VCAS LIBRARY

This library collection contains various publications on local prehistory as well as those related publications which are thought to be relivent.  At present, the collection is housed at Moorpark College as part of the Archaeological Program. Access to the collection is through the VCAS Archivist.  The following Codes may be helpful in working with the bibiolography:

            4D    In the "Site" catagory indicate the storage location, i.e. Cabinet 4, Shef  D.
            +      Is used in the "Site Location" to indicate a publication housed in another location.
            *      Is used to indicate a lost item.
            =      Is used to indicate an item yet to be shelved.

The library is alphabetized by author. For easy access, you may click on the first letter of the last name below.

A  B  CDE  F G H  I  J K L MN  O P  Q  RS  T  U  V W  X  Y Z
 
ID SITE AUTHOR DATE TITLE PLACE PUBLISHER VOLUME/NUMBER PAGES REMARKS
56 4C Anderson, Eugene N., Jr. 1978 A Revised Annotated Bibliography Of The Chumash And Their Predecessors Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 11
88 4B Angel, Maron 1979 La Piedra Pintada: The Painted Rock Of California San Luis Obispo Padre Publications
80 = Applegate, Richard 1978 Atishwin: The Dream Helper In South-Central California Socorro, New Mexico Ballena Press
180 4B Baker, John R. 1994 The Old Woman And Her Gifts: Pharmacological Bases Of the Chumash Use of Datura Curare Vol. 17, No. 2 253-276
82 4A Barnes, T.C., T.H. Taylor and C.W. Polzar 1981 Northern New Spain: A Research Guide Tucson, Arizona University of Arizona Press
141 4A Barros, David Priscott 1967 Ethnobotany Of The Coahuilla Indians Banning Malki Museum Press
20 4B Bauer, Helen 1957 California Mission Days Sacramento Department of Education Grade 4 text
142 4A Bean. Lowell 1992 California Indian Shamanism Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 39
131 4B Bennyhoff, James and R.E. Hughes 1987 Shell Beads And Ornament Exchange Networks Between California And The western Great Basin New York Anthropological Papers Of The American Museum Of Natural history Vol. 64, Pt. 2
108 4B Benson, Arlene and Thomas Hoskinson 1985 Earth And Sky: Papers From The CSU-Northridge Conference On Archaeoastronomy Thousand Oaks Slo'w Press
37 4B Betlach, D.A. 1970 MEMO: Areas Of Geological Importance In Ventura County Unpublished material
23 4C Blackburn, Thomas 1963 A Manuscript Account Of The Ventureno Chumash Los Angeles UCLA Archaeological Survey Annual Report Vol. 5 139-158
130 4A Blackburn, Thomas and D. Travis Hudson 1990 Time's Flotsam: Overseas Collections Of California Indian Materials Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 35
140 4A Blackburn, Thomas and Kate Anderson 1993 Before The Wilderness: Environmental Management By Native Californians Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 40
124 4B Bonner, Wayne H. 1984 "Smoking Pipes Of Coastal Southern California: A Suggested Typology Salines Unpublished papers delivered at the annual meeting of the Society for California Archaeology
91 * Bowers, Stephen 1888 Unpublished fieldnotes on trip to the Lockwood Valley and Mt. Pinos area of Ojai Published as Noontide Sun by Arlene Benson 1998
101 4C Brown, Alan K. 1967 The Aboriginal Population Of The Santa Barbara Channel Berkeley Reports of the University of California Archaeological Survey No. 69
53 4B Clewlow, C. William and Mary Ellen Wheeling 1978 Rock Art: An Introductory Recording Manual For California And The Great Basin Los Angeles UCLA Institute of Archeology
66 4C Clewlow, C. William, Jr. et all 1979 The Archeology of Oak Park, Ventura County, California, Vol. 3 Los Angeles UCLA Institute of Archeological Monographs No. 11
72 4C Clewlow, C. William, Jr. et all 1979 Archeological Investigations At The Ring Brothers Site Complex, Thousand Oaks, California Los Angeles UCLA Institute of Archeology Monograph No. 13
59 4C Clewlow, C. William, Jr. et all 1978 The Archeology of Oak Park, Ventura County, California, Vol. 2 Los Angeles UCLA Institute of Archeology Monograph No. 5
52 4C Clewlow, C. William, Jr. et all 1978 The Archeology of Oak Park, Ventura County, California, Vol. 1 Los Angeles UCLA Institute of Archeology, Monograph No. 5
77 4C Clewlow, C. William, Jr. et all 1979 Archeological Investigations At The Ring Brothers Site Complex, Thousand Oaks, California Los Angeles UCLA Institute of Archeology Monograph No. 13
