The great basin [electronic resource] : a natural prehistory / Donald K. Grayson.
Grayson, Donald K.; Grayson, Donald K. Desert's past.
2011
QE697 .G8 2011eb
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Title The great basin [electronic resource] : a natural prehistory / Donald K. Grayson.
Author Grayson, Donald K.
Edition Rev. and expanded ed.
ISBN 9780520948716 (electronic bk.)
9780520267473
Publication Details Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 418 p.)
Call Number QE697 .G8 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 508.79
Summary "The Great Basin, centering on Nevada and including substantial parts of California, Oregon, and Utah, gets its name from the fact that none of its rivers or streams flow to the sea. This book synthesizes the past 25,000 years of the natural history of this vast region. It explores the extinct animals that lived in the Great Basin during the Ice Age and recounts the rise and fall of the massive Ice Age lakes that existed here. It explains why trees once grew 13' beneath what is now the surface of Lake Tahoe, explores the nearly two dozen Great Basin mountain ranges that once held substantial glaciers, and tells the remarkable story of how pinyon pine came to cover some 17,000,000 acres of the Great Basin in the relatively recent past.These discussions culminate with the impressive history of the prehistoric people of the Great Basin, a history that shows how human societies dealt with nearly 13,000 years of climate change on this often-challenging landscape"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Rev. ed. of: The desert's past. c1993.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Grayson, Donald K. Desert's past.
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pt. 1. The Great Basins
pt. 2. Some Ice Age background
pt. 3. The late Ice Age Great Basin
pt. 4. The last 10,000 years
pt. 5. Great Basin archaeology
pt. 6. Conclusions.

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