Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Donald Grayson
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 1.361kg
ISBN: 9780520267473
ISBN 10: 0520267478
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 18 April 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Well supported by photographs, maps, and tables, along with detailed chapter notes and extensive references. --Choice It is ... an excellent resource for scholars and professionals working in the Great Basin and ... is essential for beginning archaeologists. --Journal of Anthropological Research
Well supported by photographs, maps, and tables, along with detailed chapter notes and extensive references. --Choice
Well supported by photographs, maps, and tables, along with detailed chapter notes and extensive references. --Choice Well supported by photographs, maps, and tables, along with detailed chapter notes and extensive references. --Choice
Well supported by photographs, maps, and tables, along with detailed chapter notes and extensive references. Choice It is ... an excellent resource for scholars and professionals working in the Great Basin and ... is essential for beginning archaeologists. -- Mark A. Giambastiani Journal Of Anthropological Research 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. Scienceblogs.com/The Guardian
Author Information
"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."""
