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Reexamination of the Early Central California Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2017

Clement W. Meighan
Clement W. Meighan*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024
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Abstract

The Early Central California assemblage was described on the basis of four sites in the delta region of California's central valley. The original reports interpret the sites as residential villages with associated cemeteries. In this discussion I argue that the evidence for residential occupation is very weak and that the sites are specialized mortuary mounds. The implications for California archaeology are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 28 - 36
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1987

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