Monday, November 15, 2010

CALIFORNIA INDIAN ECOLOGY

THE TERM ECOLOGY IS IN A BIOLOGICAL SENSE THE INTERACTION OF ORGANISMS WITH THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. IN HUMAN TERMS IT IS CONCERNED WITH THE RELATION OF CALIFORNIA INDIANS TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY LIVED.

INDIAN ECOLOGICAL ZONES:

FACTORS AS LANDFORM, TEMPERATURE, PRESCRIPTION, AND SOILS ARE RELATED TO THE DESCRIPTION OF NATURAL VEGETATION. THESE CLIMATIC ZONES ARE BASED ON A SERIES OF NATURAL VEGETATION. THESE CLIMATIC ZONES ARE BASED ON A SERIES OF LIFE ZONES RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION. OF PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE FORMS.

HOME RANGE IS A TERM APPLIED TO THE CULTURE'S USE OF THEIR TERRITORY THAT WOULD BE DEFENDED AGAINST THE INVASION. IF A YEAR HAD A GREAT FOOD ABUNDANCE THE RANGE USED MIGHT BE A SMALL TERRITORY. OR AS IN THE CASE WITH THE HUPA, THEY USED THEIR ENTIRE SMALL VALLEY AS THEIR HOME RANGE. THE HUPA WERE A SALMON CULTURE. A GROUP ORDINARILY DID NOT ENTER ANOTHER'S TERRITORY TO EXPLOIT RESOURCES.

RALPH BEALES /JOSEPH HESTER

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