Coso people
E780030
The Coso people were an Indigenous group of the Great Basin region of what is now eastern California, known for their rich rock art tradition and hunter-gatherer lifeways.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Great Basin cultural group
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
hunting blinds
ⓘ
lithic scatters ⓘ rock art panels ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Coso Rock Art District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalArea | Great Basin culture area ⓘ |
| economy | mobile foraging ⓘ |
| environment |
arid desert
ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| housing | temporary brush shelters ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Great Basin rock art tradition
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
petroglyphs ⓘ rock art ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Numic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan languages
|
| lifestyle | hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern California ⓘ western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Paiute people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shoshone people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indigenous peoples of California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Coso Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Basin Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Owens Valley area NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra Nevada eastern slopes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resourceUse |
desert plants
ⓘ
game animals ⓘ |
| rockArtMotif |
anthropomorphic figures
ⓘ
bighorn sheep figures ⓘ hunting scenes ⓘ |
| rockArtStyle | Coso style petroglyphs ⓘ |
| rockArtTechnique | pecked petroglyphs ⓘ |
| spiritualAssociation | rock art sites ⓘ |
| subsistence |
bighorn sheep hunting
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Holocene
ⓘ
pre-contact period ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Coso Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Owens Valley region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Mojave Desert ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.