Villages and Wetlands Adaptations in the Northern Great Basin
Author : Albert C. Oetting
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Page : 376 pages
File Size : 20,76 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Abert, Lake (Or. : Region)
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Author : Albert C. Oetting
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 20,76 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Abert, Lake (Or. : Region)
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Author : Donald Grayson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,63 MB
Release : 2011-04-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520948718
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.
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Page : 126 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Great Basin
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Author : Guy E. Gibbon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 41,28 MB
Release : 2022-01-26
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1136801790
First published in 1998. Did prehistoric humans walk to North America from Siberia? Who were the inhabitants of the spectacular Anasazi cliff dwellings in the Southwest and why did they disappear? Native Americans used acorns as a major food source, but how did they get rid of the tannic acid which is toxic to humans? How does radiocarbon dating work and how accurate is it? Written for the informed lay person, college-level student, and professional, Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia is an important resource for the study of the earliest North Americans; including facts, theories, descriptions, and speculations on the ancient nomads and hunter-gathers that populated continental North America.
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Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Archaeological surveying
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Page : 346 pages
File Size : 36,38 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Geology
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Page : 624 pages
File Size : 12,25 MB
Release : 1997
Category : California
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Author : Ronald James Larson
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 24,10 MB
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1647790891
A beautifully detailed exploration of flora and fauna. Author Ron Larson offers a natural history of a Great Basin landscape that focuses on the northern region including Lake Abert and Abert Rim, and the adjacent area in southcentral Oregon. Although the jewel of this landscape is a lake, the real story is the many plants and animals—from the very primitive, reddish, bacteria-like archaea that thrive only in its high-salinity waters to the Golden Eagles and ravens that soar above the desert. The untold species in and around the lake are part of an ecosystem shaped by ageless processes from massive lava flows, repeated drought, and blinding snowstorms. It is an environment rich with biotic and physical interconnections going back millions of years. The Great Basin, and in particular the Lake Abert region, is special and needs our attention to ensure it remains that way. We must recognize the importance of water for Great Basin ecosystems and the need to manage it better, and we must acknowledge how rich the Great Basin is in natural history. Salt lakes, wherever they occur, are valuable and provide critically important habitat for migratory water birds, which are unfortunately under threat from upstream water diversions and climate change. Larson’s book will help people understand that the Great Basin is unique and that wise stewardship is necessary to keep it unspoiled. The book is an essential reference source, drawing together a wide range of materials that will appeal to general readers and researchers alike.
Author : C. Melvin Aikens
Publisher :
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 25,9 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
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Author : Malcolm Lillie
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Science
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For the past thirty years or so, wetlands have been at the forefront of developments in understanding past cultural activity and associated landscapes. Waterlogged environments and contexts not only preserve the organic part of the cultural record, but they also provide an archive of the environmental conditions pertaining at the time the deposits form, thereby allowing the detailed reconstruction of their associated environments and landscapes.