California cultural area

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The California cultural area is an anthropological region of western North America characterized by diverse Indigenous peoples with rich traditions of hunting, gathering, and complex basketry, extending across what is now the state of California and parts of neighboring areas.

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Generate an image of the California cultural area (The California cultural area is an anthropological region of western North America characterized by diverse Indigenous peoples with rich traditions of hunting, gathering, and complex basketry, extending across what is now the state of California and parts of neighboring areas.)

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Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North American culture area ⓘ
anthropological region ⓘ
culture area ⓘ
borderedBy Great Basin cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Great Basin

Northwest Coast cultural area ⓘ
Plateau cultural area ⓘ
Southwest cultural area ⓘ
characterizedBy acorn processing ⓘ
complex basketry ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
high linguistic diversity ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
rich ceremonial life ⓘ
sedentary villages ⓘ
economyType fishing economy ⓘ
foraging economy ⓘ
extendsInto Baja California ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Pacific Coast ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
coastal marine climate ⓘ
montane climate ⓘ
hasEnvironment chaparral ⓘ
coastal lagoons ⓘ
oak woodland ⓘ
redwood forest ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ
includesSubregion Central California ⓘ
Northwestern California ⓘ
Southern California coast ⓘ
linked to: Southern California

Southern California interior ⓘ
linked to: Southern California
inhabitedBy Cahuilla people ⓘ
Chumash people ⓘ
linked to: Takic peoples

Hupa people ⓘ
Karuk people ⓘ
Luiseno people ⓘ
linked to: Takic peoples

Maidu people ⓘ
Miwok peoples ⓘ
linked to: Miwok people

Ohlone peoples ⓘ
Pomo people ⓘ
Wiyot people ⓘ
Yokuts people ⓘ
Yurok people ⓘ
linked to: Yurok
knownFor elaborate dance rituals ⓘ
finely woven baskets ⓘ
shell bead money systems ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
United States ⓘ
western North America ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline archaeology ⓘ
cultural anthropology ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
timeDepth Holocene ⓘ
pre-contact period ⓘ
usesMaterialCulture basketry ⓘ
bone tools ⓘ
shell ornaments ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ

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Referenced by (54)

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

Southern Sierra Miwok → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Kawaiisu people → partOf → California Native American cultures ⓘ
linked to: California cultural area
Coast Miwok → culturalRegion → California culture area ⓘ
linked to: California cultural area
Luiseño people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Taaqtam → hasCulturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Cahuilla language → belongsToCulturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ
Takic peoples → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Salinan language → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Kiliwa community of northern Baja California → culturalRegion → Californian Indigenous cultural area ⓘ
linked to: California cultural area
Ohlone peoples → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Northern Valley Yokuts → hasCulturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Eastern Miwok → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Tübatulabal people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Chumash people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Salinan people → culturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ
Tataviam people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Payómkawichum → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Modoc → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Kizh → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Takelma people → cultureArea → California cultural area ⓘ
Kitanemuk language → culturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ
Fernandeño people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Cupeño people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Costanoan people → cultureArea → California cultural area ⓘ
Awaswas → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Pericú people → culturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ
Awaswas language → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Brush Dance → region → California Indian cultural area ⓘ
linked to: California cultural area
Saklan → culturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ
Miwok → culturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ
Foothill Yokuts → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Achomawi people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Atsugewi language → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Nomlaki people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Wintu Tribe of Northern California → hasCulturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Tututni → culturalRegion → California culture area ⓘ
linked to: California cultural area
Valley Nisenan → hasCulturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Tututni people → culturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ
Coast Miwok people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Southern Paiute–Chemehuevi → culturalRegion → California culture area ⓘ
linked to: California cultural area
Lost River region → culturalRegion → California culture area ⓘ
linked to: California cultural area
Tehachapi Indians → culturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ
Pomo cultural area → partOf → California cultural area (anthropology) ⓘ
linked to: California cultural area
Acjachemen → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Vanyume people → culturalArea → California cultural area ⓘ
Luiseño → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Mattole people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Kuupangaxwichem people → culturalRegion → California cultural area ⓘ
Mono Indian communities of California → partOf → California cultural area ⓘ
Tubatulabal → cultureArea → California cultural area ⓘ