River flowing from the sunrise an environmental history of the lower San Juan
Natural history of the lower San Juan River in the US Southwest
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Utah State University Press
©2000©2000, 2000
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Foreword: A river in time
- Introduction: Twelve millennia on the San Juan
- ch. 1, Prehistory: from clovis hunters to corn farmers
- ch. 2, Navajos, Paiutes, and Utes: views of a sacred land
- ch. 3, Exploration and science: defining terra incognita
- ch. 4, Livestock: cows, feed, and floods
- ch. 5, Agriculture: ditches, droughts, and disasters
- ch. 6, City building: farming the triad
- ch. 7, Mining: black and yellow gold in redrock country
- ch. 8, The federal government: dams, tamarisk, and pikeminnows
- ch. 9, San Juan of the imagination: local and national values
- Epilogue: Visions: flowing from the sunrise or a water spigot?