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001			on1090707100
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105143.0
008			190325s2019 utu ob 001 0 eng
010			_a2019014063
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dOCLCQ _dNT
020			_a9781607817307 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
042			_apcc
043			_an-us-ca
050	1	0	_aQH541 _b.A447 2019
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aLaverty, Corinne Heyning, _e1
245	1	0	_aAmerica's Galapagos : _bthe historic Channel Islands survey / _cCorinne Heyning Laverty.
260			_aSalt Lake City : _bThe University of Utah Press, _c(c)2019.
300			_a1 online resource
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	0		_a"Laverty has researched and written about the Channel Islands Biological Survey conducted just prior to World War II off the coast of southern California and aborted due to the war and island location. The manuscript illuminates the scientific process and delves into the realities and difficulties of scientific fieldwork in the late 1930s. It also tells the behind-the-scenes story of the work of a natural history museum. The eight Channel Islands each support different ecosystems, both flora and fauna, and human histories. Five of the eight islands comprise Channel Islands National Park. The expedition researchers--John Adams Comstock, Art Woodward, Jack von Bloeker Jr., and Don Meadows--hoped to achieve the exhilaration and recognition from new discoveries but were thwarted by the war and their inability to complete and publish the survey data. However, early archaeology done on the islands, some by the biological survey crew, initiated on-going work there. Prehistoric sites found on the islands have less pothunting and destruction than those on the mainland, hence they are more productive for addressing numerous questions. Today, they are helping to answer questions about the routes and timing for the peopling of the Americas"--Provided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aIntroduction : North America's Galapagos ; The Los Angeles County Museum Channel Islands Biological Survey -- _tBig Dog Cave -- _tBefore Big Dog Cave -- _tJuan Rodriguez Cabrillo spoiled it all -- _tThe island of the caves, San Clemente Island -- _tCamp Chinigchinich -- _tThe rock island, Santa Barbara -- _tThe lost island, San Nicolas -- _tThe search for the lone woman's whalebone hut -- _tThe lonely island, San Miguel -- _tThe king of San Miguel befriends the CIBS -- _tTo Rosa, the mysterious -- _tThe forested island, Santa Cruz -- _tThe expedition continues -- _tField work, first half 1940 -- _tSummer 1940 -- _tA flurry of letters and the end of the 1940 field year -- _tThe magic isle, Santa Catalina -- _tEarly 1941 -- _tBack at the museum -- _tHue and cry -- _tAn unmeeting of minds -- _tSanta Rosa (again) -- _tUnlucky thirteen -- _tEpilogue.
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650		0	_aEcological surveys _zCalifornia _zChannel Islands.
650		0	_aNatural resources _zCalifornia _zChannel Islands.
650		0	_aExcavations (Archaeology) _zCalifornia _zChannel Islands.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2449268&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell