Millennial landscape change in Jordan : geoarchaeology and cultural ecology

Author(s)

• Cordova, Carlos E.

Bibliographic Information

Millennial landscape change in Jordan : geoarchaeology and cultural ecology

Carlos E. Cordova

University of Arizona Press, c2007

• :hard

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-248) and index

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Contents of Works

• 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

• NCID: BA86161539
• ISBN:
  • 0816525544
• LCCN: 2006028194
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Tucson, Ariz.
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 254 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G76.5.J6
  • DC22 : 304.2095695
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jordan -- Geography
  • LCSH : Landscape changes -- Jordan
  • LCSH : Archaeological geology -- Jordan