Title Karankawa Indians of Texas : an Ecological Study of Cultural Tradition and Change

Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (236 pages) Series Texas Archaeology and Ethnohistory Ser Texas Archaeology and Ethnohistory Ser Contents Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 Who Were the Karankawas?; Chapter 2 The Karankawan Environment; Chapter 3 The Archaeological Exploration of Karankawan Adaptation; Chapter 4 Archaeological Evidence for Prehistoric Occupation of Shoreline Fishing Camps; Chapter 5 Karankawan Occupation of the Coastal Prairie Environment; Chapter 6 Reconstructing Prehistoric Karankawan Adaptive Patterns; Chapter 7 Karankawan Adaptive Patterns during the Colonial Era; Chapter 8 The Impacts of European Colonization: Continuity and Change in Karankawan Lifeways Chapter 9 The Karankawas on the Spanish Colonial Frontier: Seven Decades of Hostilities and the Resolution of Con ictChapter 10 The Mission as an Ecological Resource; Chapter 11 The Long- Term Ecological Roots of Adaptive Change; Appendix A De ning the Geographical and Chronological Parameters of the Rockport Phase through Ceramic Analysis; Appendix B Methods of Seasonality Analysis; References Cited; Index Summary Annotation "Popular lore has long depicted the Karankawa Indians as primitive scavengers (perhaps even cannibals) who eked out a meager subsistence from fishing, hunting, and gathering on the Texas coastal plains. That caricature, according to Robert Ricklis, hides the reality of a people who were well-adapted to their environment, skillful in using its resources, and successful in maintaining their culture until the arrival of Anglo-American settlers." "The Karankawa Indians of Texas is the first modern, well-researched history of the Karankawa from pre-historic times until their extinction in the nineteenth century. Blending archaeological and ethnohistorical data into a lively narrative history, Ricklis reveals the basic lifeway of the Karankawa, a seasonal pattern that took them from large coastal fishing camps in winter to small, dispersed hunting and gathering parties in summer. In a most important finding, he shows how, after initial hostilities, the Karankawa incorporated the Spanish missions into their subsistence pattern during the colonial period and coexisted peacefully with Euroamericans until the arrival of Anglo settlers in the 1820s and 1830s. These findings will be of wide interest to everyone studying the interactions of Native American and European peoples."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Notes Print version record Subject Karankawa Indians -- History -- Sources Excavations (Archaeology) -- Texas -- Gulf Coast Ethnohistory -- Texas -- Gulf Coast Antiquities Ethnohistory Excavations (Archaeology) Karankawa Indians SUBJECT Gulf Coast (Tex.) -- Antiquities Subject Texas -- Gulf Coast Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book ISBN 9780292792609 0292792603 9780292770737 0292770731 9780292773219 0292773218

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