Plateau–California transition zone

E500189

cultural region geographic region

The Plateau–California transition zone is a cultural and geographic area in the Pacific Northwest where the traditions, lifeways, and environments of the Columbia Plateau and California cultural regions intersect and blend.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Northwest Plateau–California transition zone	2
Plateau–California transition zone canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ geographic region ⓘ
associatedWith	Indigenous peoples of California NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Columbia Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ interregional trade networks ⓘ shared ceremonial practices ⓘ shared material culture elements ⓘ
borders	California cultural area ⓘ Columbia Plateau cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	blends Plateau and California cultural traditions ⓘ culturally diverse ⓘ ecologically transitional ⓘ environmentally diverse ⓘ intermediate between interior plateau and Pacific slope environments ⓘ
hasClimate	transitional between coastal and interior climates ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature	blended language influences ⓘ intermarriage between Plateau and California groups ⓘ mixed fishing and gathering economies ⓘ seasonal mobility patterns ⓘ shared basketry traditions ⓘ
hasEnvironment	foothills ⓘ interior valleys ⓘ river corridors ⓘ semi-arid landscapes ⓘ woodlands ⓘ
hasFauna	deer ⓘ salmon and other anadromous fish ⓘ small game ⓘ
hasFlora	mixed coniferous forests ⓘ oak woodlands ⓘ shrub-steppe vegetation ⓘ
hasTemporalExtent	pre-contact period to present ⓘ
knownFor	mixed subsistence strategies ⓘ overlapping lifeways of Plateau and California peoples ⓘ trade and interaction between Plateau and California groups ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	North American Indigenous culture areas NERFINISHED ⓘ ethnographic regions of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
relevantTo	Indigenous land use patterns ⓘ regional cultural interaction in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
studiedIn	anthropology ⓘ cultural geography ⓘ ethnography ⓘ historical ecology ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Coos tribe → culturalRegion → Plateau–California transition zone ⓘ

Yoncalla Kalapuya → culturalRegion → Plateau–California transition zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Plateau–California transition zone

Santiam Kalapuya → cultureArea → Plateau–California transition zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Plateau–California transition zone