Giant sloths and sabertooth cats: extinct mammals and the archaeology of the Ice Age Great Basin

Sloth in prison

The Great Basin now and then

A zoologically impoverished world

Dating an ass

A stable of ground sloths

Extinct mammals, dangerous plants, and the early peoples of the Great Basin

Clovis, comets, and climate : explaining the extinctions

Appendices: The relationship between radiocarbon (14C) and calendar years for 10,000 to 25,000 radiocarbon years ago ; Common and scientific names of plants discussed in the text ; Tall (> 6 feet) mechanically defended plants of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts ; Maximum height and armature of Sonoran and Mojave Desert shrubs ; Maximum height and armature of Great Basin shrubs.