Don Laylander, M.A.- Selected Publications
The Prehistory of Baja California: Advances in the Archaeology of the Forgotten Peninsula, edited by archaeologist Don Laylander and CSU Dominguez Hills professor of anthropology Jerry Moore, has been designated an “Outstanding Academic Title for 2007 by Choice, the publication of the American Library Association (ALA).
2011 Diversity in Prehistoric Burials and Cemeteries in the Western Yuman Region. California Archaeology 3, in press.
2010 Linguistic Prehistory and the Archaic-Late Transition in the Colorado Desert. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 30(2):141-155.
2010 Preemptive Positioning and Relative Chronology in Rock Art. Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology 24.
2009 Getting the Word Out: Sharing Data and Ideas on Baja California’s Prehistory. Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology 21:258-261.
2009 Proposal for a Study of the La Rumorosa Rock Art Style. Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology 23. (with Julia Bendímez Patterson)
2007 Large Projectiles and the Cultural Distinction of Southern Baja California: A Reexamination. Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 39(2 & 3):11-21.
2006 California Prehistory as a Remembered Past. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 26:153-177.
2006 Early Ethnographic Notes from Constance Goddard DuBois on the Indians of San Diego County. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 26:205-214.
2006 Issues in Baja California Prehistory. In The Prehistory of Baja California: Advances in the Archaeology of the Forgotten Peninsula, edited by Don Laylander and Jerry D. Moore, pp. 1-13. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
2006 Toward a More Complex Understanding of Baja California's Past. In The Prehistory of Baja California: Advances in the Archaeology of the Forgotten Peninsula, edited by Don Laylander and Jerry D. Moore, pp. 1-13. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
2006 The Regional Consequences of Lake Cahuilla. In San Diego State University Occasional Archaeological Papers 1:59-77. San Diego.
2005 Ancestors, Ghosts, and Enemies in Prehistoric Baja California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 25(2):169-186. (Republished in 2008, in Memorias: balances y perspectivas de la antropología e historia de Baja California, 2002-2004, pp. 199-214, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.)
2005 Myths about Myths: Clues to the Time Depth of California’s Ethnographic Record. Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology 18:65-69.
2004 Geographies of Fact and Fantasy: Oñate on the Lower Colorado River, 1604-1605. Southern California Quarterly 86(4):309-324.
2004 Remembering Lake Cahuilla. In The Human Journey & Ancient Life in California’s Deserts: Proceedings from the 2001 Millennium Conference, edited by Mark W. Allen and Judyth Reed, pp. 167-171. Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest.
2004 Listening to the Raven: The Southern California Ethnography of Constance Goddard DuBois. Coyote Press Archives of California Prehistory No. 51, Salinas.
2002 Review of Tipai Ethnographic Notes, by William D. Hohenthal, Jr. News from Native California 16(1):23.
2002 Measuring Settlement Intensity and Dispersion in the Prehistoric Mojave Desert. www.californiaprehistory.com.
2002 Assessing the Magnitude of Hydration Chronology Error for Coso Obsidian in Western Inyo County. Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology 15:61-65.
2001 The Creation and Flute Lure Myths: Regional Patterns in Southern California Traditions. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 23(2):155-178.
2001 The Casual Look at Fort Irwin: Edge Tools and Prehistoric Mobility. www.californiaprehistory.com.
2001 The Question of Baja California’s Prehistoric Isolation: Evidence from Traditional Narratives. Camino Real Misionero de las Californias 4:6-15. (Republished in Spanish as “El debate sobre el aislamiento prehistórico de Baja California: evidencia de la narrativa tradicional”, 2008, in Memorias: balances y perspectivas de la antropología e historia de Baja California, 2000-2001, pp. 154-162, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.)
2000 Early Ethnography of the Californias, 1533-1825. Coyote Press Archives of California Prehistory No. 47, Salinas.
1998 Cultural Hiatus and Chronological Resolution: Simulating the Mono Craters Eruption of A.D. 880 in the Archaeological Record. Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology 11:148-154.
1997 Inferring Settlement Systems for the Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of San Diego County, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 19(2):179-196.
Don Laylander, M.A.- Selected Publications
Don Laylander has over 30 years of professional archaeological experience, during which he has been responsible for conducting numerous archaeological surveys, test excavations, and data recovery excavations, as well as overseeing and preparing documents for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the California Environmental Quality Act.
He joined the staff of ASM Affiliates in 2001, and has served as a senior archaeologist on projects for various public agencies and private clients throughout southern California.
