The archaeology of drylands : living at the margin / edited by Graeme Barker and David Gilbertson.
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TextSeries: One world archaeology ; 39.Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 372 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 020316573X
- 9780203165737
- 9780415230018
- 0415230012
- 9786610021086
- 6610021082
- 1134582641
- 9781134582648
- Social archaeology
- Landscape archaeology
- Human ecology
- Deserts -- History
- Land settlement -- History
- Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric -- History
- Arid regions agriculture -- Social aspects -- History
- Climatic changes -- History
- Archéologie sociale
- Archéologie du paysage
- Écologie humaine
- Déserts -- Histoire
- Colonisation intérieure -- Histoire
- Colonisation intérieure -- Types préhistoriques -- Histoire
- Agriculture des régions arides -- Aspect social -- Histoire
- Climat -- Changements -- Histoire
- human ecology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology
- Arid regions agriculture -- Social aspects
- Climatic changes
- Deserts
- Human ecology
- Land settlement
- Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric
- Landscape archaeology
- Social archaeology
- 930.1 22
- CC72.4 .A735 2000eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I INTRODUCTION; 1 Living at the margin: themes in the archaeology of drylands; 2 The dynamic climatology of drylands; Part II SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL ASIA; 3 The decline of desert agriculture: a view from the classical period Negev; 4 Farmers, herders and miners in the Wadi Faynan, southern Jordan: a 10,000-year landscape archaeology; 5 Differing strategies for water supply and farming in the Syrian Black Desert.
The chapters in this book discuss successes and failures of past land use and settlement in drylands, and contribute to wider debates about desertification and the sustainability of dryland settlement.
English.
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