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First Peoples of Great Salt Lake - A Cultural Landscape from Nevada to Wyoming
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First Peoples of Great Salt Lake - A Cultural Landscape from Nevada to Wyoming
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Great Salt Lake is a celebrated, world-recognized natural landmark.
It, and the broader region bound to it, is also a thoroughly
cultural landscape; generations of peoples made their lives there.
In an eminently readable narrative, Steven Simms, one of the
foremost archaeologists of the region, traces the scope of human
history dating from the Pleistocene, when First Peoples interacted
with the lapping waters of Lake Bonneville, to nearly the present
day. Through vivid descriptions of how people lived, migrated, and
mingled, with persistence and resilience, Simms honors the long
human presence on the landscape. Â First Peoples of Great
Salt Lake takes a different approach to understanding the ancients
than is typical of archaeology. Deemphasizing categories and
labels, it traces changing environments, climates, and peoples
through the notion of place. It challenges the Pristine Myth, the
cultural bias that Indigenous peoples were timeless, changeless,
primitive, and the landscapes they lived in sparsely populated.
First Peoples and their descendants modified the forests and
understory vegetation, shaped wildlife populations, and adapted to
long-term climate change. Native Americans of Great Salt Lake were
very much part of their world, and the story here is one of long
continuity through dramatic cultural change.
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Imprint: |
University of Utah Press,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Steven R. Simms
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Dimensions: |
254 x 216mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
242 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-64769-147-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-64769-147-8 |
Barcode: |
9781647691479 |
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