Archaeological Evidence of Eagles on the California Channel Islands

• Main Author: Daily, Marla
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2011
• Subjects: ethnography; ethnohistory; archaeology; native peoples; Great Basin; Bowers; Talon; Aquila chrysaetos; golden eagle
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9441m0jd

Historical records show that bald eagles (Haliæetus leucocephalus) once inhabited all eight California Channel Islands. Golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos), however, do not appear in historical records as island residents. This study presents results of a search for prehistoric evidence of eagles in a...