Millennial landscape change in Jordan:geoarchaeology and cultural ecology
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University of Arizona Press,
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Publisher Address: | Tucson, Ariz. |
Publication Dates: | c2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xix, 254 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0816525544 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780816525546 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | K937 |
CLC: | K937.9 |
Call Number: | K937.9/C796 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-248) and index. Approaches to the study of ancient Jordanian landscapes in the Near eastern context -- The physical scene -- Endowed landscape: Woodland -- Encroaching drylands: steppe and desert -- Paleoecological and geoarchaeological records: current status and prospects -- Patterns of millennial landscape change -- Interpreting millennial landscape change -- Appendix: Latin, English, and Arabic names of plants -- Glossary -- References -- Index. |