Athens California history Temalpakh [Cahuilla for “From the

Temalpakh [Cahuilla for “From the Earth”] represents more than ten years of meticulous field work and collaboration by the authors on knowledge and usage of plants among Cahuilla Indians

This new book gives the derivation and lore associated with each name as well as quotes from many of the explorers and travelers of the Sierra Nevada

which led to their theory explaining the flood basalts of the Columbia Plateau and the hotspot track of the Snake River Plain as the results of a giant meteorite impact that happened about 17 million years ago

This collection features the mineral deposits of 1910

with Hiking Arizona's Geology as a companion

Athens California history Temalpakh [Cahuilla for “From the