Author : Joel C. Janetski
Publisher : Occasional Papers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 26,4 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Most of the papers in this volume were presented at the Twenty-First Great Basin Anthropological Conference (GBAC) held in Park City in 1988. The theme of the conference was wetlands studies in the Great Basin.
Author : Albert C. Oetting
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 13,26 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Abert, Lake (Or. : Region)
ISBN :
Author : Michael Hittman
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
Release : 2013-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0874179106
The Native American inhabitants of North America’s Great Basin have a long, eventful history and rich cultures. Great Basin Indians: An Encyclopedic History covers all aspects of their world. The book is organized in an encyclopedic format to allow full discussion of many diverse topics, including geography, religion, significant individuals, the impact of Euro-American settlement, wars, tribes and intertribal relations, reservations, federal policies regarding Native Americans, scholarly theories regarding their prehistory, and others. Author Michael Hittman employs a vast range of archival and secondary sources as well as interviews, and he addresses the fruits of such recent methodologies as DNA analysis and gender studies that offer new insights into the lives and history of these enduring inhabitants of one of North America’s most challenging environments. Great Basin Indians is an essential resource for any reader interested in the Native peoples of the American West and in western history in general.
Author : Donald Grayson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 18,48 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 : Brian E. Hemphill
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 16,33 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN :
An examination of how the earliest inhabitants of the Great Basin in Nevada, Utah, and Oregon made use of the ancient marshes and lakes
Author : David R. Lageson
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 42,3 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813700021
Author : Francesco Menotti
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 970 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Science
ISBN : 0199573492
This Handbook sets out the key issues and debates in the theory and practice of wetland archaeology which has played a crucial role in studies of our past. Due to the high quantity of preserved organic materials found in humid environments, the study of wetlands has allowed archaeologists to reconstruct people's everyday lives in great detail.
Author : Tirtha Prasad Mukhopadhyay
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 32,99 MB
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1800739737
Uto-Aztecan iconic practices are primarily conditioned by the consciousness of the snake as a death-dealing power, and as such, an animal that displays the deepest fears and anxieties of the individual. The attempt to study a snake simulacrum thus constitutes the basic objective of this volume. A long, all-embracing iconicity of snakes and related snake motifs are evident in different cultural expressions ranging from rock art templates to other cultural artifacts like basketry, pottery, temple architecture and sculptural motifs. Uto-Aztecan iconography demonstrates a symbolic memorial order of emotional valences, as well as the negotiations with death and a belief in rebirth, just as the skin-shedding snake reptile manifests in its life cycle.
Author : Elizabeth Reitz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 29,96 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780387713960
This book highlights studies addressing significant anthropological issues in the Americas from the perspective of environmental archaeology. The book uses case studies to resolve questions related to human behavior in the past rather than to demonstrate the application of methods. Each chapter is an original or revised work by an internationally-recognized scientist. This second edition is based on the 1996 book of the same title. The editors have invited back a number of contributors from the first edition to revise and update their chapter. New studies are included in order to cover recent developments in the field or additional pertinent topics.
Author : Noel D. Justice
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 2002-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253108821
The American Southwest is the focus for this volume in Noel Justice's series of reference works that survey, describe, and categorize the projectile point and cutting tools used in prehistory by Native American peoples. Written for archaeologists and amateur collectors alike, the book describes over 50 types of stone arrowhead and spear points according to period, culture, and region. With the knowledge of someone trained to fashion projectile points with techniques used by the Indians, Justice describes how the points were made, used, and re-sharpened. His detailed drawings illustrate the way the Indians shaped their tools, what styles were peculiar to which regions, and how the various types can best be identified. There are hundreds of drawings, organized by type cluster and other identifying characteristics. The book also includes distribution maps and color plates that will further aid the researcher or collector in identifying specific periods, cultures, and projectile types.
