A great deal of history occurred during this time.  About 2/3 of the Chumash continued to live by the ocean.  They developed nets and caught small fish including sardines.  The Chumash continued to be successful hunters, farmers, and gatherers.

The Chumash were also legendary basket weavers.  A normal basket could have as many as 120 to 200 stitches per square inch.  An expert basket maker would spend many hours preparing their weaving material; and, they could have as many as 300+ stitches per inch! 

  The shell, bead money- Anchum-was widely used and produced mainly by the Northern, Channel Island Chumash.  This was significant showing that trade and commerce were very prevalent.  Uniformity of the coinage, and control of imitators, was necessary.  This also helped with tribes that had insufficient resources to maintain their community.  Trade and commerce filled in missing necessities.  But, encroachment into other tribal areas- hunting and fishing territories- often resulted in physical disputes.

The Europeans arrived about this time.  Within a 50 year period, 1772 to 1822, the Spanish had seriously tragic interaction which decimated the Chumash people and cast them into Mission servitude.  From this point, large agriculture farms, missionization, and animal husbandry became their lives....