ANTH 310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gilsonite, Tomol, Ascribed Status
17 May 2020
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Marine resources (resource abundant with respect to both flora and fauna) Acorns: must be leached in water to get rid of tannins, ground into acorn mush. Complex hunter-gatherers: absence of agriculture and still reaching that level of complexity. Fishing: salmon (riverine), fish in general and marine mammals. Sedentary: go out on subsistence pursuits, which would require you to be away from home only for short amounts of time. Driftwood canoes (tomol) made of redwood driftwood. Tomols were made waterproof with asphaltum plugs and pitch. Ti"at (tongva, la): tule reed boats woven together, used in riverine environments. Had to be an elite member, chief, high on the ladder of hierarchy to be able to command people to build such a vessel for you and to have enough resources and materials to have it built. The chumash word for chief was wot . Baskets are tremendously important and used for just about anything and everything.
