1. Chumash

2. Location
Southern California coast
Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties

3. Houses Longinos Martinez, a Spanish explorer:
Comfortable, well-constructed
Light entered from a hole in the roof
Beds were divided  they did not see each other
Beds raised off the ground

4. A frame of poles arranged in a circle
Covered with grass or reeds

7. Food Chumash: hunter-gatherers
The most important ones: acorn, abalone (shellfish)
Sea food (e.g. fish, seal, whale)
Deer, rabbit, duck, seeds, berries
Favorite of Chumash: amole (soap plant)

8. Clothing Women: apron of deerskin decorated with shells
Men: no clothes, in cold weather: cloaks from skins or feather
Necklaces and earrings
Paintings, tattoos

9. Tools
Wooden plates and bowls
Baskets
Canoe  made from pine wood

10. Trade
Clamshell disk beads
Shells
Elk and antelope skins
Herbs

11. Ceremonies Rock paintings Easy to get food  time for ceremonies
No drums
Flutes

12. References http://factcards.califa.org/cai/chumash.html