Written to appeal to professional archaeologists and the interested public, this book is a long overdue introduction to the ancient peoples of the Great Basin and northern Colorado Plateau. More than simply a textbook about the Great Basin, this book is written to provide a background about the region, as well as a deeper understanding of the people who inhabited it. Through detailed syntheses, the reader is drawn into the story of the inhabitation of the Great Basin from the entry of Paleoindians through the arrival of Europeans in the region, Ancient Peoples and Place: A Basin-Plateau Prehistory is a major contribution to Great Basin archaeology and anthropology, as well as the general study of foraging societies.
