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The Little Harbor Site, Catalina Island: An Example of Ecological Interpretation in Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Clement W. Meighan
Clement W. Meighan*
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University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
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The islands off southern California have attracted archaeological attention since the 1880's, yet actual site reports on island archaeology are virtually nonexistent. This report presents data on excavations at Little Harbor, Catalina Island. It is the first published site report for Catalina Island and the first complete description of a site excavation for the Channel islands as a group. Chronologically, the radiocarbon dating of the site provides a key reference point for time placement of several southern California complexes.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 24 , Issue 4Part1 , April 1959 , pp. 383 - 405
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1959

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