Chumash: The Past and Present of California's Seashell People

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Chapter 1 Seashell People The Santa Ynez Mountains run parallel with the coastline near Santa Barbara California For more than 10 000 years most Chumash people lived along the Pacific coast between the present day cities of Paso Robles and Malibu California Some groups lived on islands in the Santa Barbara Channel Other groups lived in the mountains of what is now Santa Barbara County Mild winters made daily life comfortable for the Chumash They did not need heavy clothing or thick walled homes Bundles of cattails and grasses arranged in layers formed the walls and roofs of their dome shaped houses called 'aps