04441nam 2201177 a 450 991078963460332120230725030817.01-283-27782-497866132778240-520-94871-810.1525/9780520948716(CKB)2670000000077724(EBL)675858(OCoLC)710975203(SSID)ssj0000469706(PQKBManifestationID)11302113(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469706(PQKBWorkID)10531681(PQKB)11393098(MiAaPQ)EBC675858(MdBmJHUP)muse30967(DE-B1597)520368(OCoLC)823854156(DE-B1597)9780520948716(Au-PeEL)EBL675858(CaPaEBR)ebr10461072(CaONFJC)MIL327782(EXLCZ)99267000000007772420110118d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe great basin[electronic resource] a natural prehistory /Donald K. GraysonRev. and expanded ed.Berkeley, Calif. University of California Press20111 online resource (433 p.)Rev. ed. of: The desert's past. c1993.0-520-26747-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Geology, StratigraphicPleistoceneGeology, StratigraphicHoloceneGeologyGreat BasinPaleontologyGreat BasinIndians of North AmericaGreat BasinAntiquitiesPaleo-IndiansGreat BasinGreat BasinAntiquitiesamerican west.animals.archaeological sites.archaeology.biogeography.bison.bonneville salt flats.botany.california.climate.death valley.ecosystem.environment.environmentalism.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.Geology, StratigraphicGeology, StratigraphicGeologyPaleontologyIndians of North AmericaAntiquities.Paleo-Indians508.79NAT011000bisacshGrayson Donald K650944Grayson Donald K650944MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789634603321The great basin3671977UNINA