57 4B Clewlow, C. William, Jr., (Ed) 1978 Four Rock Art Sites Ballena Press Publications On North American Rock Art No. 1
60 4B Clifford, James 1977 Preservation Of Historic Adobe Structures: A Status Report U.S. Department of Commerce NBC Technical Note No. 934
152 4A Cook, Sherburne Friend 1976 The Conflict Between The California Indian And White Civilization Berkeley University of California Press
160 4B Costello, Julia 1976 The Royal Presido Of Santa Barbara, Phase VII: Archeology Of The "Padres Quarters" Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
122 * Cyr, Donald L. (ed.) 1985 Stonehenge Viewpoint
102 4A Davis, James T. 1961 Trade Routes And Economic Exchange Among The Indians Of California Berkeley Reports of the University of California Archaeological Survey No. 54
175 4A Deetz, James 1971 Man's Imprint From The Past: Readings In The Methods Of Archeology Boston Little, Brown, and Company
7 + Eberhart, Hal and Anges Babcock 1963 An Archaeological Survey Of Muta Flats, Ventura County, California Los Angeles Archaeological Research Associates Contributions To California Archaeology No. 5
164 4B Everitt, Cindy 1973 "Black And White Mimbres Pottery: A Bibliography" 69-89
161 4B Fagan, Brian M 1976 The Royal Presidio Of Santa Barbara: Archeology Of The Chapel Site Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
174 4A Fagan, Brian M. 1970 Introductory Readings In Archeology Boston Little, Brown, and Company
173 4A Gabel, Creighton 1967 Analysis Of Prehistoric Economic Patterns San Francisco Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
9 4B Gifford, E.W. 1947 California Shell Artifacts, Plus Appendix: Additional Bone Artifacts by Phil Orr Berkeley University of California Anthropological Records Vol. 9, No. 1 1-132 Same as No. 6 above
100 4B Gifford, E.W. 1940 California Bone Artifacts Berkeley University of California Anthropological Records Vol. 3,No. 2
6 4B Gifford, E.W. and Phil C. Orr 1947 California Shell Artifacts And Appendix: Additional Bone Artifacts University of California Anthropological Records Vol. 9, No. 1 1-132 Incomplete Xerox
19 4B Glassow, Michael A. 1996 Purisimeno Chumash Prehistory: Maritime Adaptations Along The Southern California Coast San Diego Harcourt Brace College Publishers
38 4B Grant, Campbell 1993 The Rock Paintings Of The Chumash Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Originally published in 1965 by the University of California Press
172 Green, Ernestene L. 1973 In Search Of Man: Readings In Archeology Boston Little, Brown and Company
4 4C Greenwood, Roberta S, and Robert O. Browne 1963 Preliminary Survey Of The Rancho Canada Larga, Ventura County, California UCLA Archaeological Survey Annual Report Vol. 5 467-505
2 4C Greenwood, Roberta S. 1969 The Browne Site: Early Milling Stone Horizon In Southern California American Antiquity Vol. 34, No. 4, Pt. 2; Memoir No. 23
39 + Greenwood, Roberta S. 1962 Preliminary Survey Of The Canet Ranch, Ventura County, California Unpublished draft and field notes for No. 4
177 4B Greenwood, Roberta S. (Ed) 1975 3500 Years On One City Block: San Buenaventura Mission Plaza Project Archeological Report Ventura San Buenaventura Redevopment Agency
1 x Greenwood, Roberta s. and Robert O. Browne 1966 A Coastal Chumash Village: Excavation Of Shisholop, Ventura County Unpublished Draft of No.xxxx Contains Appendix A & B
150 4A Heizer, Robert and M.A. Whipple 1979 The California Indians: A Source Book Berkeley University of California Press
54 4A Heizer, Robert F (Ed) 1978 Handbook Of North American Indians: Vol. 8, California Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press
176 4A Heizer, Robert F. 1959 The Archeologist At Work: A Source Book In Archeological Method And Interpretation New York Harper & Brothers
35 4A Heizer, Robert F.(ed.) 1976 A Collection Of Ethnographic Articles On The California Indian Ballena Press Publications In Archaeology, Ethnology And History No. 7
155 4A Hill, Edward E. (Ed) 1965 National Archives Preliminary Inventories No. 163 Washington D.C. Vol. 1., Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
12 4B Hill, James A. and James Toney (eds.) 1967 UCLA Archaeological Survey Annual Report Los Angeles University of California Presas Vol. 9
115 4A Hill, James H. and Rosinda Nolasquez 1973 Mulu'wetam: The First People, Cuperto Oral History And Language Banning Malki Museum Press
