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Title: The Great Basin
Condition: New
Subtitle: A Natural Prehistory
Author: Donald Grayson
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 0520267478
EAN: 9780520267473
ISBN: 9780520267473
Publisher: University of California Press
Genre: History
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Release Date: 18/04/2011
Description: 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 people - 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 279mm
Item Length: 216mm
Item Width: 33mm
Item Weight: 1361g
Release Year: 2011

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