Lynn H. Gamble, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California 93106-3210
805-893-7341
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara 1991 Ph.D. Anthropology
University of California, Berkeley 1979 B.A. Anthropology
Phi Beta Kappa.
Dissertation: Organization of Activities at the Historic Settlement of Helo': A Chumash Political, Economic, and Religious Center.
Professional Experience
2009-present Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, University of California (UCSB), Curator, Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections
2009-present Coordinator and Supervisor, State of California Office of Historic Preservation’s Central Coast Information Center for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, housed in the UCSB Department of Anthropology
2009-present Curator and Supervisor, UCSB Department of Anthropology’s Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections
2007-2009 Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, San Diego State University (SDSU)
2002-2007 Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, SDSU
2001-2009 Director, Collections Management Program, Dept. of Anthropology, SDSU
1997-2002 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, SDSU
1994-1996 Director of Research, American Indian Studies Center, UCLA
1992-1994 Director/Coordinator, South Central Coastal Information Center, Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
Refereed Publications
Books
Gamble, Lynn H.
2011 The Chumash World at European Contact: Power, Trade, and Feasting among Complex Hunter-Gatherers. Paperback edition (slightly revised). University of California Press, Berkeley.
2008 The Chumash World at European Contact: Power, Trade, and Feasting among Complex Hunter-Gatherers. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Articles
Jazwa, Christopher S., Gamble, Lynn H., & Kennett, Douglas J.
2013 A High-Precision Chronology for Two House Features at an Early Village Site on Western Santa Cruz Island, California, USA. Radiocarbon, 55(1):185-199.
Gamble, Lynn H. and Scott Mattingly
2012 Pine Nut Processing in Southern California: Is the Absence of Evidence the Evidence of Absence? American Antiquity 77(2):263-278.
Gamble, Lynn H. and Chester King
2011 Beads and Ornaments from San Diego: Evidence for Exchange Networks in Southern California and the American Southwest. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. 31(2):155-178.
Gamble, Lynn H. and Michael Wilken-Robertson
2008 Kumeyaay Cultural Landscapes of Baja California’s Tijuana River Watershed. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. 28(2):127-151.
Gamble, Lynn H.
2005 Culture and Climate: Reconsidering the Effect of Palaeoclimatic Variability among Southern California Hunter-Gatherer Societies. World Archaeology 37(1):92-108.
Rick, Torben C., John R. Johnson, Jon M. Erlandson and Lynn H. Gamble
2004 Style, Context, and Chronology of a Wooden Canoe Model from Santa Rosa Island, California, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 24(2):301-307.
Gamble, Lynn H., Phillip L. Walker and Glenn S. Russell.
2002 Further Considerations on the Emergence of Chumash Chiefdoms. American Antiquity 67(4):772-777.
Gamble, Lynn H.
2002 Fact or Forgery: Dilemmas in Museum Collections, Museum Anthropology 25(2):3-20.
Gamble, Lynn H. and Irma Carmen Zepeda
2002 Social Differentiation and Exchange among the Kumeyaay Indians during the Historic Period, Historical Archaeology, 36(2):71-91.
Gamble, Lynn H.
2002 Archaeological Evidence for the Origin of the Plank Canoe in North America, American Antiquity 67(2):301-315.
Gamble, Lynn H., Phillip L. Walker, and Glenn S. Russell
2001 An Integrative Approach to Mortuary Analysis: Social and Symbolic Dimensions of Chumash Burial Practices, American Antiquity 66(2):185-212.
Gamble, Lynn H. and Paul V. Kroskrity
1997 Introduction, in Selected Articles from the Eleventh California Indian Conference. Special Edition of American Indian Culture and Research Journal 21(3):1-5, edited by Lynn H. Gamble and Paul V. Kroskrity. American Indian Studies Center, UCLA.
