The desert's past : a natural prehistory of the Great Basin /

Spanning 25,000 years and covering topics that range from Pleistocene glaciers to the ill-fated Donner Party, The Desert's Past presents the first complete synthesis of the environmental and human history of North America's Great Basin. Centering on Nevada, this region covers some 165,000...

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Main Author:	Grayson, Donald K. (Author)
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1993]
Subjects:	From 10 thousand to 2 million years ago Geology, Stratigraphic > Pleistocene. Geology, Stratigraphic > Holocene. Geology > Great Basin. Paleontology > Great Basin. Indians of North America > Great Basin > Antiquities. Paleo-Indians > Great Basin. Indians of North America. Indians, North American Geology. Stratigraphy. Archaeology. Paleontology. Stratigraphie > Pléistocène. Stratigraphie > Holocène. Géologie > Grand Bassin. Paléontologie > Grand Bassin. Indiens d'Amérique > Grand Bassin > Antiquités. Indiens du paléolithique > Grand Bassin. Indiens d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord. 15.40 prehistory. Antiquities. Geology, Stratigraphic. Holocene Geologic Period. Indians of North America > Antiquities. Paleo-Indians. Pleistocene Geologic Epoch. Prehistorie. Indianen. Geologie. Paleontologie. Natural history > Great Basin. Pléistocène. Holocène. Géologie > États-Unis > Grand Bassin. Paléontologie > États-Unis > Grand Bassin. Paléoindiens > États-Unis > Grand Bassin. Great Basin > Antiquities. Great Basin Great Basin States. Grand Bassin > Antiquités. United States > Great Basin. Grand Bassin (États-Unis) > Antiquités. North America > History, to 1599