112 Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology I Vol 31, No. 1 (2011) each of the spatio-temporal culture historical units. It would be asking a lot for a summary text on all of North America to be synthetic of California history and prehistory in a new way, and this text is fairly standard in its treatment of California. Fort Ross serves as the case study for the chapter and is an excellent summary of why archaeologists need to undertake collaborative research with Native communities (Kashaya elders in this case) and undertake public outreach. The Great Basin section focuses more squarely on prehistoric archaeology, with only three of the 44 pages devoted to protohistoric and historical topics. The chapter is again divided regionally into western and eastern portions, with special sections devoted to the Fremont and the Numic spread. The chapter is again fairly descriptive of the record, with pictures of artifacts, stratigraphic profiles, and projectile point sequences, with dry caves figuring prominently ( e.g., Danger Cave, Gypsum Cave, Newberry Cave). Gatecliff shelter comprises the case study, and is an engaging piece written by David Hurst Thomas that describes the process of question-driven research . In sum, instructors in North American archaeology courses will find this an up-to-date and thorough text. The book is not terribly expensive compared to other academic textbooks, and comes with a CD full of extra and useful material for both instructors and students. At the same time, the subject matter does not stray very far from the beaten path. The descriptions and interpretations are focused on material culture and subsistence patterns as they relate to changing environmental conditions. The culture areas organization of the chapters, and the sub-regional organization within chapters, will reinforce this notion for students. Some sections attempt to go beyond these themes, especially in other chapters dealing with areas outside of California and the Great Basin. In the end, would I use this book in my class? Absolutely. It's definitely the most extensive treatment of North America that I have seen. It's professionally prepared and edited, has lots of "special" boxes, links to websites, and poses a series of research questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. I think instructors in North American archaeology courses, and students, will be pleased with this option as a course text. • Island of Fogs: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Investigations of Isla Cedros, Baja California Matthew Richard Des Lauriers Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2010. 221 pp., 123 figures, 26 tables, notes, references, index, $60 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-60781-007-0 Reviewed by Don Laylander ASM Affiliates, Inc., Carlsbad, CA 92011 Archaeological studies in Baja California have been undergoing something of a florescence during the last few years. Much of this work still resides in conference papers and journal articles, as well as in unpublished theses, dissertations, and governmental informes. Matt Des Lauriers' impressive monograph on Isla Cedros is a significant landmark, being one of the very few book- length reports published on the subject, joining the recent Spanish-language studies by Rosales-Lopez and Fujita (2000) and by Gutierrez and Hyland (2002). An introductory section presents some of the interpretive themes that are discussed again in Chapters 1-2 and 6-7. Prominent among these themes are the use of comparative approaches (particularly with reference to the Channel Islands of southern Alta California), cultural responses to environmental change, the nature of cultural insularity, and the problem of resource sustainability. The book would probably have been strengthened if the discussions of these issues, which are scattered in various chapters, had been more clearly organized and more sharply focused. However, the patient reader will certainly find much here that is well worth pondering.