118 4C Hoover, Robert and W.B. Sawyer 1977 Los Osos High School Site San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society Occasional Papers No. 11
137 4B Hoover, Robert L. and Julia G. Costello 1985 Excavations At Mission San Antonio, 1976-1978 San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society Monograph No. 26
22 4C Hudson, D. Tracis 1974 Chumash Archery Equipment San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes No. 13
151 4B Hudson, D. Travis 1979 Breath Of The Sun: Life In Early California As Told By A Chumash Indian, Fernando Librado, To John. P. Harrington Banning Malki Museum Press
32 4A Hudson, D. Travis 1976 Marine Archaeology Along The Southern California Coast San Diego Museum of Man Papers No. 9
51 Hudson, D. Travis and Ernest Underhay 1977 Chumash Wooden Bowls San Diego Museum Of Man Papers No. 13
50 = Hudson, D. Travis and Ernest Underhay 1978 Crystals In The Sky: An Intellectual Odyssey Involving Chumash Astronomy, Cosmology and Rock Art Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 10
116 4C Hudson, D. Travis and Thomas Blackburn 1986 The Material Culture Of the Chumash Interaction Sphere: Vol. 4, Manufacturing Processes, Metrology and Trade Ballena Press Anthropological papers No. 31
109 4C Hudson, D. Travis and Thomas Blackburn 1986 The Material Culture Of The Chumash Interaction Sphere: Vol. 4, ceremonial Paraphernalia, Games and Amusements Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 30
96 4C Hudson, D. Travis and Thomas Blackburn 1983 The Material Culture Of The Chumash Interaction Sphere: Vol. 2, Food Preparation and Shelter Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 27
106 4C Hudson, D. Travis and Thomas Blackburn 1985 The Material Culture Of The Chumash Interaction Sphere: Vol.3, Clothing, Ornamentation and Grooming Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 28
93 4C Hudson, D. Travis and Thomas Blackburn 1982 The Material Culture Of The Chumash Interaction Sphere: Vol. 1, Food Procurement and Transportion Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 25
48 4C Hudson, D. Travis et al 1978 The Eye Of the Flute: Chumash Traditional History And Ritual As Told By Fernando Librado Kitsapawit To John Peabody Harrington Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
49 4C Hudson, D. Travis et al 1978 Tomol: Chumash Watercraft As Described In The Ethnographic Notes Of John Peabody Harrington Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 9
97 4C Johnson, John Richard 1982 An Ethnohistoric Study Of The Island Chumash Santa Barbara Unpublished Master Of Arts Thesis on file in the Anthropology Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara
156 4A Kelsay, Laura E. (Ed) 1977 Cartographic Records Of The Bureau Of Indian Affairs Washington D.C. General Service Administration, Special Lists No. 13
107 4C King, Chester D. 1984 The Evolution Of Chumash Society: A Comparative Study Of Artifacts Used In Social Systems Maintenance In The Santa Barbara Channel Region Before A. D. 1804 Davis Ph.D. Dissertation on file with the Department Of Anthropology University of California, Davis
13 4B King, Thomas F., et al 1968 UCLA Archaeological Survey Annual Report Los Angeles University of California Press Vol. 10
28 4C Kowta, Mark and James Hill 1960 Site Ven-15: The Triunfo Rockshelter Los Angeles UCLA Archaeological Survey Annual Report Vol. 5 139-158
78 4C LaLone, Mary 1979 Gabrielino Indians Of Southern California: An Annotated Bibliography Los Angeles University of California Press
83 4C Lee, Georgia 1981 The Portable Cosmos: Effigies, Ornaments And Incised stones From The Chumash Area Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 21
119 4B Leonard, N. Nelson,III and Nancy Farrell (eds.) 1972 UCLA Archaeological Survey Annual Report Vol. 14
15 4B Leonard, N. Nelson,III, et al 1970 UCLA Archaeological Survey Annual Report Los Angeles University of California Press Vol. 12
58 4C Lopez, Robert 1974 The Prehistory Of The Lower Portion Of The Piru Creek Drainage Basin, Ventura County, California: An Ethnohistorical And Archeological Reconstruction Unpublished Master of Arts Thesis in Archeology on file with the Department of Anthropology, California State University, Northridge
27 4C Lopez, Robert 1997 Bibliography: Ventura County Prehistory Moorpark College
75 4C Lopez, Robert 1980 The Second Preliminary Report of Archeological Investigations at Mission San Buenaventura's San Miguel Chapel (Ven-480H) Ventura CA Unpublished Manuscript