1987 Las manifestaciones rupestres de Baja California. In Memoria: Cuarto simposium de historia regional “Antonio Meléndrez,” pp. 81-87, Gobierno del Estado de Baja California, Mexicali.
1987 Una exploración de las adaptaciones culturales prehistóricas en Baja California. Estudios Fronterizos 5(14):117-124.
1987 Corral Canyon and Late Prehistoric Exchange in Inland San Diego County, California. Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology 1:135-157. (with Lynne E. Christenson)
1987 Macahui: The Unmaking of an Enigma. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 8(2):263-269. (with Julia Bendímez Patterson and Héctor León).
1986 Sampling Marine Shell: How Much is Enough? San Diego State University Cultural Resource Management Center Casual Papers 2(2):20-27, 33-35.
1985 Of Ground Squirrels and Archaeologists: Dealing with Disturbed Sites. San Diego State University Cultural Resource Management Center Casual Papers 2(1):77-81.
1985 Wenceslaus Linck y la última frontera jesuita en Baja California. Meyibó 2(6):73-85. (with Julia Bendímez Patterson).
1985 Some Linguistic Approaches to Southern California's Prehistory. San Diego State University Cultural Resource Management Center Casual Papers 2(1):14-58.
1984 Vestigios. Film script for an archaeological documentary produced by the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. (with Julia Bendímez Patterson)
1983 Ceramic Analysis in Research Designs for the Prehistory of Southern California. San Diego State University Cultural Resource Management Center Casual Papers 1(3):144-159.
1983 Palmas de Cantú. Film script for an archaeological documentary produced by the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. (with Julia Bendímez)
Don Laylander, M.A.- Selected Publications
1997 The Last Days of Lake Cahuilla: The Elmore Site. Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 33(1 & 2).
1997 Ideological and Situational Bias in Early Accounts of Native Californians, 1533-1825. Baja California Indígena Symposium IV Memoria, edited by Martha Edna Castillo Sarabia, Miguel Wilken-Robertson, and Laura Martínez Rios, pp. 107-122. Instituto de Culturas Nativas de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico.
1997 The Linguistic Prehistory of Baja California. In Contributions to the Linguistic Prehistory of Central and Baja California, edited by Gary S. Breschini and Trudy Haversat, pp. 1-94. Coyote Press Archives of California Prehistory No. 44, Salinas.
1995 The Question of Prehistoric Agriculture among the Western Yumans. Estudios Fronterizos 35/36:187-203.
1995 The Chronology of Lake Cahuilla’s Final Stand. Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology 8:69-78.
1993 Enfoques lingüísticos sobre la prehistoria del sur de California. Estudios Fronterizos 31/32:9-60.
1993 (editor) Research Issues in San Diego Archaeology. San Diego County Archaeological Society.
1992 The Development of Baja California Prehistoric Archaeology. In Essays on the Prehistory of Maritime California, edited by Terry Jones, pp. 231-250. Center for Archaeological Research at Davis Publications No. 10.
1991 Organización comunitaria de los yumanos occidentales: Una revisión etnográfica y prospecto arqueológico. Estudios Fronterizos 24/25:31-60.
1987 Sources and Strategies for the Prehistory of Baja California. Master’s thesis, Department of Anthropology, San Diego State University.
(with Jerry D. Moore and Julia Bendímez Patterson)
2010 (editor) Prehistoria de Baja California: Avances en la arqueología de la península olvidada. Centro INAH Baja California, Mexicali.
(with Dave Iversen)
2008 SDI-4553, Major Shellfish Genera and Prehistoric Change on the San Diego County Coast. Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 39(4):39-48.
(with Jerry Schaefer)
2007 The Colorado Desert: Ancient Adaptations to Wetlands and Wastelands. In California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity, edited by Terry L. Jones and Kathryn A. Klar, pp. 247-257. Altamira Press, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania.
(with Miguel Wilken-Robertson)
2006 Ethnography. In The Prehistory of Baja California: Advances in the Archaeology of the Forgotten Peninsula, edited by Don Laylander and Jerry D.Moore, pp. 67-81. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
(with Jerry D. Moore)
2006 (editor) The Prehistory of Baja California: Advances in the Archaeology of the Forgotten Peninsula. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
(with Dan Saunders)
1993 Donax Exploitation on the Pacific Coast: Spatial and Temporal Limits. Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology 6:313-325.