Topanga

Topanga was another early Indian culture located in southern California. These Indians were also somewhat related to the earliest Indian culture in California, the San Dieguito. This culture moved into the southern California region in about 7150 years BP. The Topanga culture, much like their relatives, were tool makers. Their tool making niche produced things like hammerstones, early projectile points, srapers and cutting tools. These Indians, however, were known for their process of making these tools than they were for using them. The Topanga culture did hunt small animal that surrounded their landscape with atlatls. The early projectile points were positioned on these atlatls to kill their pray. These Indians used the bones of these animals to produce other tools later such as bone awls and flakers beads.

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