Lost Laborers in Colonial California: Native Americans and the Archaeology of Rancho Petaluma

by Stephen W. Silliman

Book Overview

Native Americans who populated the various ranchos of Mexican California as laborers are people frequently lost to history. The "rancho period" was a critical time for California Indians, as many were drawn into labor pools for the flourishing ranchos following the 1834 dismantlement of the mission system, but they are practically absent from the documentary record and from popular histories.

This study focuses on Rancho Petaluma north of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816528047
• ISBN13: 9780816528042
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"