The Great Basin: People and Place in Ancient Times

by David Thomas, Catherine Fowler, Polly Schaafsma

Book Overview

This book is about a place, the Great Basin of western North America, and about the lifeways of Native American people who lived there during the past 13,000 years. The authors highlight the ingenious solutions people devised to sustain themselves in a difficult environment. The Great Basin is a semiarid and often harsh land, but one with life-giving oases. As the weather fluctuated from year to year, and the climate from decade to decade or even...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930618956
• ISBN13: 9781930618954
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 11.2"