74 4C Lopez, Robert 1976 The First Preliminary Report of Archeological Investigations at Mission San Buenaventura's San Miguel Chapel (Ven-480) Ventura CA Unpublished Manuscript
171 4A Martin, Paul S 1959 Digging Into History: A Brief Account Of Fifteen Years Of Archeological Work In New Mexico Chicago Chicago Natural History Museum Press
191 4C Mason, William M. 1998 The Census Of 1790 Navato Ballena Press, Publications in Anthropology No. 45
159 4B Matson, Frederick R. 1965 Ceramics And Man New York Wenner-Gren Foundation For Anthropological Research, Viking Fund Publications In Anthropology No. 41
55 4B Maxwell, Thomas J. 1977 "Inca Huacas: Idols or Fetishes" El Dorado Vol. 2, No. 2 87-92
69 = Maxwell, Thomas J. 1979 "Maize in India, 1141 A.D." Stonehenge Viewpoint Vol. 1, No. 30 3-7
68 4B Maxwell, Thomas J. 1979 "The Inca Priesthood and Animism" El Dorado Vol. 3, No. 1 62-74
10 + McGimsey, Charles R., et al 1970 These Are The stewards Of The Past Arkansas Archaeological Survey
170 4A Meggers, Betty Jean 1972 Prehistoric America Chicago Aldine-Atherton, Inc
84 4B Meighan, Clement W. (ed.) 1981 Messages From The Past: Studies In California Rock Art Los Angeles UCLA Institute Of Archaeology Monographs No. 20
79 4B Merriam, C. Hart 1979 Indian Names For Plants And Animals Among Californian And Western North American Tribes Socorro, New Mexico Ballena Press
136 4B Michaelis, Helen 1984 A Catalog Of UCLA Rock Art Archives Unpublished Documents Los Angeles UCLA Rock Art Archives Occasional Papers No. 12
139 4B Miles, Charles and Pierre Bovis 1969 American Indian And Eskimo Basketry: A Key To Identification New York Bonanza Books
194 4C Miller, Bruce W. 1988 Chumash: A Picture Of Their World Los Osos Sand River Press
34 4A Morratto, Michael J. 1973 The Status Of California Archaeology Society for California Archaeology Special Report No. 3
11 4B Nelson, J.W., Walter C. Dean, A.E. Kocher, E.B. Watson and E.J. Carpenter 1920 Soil Survey Of The Ventura Area, California Washington, D.C. US Government Printing Office
24 4D NO AUTHOR 1995 Journal Of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 17, No. 1
188 4D NO AUTHOR 1982 Journal of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 4, No. 2
189 4D NO AUTHOR 1990 Journal of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 12, No. 2
129 4D NO AUTHOR 1988 The Journal Of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 10, No. 2
128 4D NO AUTHOR 1988 The Journal Of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 10, No. 1
3 4D NO AUTHOR 1994 Journal Of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 16, No. 1
5 4D NO AUTHOR 1994 Journal Of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 16, No. 2
127 4D NO AUTHOR 1987 The Journal Of California And great basin Anthropology Vol. 9, No. 2
126 4D NO AUTHOR 1987 The Journal Of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 9, No. 1
14 4B NO AUTHOR 1969 UCLA Archaeological Survey Annual Report Los Angeles University of California Press Vol. 11
25 4D NO AUTHOR 1995 Journal Of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 17, No. 2
42 4D NO AUTHOR 1975 The Journal Of California Anthropology Vol. 2, No. 2
43 4D NO AUTHOR 1976 The Journal Of California Anthropology Vol. 3, No. 1
132 4D NO AUTHOR 1989 The Journal Of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 11, No. 1
117 4D NO AUTHOR 1985 The Journal Of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 7, No. 2
120 4D NO AUTHOR 1986 The Journal Of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 8, No. 1
121 4D NO AUTHOR 1986 The Journal Of California And Great basin Anthropology Vol. 8, No. 2
30 4C NO AUTHOR 1932-35 Unpublished Field Notes Of Los Angeles County Museum Of Natural History's Archaeological Activities In Ventura County
192 4B NO AUTHOR 1998 Pacific Coast Archeological Society Quarterly Vol. 34, No.1 Contains Van Slyke's Fish Analysis
190 4D NO AUTHOR 1998 Journal of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 20, No. 2
16 4D NO AUTHOR 1996 Journal Of California And Great Basin Anthropology Vol. 18, No. 1
31 4C NO AUTHOR 1975 Papers On The Chumash San Luis Obispo County Archaeological Society Occasional Papers No. 9
41 4D NO AUTHOR 1975 The Journal Of California Anthropology Vol. 2, No. 1
44 4D NO AUTHOR 1976 The Journal Of California Anthropology Vol. 3, No. 2
40 4D NO AUTHOR 1974 The Journal Of California Anthropology Vol. 1, No. 2
193 4D NO AUTHOR 1998