Gamble, Lynn
1995 Chumash Architecture: Sweatlodges and Houses, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 17(1):54-92.
1983 The Organization of Artifacts, Features, and Activities at Pitas Point: A Coastal Chumash Village, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 5(1&2):103-129.
Chapters In Edited Volumes, Refereed
Gamble, Lynn H.
2012 A Land of Power: The Materiality of Wealth, Knowledge, Authority, and the Supernatural, Chapter 10. In Contemporary Issues in California Archaeology, edited by T.L. Jones and J.E. Perry, pp. 175-196. Left Coast Press
2011 Structural Transformation and Innovation in Emergent Economies of Southern California, Chapter 12. In Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology as Historical Process, edited by Kenneth E. Sassaman and Donald H. Holly, pp. 227-247. University of Arizona Press, Tuscon.
Glassow, Michael A., Lynn H. Gamble, Jennifer E. Perry, and Glenn S. Russell
2007 Prehistory of the Northern California Bight and the Adjacent Transverse Ranges, Chapter 13. In California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity, edited by Terry L. Jones and Kathryn A. Klar, pp. 191-213. AltaMira Press, Lanham, MD.
Gamble, Lynn H.
2003 Obstacles to Site Preservation in the United States, Chapter 19. In Theory and Practice in Mediterranean Archaeology: Old World and New World Perspectives, edited by John K. Papadopoulos and Richard M. Leventhal, pp. 285-297. UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Publications, Los Angeles.
Gamble, Lynn H. and Glenn S. Russell
2002 A View from the Mainland: Late Holocene Cultural Developments Among the Ventureño Chumash and the Tongva, Chapter 7. In Catalysts to Complexity: Late Holocene Societies of the California Coast, edited by Jon M. Erlandson and Terry Jones, pp 101-126. UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Publications.
Gamble, Lynn H. and Chester King
1997 Middle Holocene Adaptations in the Santa Monica Mountains . In Archaeology of the California Coast During the Middle Holocene. Edited by Jon M. Erlandson and Michael A. Glassow, pp. 61-72. UCLA Institute of Archaeology Publications.
Edited Volume
Gamble, Lynn H. and Paul V. Kroskrity, Editors
1997 Selected Articles from the Eleventh California Indian Conference. Special Volume of American Indian Culture and Research Journal 21(3).
Other Publications
Encyclopedia Entry
Bardolph, Dana N. and Lynn H. Gamble
Under review Sexuality: Ancient North America. In The Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, edited by Patricia Whelehan and Anne Bolin. Wiley-Blackwell.
Gamble, Lynn H.
2009 Goleta Slough Area Sites, Pitas Point Site, and Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park: Archaeology of the Santa Barbara Channel and the Ventura Coast. In Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, West Coast and Arctic/Subartic, edited by Francis P. McManamon, Linda S. Cordell, Kent G. Lightfoot, and George R. Milner, pp. 93-96. Greenwood Press, Westport CT.
Published Book Reviews
Gamble, Lynn H.
2012 Book Review, Pestilence and Persistence: Yosemite Indian Demography and Culture in Colonial California, by Kathleen L. Hull. In Southern California Quarterly 94(1):131-133.
2007 Book Review, The Prehistory of Baja California: Advances in the Archaeology of the Forgotten Peninsula. Edited by Don Laylander and Jerry D. Moore. In Journal of Anthropological Research 63(4):584-586.
2006 Book Review, The Island Chumash: Behavioral Ecology of a Maritime Society, by Douglas J. Kennett. In Journal of Anthropological Research 62(2):279-282.
2002 Book Review, Hierarchies in Action: Cui Bono? Edited by Michael W. Diehl. In American Antiquity 67(3):586-587.
1992 Monograph Review, Archaeological Investigations at CA-SBA-1809, A Protohistoric Settlement, Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California, by Jerry Moore and Michael Imwalle. In Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 14(2):247-251.
