Great Basin
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american west
animals
archaeological sites
archaeology
Author_Donald Grayson
biogeography
bison
bonneville salt flats
botany
california
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climate
death valley
ecosystem
environment
environmentalism
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geology
glaciers
great basin
great salt lake
history
indigenous people
lake cores
lake tahoe
lakes
natural history
nature
nevada
oregon
packrat middens
paleontology
rivers
science
tree rings
utah
wildlife
Product details
- ISBN 9780520267473
- Weight: 1361g
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 18 Apr 2011
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 people - 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.
Donald K. Grayson is Professor of Anthropology and Adjunct Professor at the Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington. He is the author of The Desert's Past, the previous edition of his Great Basin prehistory, and The Establishment of Human Antiquity, an American Library Association "Best Book of the Year."
