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Research paper thumbnail of CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE EXPLORATION OF BURTON MOUND CONTINUED: FAUNAL ANALYSIS OF A MAINLAND CHUMASH SITE A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Masters of Arts in Anthropology, Public Archaeology

The Coastal Chumash resided in permanent towns supplied by an economy of hunting, gathering and f... more The Coastal Chumash resided in permanent towns supplied by an economy of hunting, gathering and fishing practiced in a region possessing high ecological diversity. An elaborate exchange system trading food, raw resources and manufactured goods was developed most likely to deal with the occasionally unpredictable environment. Anthropologists argue that it was the environmental productivity of the region where Chumash peoples resided which contributed to higher populations and greater sociopolitical complexity than that of other hunter-gatherer societies. The Burton Mound site, CA-SBA-28, was consistently documented by the Spanish expeditions of the 16th-19th centuries as being adjacent to a principal town of the Barbareño Chumash. As a result of historic and modern construction, this important site and many others in the Santa Barbara Channel Region either no longer exist or are inaccessible. Thus, the collections resulting from three excavations at CA-SBA-28 are of considerable significance. Only one of the collections has been the subject of a major publication (Harrington 1928). In 1969, Dr. Claude Warren directed excavations of the site prior to pending construction. The faunal remains recovered from the 1969 excavation are studied for the first time to investigate Coastal Chumash subsistence during phases of the Early and Middle periods for which little is known. Analysis of the faunal assemblage provides insights into timing and use of Chumash watercraft, and how climatic uncertainty may have affected subsistence and settlement patterns.

Research paper thumbnail of CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE EXPLORATION OF BURTON MOUND CONTINUED: FAUNAL ANALYSIS OF A MAINLAND CHUMASH SITE A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Masters of Arts in Anthropology, Public Archaeology

The Coastal Chumash resided in permanent towns supplied by an economy of hunting, gathering and f... more The Coastal Chumash resided in permanent towns supplied by an economy of hunting, gathering and fishing practiced in a region possessing high ecological diversity. An elaborate exchange system trading food, raw resources and manufactured goods was developed most likely to deal with the occasionally unpredictable environment. Anthropologists argue that it was the environmental productivity of the region where Chumash peoples resided which contributed to higher populations and greater sociopolitical complexity than that of other hunter-gatherer societies. The Burton Mound site, CA-SBA-28, was consistently documented by the Spanish expeditions of the 16th-19th centuries as being adjacent to a principal town of the Barbareño Chumash. As a result of historic and modern construction, this important site and many others in the Santa Barbara Channel Region either no longer exist or are inaccessible. Thus, the collections resulting from three excavations at CA-SBA-28 are of considerable significance. Only one of the collections has been the subject of a major publication (Harrington 1928). In 1969, Dr. Claude Warren directed excavations of the site prior to pending construction. The faunal remains recovered from the 1969 excavation are studied for the first time to investigate Coastal Chumash subsistence during phases of the Early and Middle periods for which little is known. Analysis of the faunal assemblage provides insights into timing and use of Chumash watercraft, and how climatic uncertainty may have affected subsistence and settlement patterns.

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