Books, Non-Refereed
Hoffman, Geralyn Marie and Lynn H. Gamble
2006 A Teacher’s Guide to Historical and Contemporary Kumeyaay Culture: A Supplemental Resource for Third and Fourth Grade Teachers. Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias, SDSU, San Diego.
Edited Volumes, non-refereed
Gamble, Lynn H., Editor
Under review Coastal California: A Land of Diversity, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe.
Articles, Non-Refereed
Gusick, Amy E. and Lynn H. Gamble
In press The Original Santa Barbara: Syuxtun. California Archaeology.
Chapters in Edited Volume, Non-Refereed
Gamble, Lynn H.
Under review Coastal California: Realms of Diversity, Chapter 1. In Coastal California: A Land of Diversity, edited by Lynn H. Gamble. School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe.
Under review California Indian Chiefs and other Elites, Chapter 13. In Coastal California: A Land of Diversity, edited by Lynn H. Gamble. School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe.
Thakar, Heather and Lynn H. Gamble
Under review Ritual and Performance, Chapter 8. In Coastal California: A Land of Diversity, edited by Lynn H. Gamble. School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe.
Gamble, Lynn H.
2009 The Found Peninsula: Prospective Directions for Archaeological Research in Baja California, in Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology, Volume 21, pp. 233-238.
Gamble, Lynn H. and Michael Wilken-Robertson.
2006 Cultural Landscapes of the Tijuana River Watershed in Baja, California: Today and Yesterday. Balances y Perspectivas VI Encuentro Binacional. La Antropología e Historia de Baja California, 38 pp. INAH (Compact Disk).
Gamble, Lynn
2004 New Perspectives on the Cuyamaca Complex: Archaeological Investigations at Camp Hual-Cu-Cuish, CA-SDI-945, in Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology, Volume 14, pp. 93-106.
Government Reports
Gamble, Lynn H.
2012 Archaeological Investigations at the Dripping Springs Site, CA–SDI–860, in the Cuyamaca Mountains of San Diego California, 62 pp. Submitted to California Department of Parks and Recreation.
King, Chester and Lynn H. Gamble
2008 Beads from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, 21 pp. Submitted to California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Gamble, Lynn H.
2008 Identification and Documentation of Unassociated Funerary Objects, Sacred Objects, and Objects of Cultural Patrimony of Late period Kumeyaay Archaeological Collections, 208 pp. Prepared for the National Park Service.
Mattingly, Scott and Lynn H. Gamble
2007 Archaeological Investigations at CA-SDI-9595, Torrey Pines State Reserve Extension, 45 pp. Submitted to California State Parks, San Diego, CA.
Gamble, Lynn H., Michael Wilken-Robertson, Kara Johnson, Heather Kwiatkowski, Gerardo Chavez, and Oswaldo Cuadra
2005 Cultural Ecology and the Indigenous Landscape of the Tijuana River Watershed, 44 pp. Submitted to Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP).
Gamble, Lynn H. and Chester King
2004 Points, Bifaces and Beads from Arrowmakers Ridge (CA-SDI-913) and other sites at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, 43 pp. Prepared for California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Gamble, Lynn H., with contributions by Monica Guerrero, Jennifer Muñoz, and J. C. Rieth
2004 Preliminary Results of Archaeological Investigations at a Late Prehistoric Site (CA-SDI-945) in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, San Diego County, California, 44 pp. Submitted to California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Gamble, Lynn H.
2002 Archaeological Investigations at CA-SDI-15557, Torrey Pines State Reserve, with an appendix by Virginia S. Popper, 28 pp. Submitted to California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Gamble, Lynn H., with contributions by Monica Guerrero and J. C. Rieth
2000 Preliminary Results of Archaeological Investigations at a Late Prehistoric Site (CA-SDI-945) in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, San Diego County, California, 47 pp. Submitted to California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Gamble, Lynn H., Glenn Russell, Chester King, and Jean Hudson.
