California cultural area
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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.
Aliases (3)
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North American culture area
→
anthropological region → culture area → |
| borderedBy |
Great Basin cultural area
→
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 → |
| hasClimate |
Mediterranean climate
→
coastal marine climate → montane climate → |
| hasEnvironment |
chaparral
→
coastal lagoons → oak woodland → redwood forest → river valleys → |
| includesSubregion |
Central California
→
Northwestern California → Southern California coast → Southern California interior → |
| inhabitedBy |
Cahuilla people
→
Chumash people → Hupa people → Karuk people → Luiseno people → Maidu people → Miwok peoples → Ohlone peoples → Pomo people → Wiyot people → Yokuts people → Yurok people → |
| knownFor |
elaborate dance rituals
→
finely woven baskets → shell bead money systems → |
| locatedIn |
California
→
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 (10)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Coast Miwok
("California culture area")
→
Kiliwa community of northern Baja California ("Californian Indigenous cultural area") → Luiseño people → Ohlone peoples → Salinan language → Southern Sierra Miwok → Takic peoples → |
culturalRegion |
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Cahuilla language
→
|
belongsToCulturalArea |
|
Taaqtam
→
|
hasCulturalRegion |
|
Kawaiisu people
("California Native American cultures")
→
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partOf |