For the purposes of this site we are concentrating on the recent Cenozoic Era, the couched Quaternary period which is broken into the Pleistocene and Holcene epochs.

Geographic Time Frame

The Mojave River Watershed has in the past produced expansive lake systems that provided through several phases, a wide variety of plants, animals and human habitation.

Modern Mojave River

The Transverse Ranges are a group of mountain ranges of southern California. The range creates a significant boundary and water source to the south of the Mojave River Basin.

Traverse Range Info

CASSP is a stewardship program, trained volunteers work with archaeologists to protect resources by regularly visiting sites and recording changes.

CASSP Information

The Mojave River is the largest drainage system in the Mojave Desert. It's modern extent and capacity is only a fraction compared to its extent during the Last Glacial Maximum.

USGS Description

Bering land bridge is the conformation of a strait between Asia and North America fueled an interest in the possibility of a wide plain that might have connected the two continents.

Bering Land Bridge