and villages of the Chumash, a those who at the moment have been one of the such a lot complicated hunter-gatherer societies on the earth. The Spanish have been entertained and fed at lavish feasts hosted via chiefs who governed over the settlements and who participated in vast social and monetary networks. during this first smooth synthesis of knowledge from the Chumash heartland, Lynn H. Gamble weaves jointly a number of assets of proof to re-create the wealthy tapestry of Chumash society. Drawing from archaeology, ancient records, ethnography, and ecology, she describes everyday life within the huge mainland cities, concentrating on Chumash tradition, family association, politics, financial system, war, and more.

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