(p.i) The Chumash World at European Contact

(p.iii) The Chumash World at European Contact

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• Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
• Gamble, Lynn H.
•   The Chumash world at European contact: power, trade, and feasting
• among complex hunter-gatherers / Lynn H. Gamble.
•    p. cm.
•   Includes bibliographical references and index.
•   ISBN 978–0–520–25441–1 (cloth: alk. paper)
•   1. Chumash Indians—History. 2. Chumash Indians—Social life and
• customs. 3. Indians of North America—First contact with Europeans—
• California. 4. Spain—Colonies—America—Administration. 5. California—
• Discovery and exploration. 6. California—History—To 1846. I. Title.
•   E99.C815.G36 2008
•   979.4004′9758-dc22       2007050922

• Manufactured in China

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• The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of
• ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).

• The cover image is used with permission of the Juan Bautista de Anza
• National Historic Trail, National Park Service, Department of the Interior,
• and may not be reproduced without National Park Service permission. You
• can learn more about the Anza Expedition at www.nps.gov/juba/.

• Cover image: Meeting the Chumash (2006) by artist David Rickman.