book chapter
The Yokuts: people of the land
Vanishing landscapes : land and life in the Tulare Lake Basin • Berkeley • Published In 1981 • Pages: 31-46, 251-270
By: Preston, William L..
Abstract
Preston discusses how the Yokuts interacted and affected their environment and how the environment affected Yokuts culture. The Yokuts learned to work with their environment through long interaction with it - the ancestors of the Yokuts settled in the Tulare Lake Basin 4000 to 3000 years ago. One of the ways they affected their environment was through the use of fire to encourage the growth of preferred food plants and game. The Yokuts were also known to plant native tobacco, prune elderberry bushes and grape vines, and to transplant plants and seeds. Preston also discusses Yokuts trade and what was traded and he discusses village locations in relation to environmental zones.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2000
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Yokuts; California, United States
- Notes
- William L. Preston
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-270)
- LCCN
- 80006055
- LCSH
- Yokuts Indians