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University of California Press
- The Great Basin: A Natural Prehistory
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
Covering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none of its rivers or streams flow into the sea. This fascinating illustrated journey through deep time is the definitive environmental and human history of this beautiful and little traveled region, home to Death Valley, the Great Salt Lake, Lake Tahoe, and the Bonneville Salt Flats. Donald K. Grayson synthesizes what we now know about the past 25,000 years in the Great Basin—its climate, lakes, glaciers, plants, animals, and peoples—based on information gleaned from the region’s exquisite natural archives in such repositories as lake cores, packrat middens, tree rings, and archaeological sites. A perfect guide for students, scholars, travelers, and general readers alike, the book weaves together history, archaeology, botany, geology, biogeography, and other disciplines into one compelling panorama across a truly unique American landscape.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Part One: The Great Basins
- Part Two: Some Ice Age Background
- Part Three: The Late Ice Age Great Basin
- Part Four: The Last 10,000 Years
- Part Five: Great Basin Archaeology
- Part Six: Conclusions
- References
- pp. 355-408
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520948716
Related ISBN(s)
9780520267473
MARC Record
OCLC
710975203
Pages
432
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No