Introduction

The Distant Past
Early Holocene (10,000-5000 B.C.)
Early Archaic (5000-1500 B.C.)
Middle Archaic (1500 B.C.-A.D. 700)
Late Archaic (A.D. 700-1350)

The Recent Past
Terminal Prehistoric (A.D. 1350-1800)
Protohistoric and Historic Periods (A.D. 1800-1900)

The Achumawi

The Battle of Infernal Caverns
Big Times

The Archaeology of Crooks Canyon: Native Lifeways
House Structures
Plant Foods and Ground Stone
Flaked Stone
Animal Bone and Bone Artifacts
Petroglyphs

Dating the Sites and House Structures
Artifact Styles
Radiocarbon Dating
Obsidian Hydration

Crooks Canyon: "Place of Many Soldiers"
Settlement Size
Weaponry
Settlement Locations

Aftermath: The Ghost Dance of 1871

Further Readings
Notes

State and Federal Preservation Laws

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