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Outline History of the Glen Canyon Region 1776-1922. By C. Gregory Crampton. (Anthropological Papers, Number 42, Glen Canyon Series, Number 9. University of Utah Department of Anthropology, September, 1959, 137 pp., $3.25) In the semiarid West "reclamation" is an emotion-charged word and any project that proposes to make the desert bloom is generally deemed meritorious, deserving public support. Glen Canyon Dam will be one of the greatest monuments to the cause. It is an awesome bit of engineering, which will impound a whopping big man-made lake, but there is a seamy side to this grand enterprise. The lake in question will inundate some of the most stupendous canyon scenery on the continent and, along with it, all traces of man's association therewith. The National Park Service, which is the federal agency responsible for "doing something about" historic and archeologic sites, has contracted with the Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, to ascertain the nature and extent of prehistoric and historic occupancy of the Glen Canyon Reservoir area. The university is fulfilling its end of the bargain vigorously, the results manifest in this notable series of "Anthropological Papers." Aside from photography there is nothing anyone can do about the loss of aesthetic values, but a "salvage program" for the historic and prehistoric values is entirely feasible. This was first demonstrated on a
