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The reclusive and endangered snow leopard, is one of the many fascinating species covered in this guide. The World of Wild Cats, edited by world-famous naturalist Jeff Corwin, teaches about the way wild cats evolved, how they are built and how they behave, reproduce and survive in different habitats around the world. It also highlights some of the most familiar and unique species found worldwide, their current status, what to do if you encounter a wild cat in the wild and what you can do to help to conserve and protect these spectacular creatures. This folding pocket guide is the ideal reference for cat-lovers and teachers alike. Made in the USA.
Profusely illustrated with photographs and line drawings, including 38 color photographs, this volume anticipates the detailed final excavation reports and will be of interest to all who study the history and archeology of ancient Israel and the land of the Bible.
"The final season of excavations at Tel Beer-sheba, the eighth, took place in the summer of 1976 and was carried out after his demise by Aharoni's chief assistants, Ze'ev Herzog, Itzhaq Beit-Arieh and Anson F. Rainey. The latter two regrettably did not live to see the completion of this publication. But they shared in the work, as did the young staff members who enabled the Tel Beer-sheba project to become a reality. To Fredrick Brandfon of the University of Pennsylvania, Steven Derfler of the University of Minnesota and Le-Grande Davies of Brigham Young University go our sincere thanks"--
This final report on an Iron Age site in southern Jordan, the biblical kingdom of Edom, is the first ever to be published. Particular attention is paid to the cuneiform tablet and gold jewellery hoard, the first to be discovered in Jordan. The stratigraphy, ceramics and other finds are alsocomprehensively analysed by Piotr Bienkowski and other specialists, and an overview of the development and nature of the site is provided. This long-awaited volume sheds light on an important aspect of biblical history.
The Southern Ghors and Northeast Arabah Archaeological Survey (SGNAS) presents the results of this project undertaken in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan during 1985-86. The area covered by this survey extends from Wadi Ibn Hammad, at the northern edge of the Lisan Peninsula, through the 'Ghor' and the northeast Wadi Arabah.
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This volume asks how the current Information Technology Revolution influences archaeological interpretations of techno-social change. Does cyber-archaeology provide a way to breathe new life into grand narratives of technological revolution and culture change, or does it further challenge these high-level theoretical explanations? Do digital recording methods have the potential to create large, regional-scale databases to ease investigation of high-level theoretical issues, or have they simply exposed deeper issues of archaeological practice that prevent this? In short, this volume cuts beyond platitudes about the revolutionary potential of the Information Technology Revolution and instead c...