The desert's past : a natural prehistory of the Great Basin /
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Author / Creator: | Grayson, Donald K. |
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Imprint: | Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1993. |
Description: | xvii, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1467908 |
Summary: | Main Selection, Natural Science Book Club. 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. |
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Physical Description: | xvii, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-342) and index. |
ISBN: | 1560982225 |