1996 Distribution of Wealth and Other Items at the Malibu Site, CA-LAN-264, 51 pp. Prepared for California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Wake, Thomas A., Glenn S. Russell, Lynn H. Gamble, and Wendy Giddens
1996 Analyses of Artifacts from Pitas Point: Collection Catalog Verification Report, CA-VEN-27, Accession No. 565. Prepared for Caltrans.
Gamble, Lynn H., Glenn Russell, and Jean Hudson.
1995 Archaeological Site Mapping and Collections Assessment of Humaliwu (CA-LAN-264) and Muwu (CA-VEN-11). Prepared for California Department of Parks and Recreation. Manuscript on file at the South Central Coastal Information Center.
Gamble, Lynn H.
1994 An Archaeological Survey of Four Sites in Point Mugu State Park. Prepared for California Department of Parks and Recreation. Manuscript on file at the South Central Coastal Information Center.
Gamble, Lynn H., editor
1990 Archaeological Investigations at Helo' on Mescalitan Island, 481 pp. Gamble authored 12 Chapters, 199 pp. Manuscript on file at the South Central Coastal Information Center.
King, Chester, John Johnson, and Lynn H. Gamble
1988 Native American Concerns Related to the Proposed Weldon Canyon Sanitary Landfill, Ventura County, California. Prepared for Greenwood and Associates.
Gamble, Lynn H. and David Stone
1981 Cultural Resources Evaluation: U.S. Coast Guard Station, Point Arguello, California, Office of Public Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Chapters in Government Reports
Gamble, Lynn H.
1989 Laboratory Procedures, in STS Natural Gas Pipeline and SLC-4 Security Fence Treatment Programs. Submitted to Environmental Solutions, Inc.
1989 Chipped Stone Tools and Tool Manufacturing Refuse from Talepop, CA-LAN-229, in Archaeological Studies at Site CA-LAN-229, Malibu Creek State Park: A Study of Alternative Archaeological Inference Justification by Mark Raab. Prepared for California Department of Parks and Recreation, Culture Resource Division, Sacramento.
1986 Native American Concerns, in Administrative Draft EIR/EIS, Proposed ARCO Coal Oil Point Project, Appendix 7, Cultural Resources. Prepared for State Lands Commission and the County of Santa Barbara. Submitted by Chambers Group, Inc., Environmental Division.
Gamble, Lynn H.
1982 Chipped Stone Production and Tool Use at Talepop (LAN-229), in Archaeological Investigations at Talepop, (LAN-229). Office of Public Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gamble, Lynn H.
1980 Stone Tools and Detritus at SBa-1, in Cultural Resources Technical Report: Rincon Tract No. 12,932. Office of Public Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara.
King, Chester and Lynn H. Gamble
1979 Appendix IV: An Archaeological Surface Reconnaissance at Dos Pueblos Canyon, Santa Barbara County, in Final Report, Cultural Resources Technical Report: Proposed Santa Barbara Health Center. Office of Public Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gamble, Lynn H.
1979 Analysis of the Chipped Stone Collection from CA-SMa-160, Hiller Mound. Archaeological Research Management.
Articles in Non-Refereed Newspapers and Newsletters
Gamble, Lynn H.
2007 Lessons from the Past: California Indians and Fire Management. San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 21, 2007.
Gamble, Lynn H. and Joyce Stanfield Perry
2002 Hate Crimes on Sacred Sites in Southern California: An American Indian Experience. Society for California Archaeology Newsletter, June 2002 36(2).
Gamble, Lynn H.
1999 Standards Committee Report in the Society for California Archaeology Newsletter, September 1999 33(3).
1998 President's Message in the Society for California Archaeology Newsletter, March 1998 32(1).
1997 President's Message in the Society for California Archaeology Newsletter, September, 1997 31(4).
1997 President's Message in the Society for California Archaeology Newsletter, June, 1997 31(3).
1997 President's Message in the Society for California Archaeology Newsletter, March, 1997 31(2).