The Prehistory of Baja California - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Prehistory of Baja California write by Don Laylander. This book was released on 2006. The Prehistory of Baja California available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Baja California, stretching 800 miles south into the Pacific Ocean from the California-Mexico border, has been called the "forgotten peninsula," a remote frontier whose natural wonders and history have remained largely unexplored. One of the world's longest peninsulas, Baja California harbors astonishing evidence of the hunting and gathering peoples who once lived here, yet the region has been little studied, and not much has been published about its archaeology and prehistory. This volume brings together recognized U.S. and Mexican scholars who have been actively engaged in primary research on the peninsula during the last two decades. It is the first comprehensive book-length study to describe and document new insights into an ancient past. Because of its relative isolation, the richness of its early historical record, and the comparatively pristine character of many parts of the peninsula, Baja California's prehistory is of particular interest to archaeologists and anthropologists. Beginning with topical essays on the emerging evidence from paleoenvironmental studies, linguistics, early historical documents, and 20th-century ethnographic studies, followed by chapters on the prehistory of seven of the peninsula's best studied regions, the authors also discuss potential directions for future research and the problem of protecting and preserving the physical traces of the prehistoric past. This book will be a standard reference for archaeologists, anthropologists, scientists, geographers, instructors of courses in North American prehistory, university libraries, and tourists.
Sources and Strategies for the Prehistory of Baja California
Sources and Strategies for the Prehistory of Baja California - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sources and Strategies for the Prehistory of Baja California write by Donald Paul Laylander. This book was released on 1987. Sources and Strategies for the Prehistory of Baja California available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Baja Legends
Baja Legends - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Baja Legends write by Greg Niemann. This book was released on 2002. Baja Legends available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author of Baja Fever shares his extensive knowledge of the peninsula, its colorful past and booming present, in this fascinating reference book. History, lore, and amazing stories make it a "must-have" for Bajaphiles as well as armchair travelers.
A Maritime History of Baja California
A Maritime History of Baja California - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Maritime History of Baja California write by Edward W. Vernon. This book was released on 2009. A Maritime History of Baja California available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A photographic essay on the harbors, anchorages, and special ships of the Baja California peninsula."--Half t.p.
Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés
Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés write by L. Lee Grismer. This book was released on 2002-09-16. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Baja California peninsula is home to many forms of life found nowhere else on earth. This, combined with the peninsula's rugged and inaccessible terrain, has made the area one of the last true biological frontiers of North America. L. Lee Grismer is not only the foremost authority on the amphibians and reptiles of Baja California, but also an outstanding photographer. He has produced the most comprehensive work on the herpetofauna of the peninsula and its islands ever published. With its stunning color images, detailed accounts of many little-known species, and descriptions of the region's diverse environment, this is the definitive guide to the amphibians and reptiles of a fascinating and remote region. The culmination of Grismer's quarter century of fieldwork on the Baja peninsula and his exploration of more than one hundred of its islands in the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortés, this book gives information on the identification, distribution, natural history, and taxonomy of each species of amphibian and reptile found there. Preliminary accounts of the life history of many of the salamanders, frogs, toads, turtles, lizards, and snakes are reported here for the first time, and several species that were almost unknown to science are illustrated in full color. The book also contains new data on species distribution and on the effect of the isolated landscape of the peninsula and its islands on the evolutionary process. Much of the information gathered here is presented in biogeographical overviews that consider the extremely varied environments of Baja California in both a contemporary and a historical framework. An original and important contribution to science, this book will generate further research for years to come as it becomes a benchmark reference for both professionals and amateurs.
