California cultural area

E16350

North American culture area anthropological region culture area

The California cultural area is an anthropological region of western North America characterized by diverse Indigenous peoples with rich traditions of hunting, gathering, and complex basketry, extending across what is now the state of California and parts of neighboring areas.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
California cultural area canonical	24
California Indian cultural area	1
California Native American cultures	1
California culture area	1
Californian Indigenous cultural area	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	North American culture area ⓘ anthropological region ⓘ culture area ⓘ
borderedBy	Great Basin ⓘ surface form: Great Basin cultural area Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ surface form: Northwest Coast cultural area Plateau cultural area ⓘ Southwest cultural area ⓘ
characterizedBy	acorn processing ⓘ complex basketry ⓘ fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ high linguistic diversity ⓘ hunting ⓘ rich ceremonial life ⓘ sedentary villages ⓘ
economyType	fishing economy ⓘ foraging economy ⓘ
extendsInto	Baja California ⓘ Nevada ⓘ Oregon ⓘ Pacific coast of North America ⓘ surface form: Pacific Coast
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ coastal marine climate ⓘ montane climate ⓘ
hasEnvironment	chaparral ⓘ coastal lagoons ⓘ oak woodland ⓘ redwood forest ⓘ river valleys ⓘ
includesSubregion	Central California ⓘ North Coast of California ⓘ surface form: Northwestern California Southern California ⓘ surface form: Southern California coast Southern California ⓘ surface form: Southern California interior
inhabitedBy	Cahuilla people ⓘ Takic peoples ⓘ surface form: Chumash people Hupa people ⓘ Karuk people ⓘ Takic peoples ⓘ surface form: Luiseno people Maidu people ⓘ Miwok people ⓘ surface form: Miwok peoples Ohlone peoples ⓘ Pomo people ⓘ Wiyot people ⓘ Yokuts people ⓘ Yurok ⓘ surface form: Yurok people
knownFor	elaborate dance rituals ⓘ finely woven baskets ⓘ shell bead money systems ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States western North America ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	archaeology ⓘ cultural anthropology ⓘ ethnography ⓘ
timeDepth	Holocene ⓘ pre-contact period ⓘ
usesMaterialCulture	basketry ⓘ bone tools ⓘ shell ornaments ⓘ stone tools ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Sierra Miwok → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Kawaiisu people → partOf → California cultural area ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Native American cultures

Coast Miwok → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

this entity surface form: California culture area

Luiseño people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Taaqtam → hasCulturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Cahuilla language → belongsToCulturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ

Takic peoples → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Salinan language → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Kiliwa community of northern Baja California → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Californian Indigenous cultural area

Ohlone peoples → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Northern Valley Yokuts → hasCulturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Eastern Miwok → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Tübatulabal people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Chumash people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Salinan people → culturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ

Tataviam people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Payómkawichum → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Modoc → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Kizh → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Takelma people → cultureArea → California cultural area ⓘ

Kitanemuk language → culturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ

Fernandeño people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Cupeño people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Costanoan people → cultureArea → California cultural area ⓘ

Awaswas → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Pericú people → culturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ

Awaswas language → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ

Brush Dance → region → California cultural area ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Indian cultural area