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In our urban forests and designed landscapes, trees stand as the most important and resilient green elements. Arboricultural Practices by Lindsey Purcell is an essential guide for all green professionals—including arboricultural consultants, arborists, urban foresters, landscape architects, landscape contractors and tree owners and managers—offering comprehensive insights into aligning arboricultural practices with urban forestry initiatives and sustainability goals. Drawing from over 40 years of experience and an extensive body of work, Purcell shares practical knowledge and best practices for the industry, distilled from his career as a tree-care professional and educator. This textboo...
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Archaeological chemistry is a subject of great importance to the study and methodology of archaeology. This comprehensive text covers the subject with a full range of case studies, materials, and research methods. With twenty years of experience teaching the subject, the authors offer straightforward coverage of archaeological chemistry, a subject that can be intimidating for many archaeologists who do not already have a background in the hard sciences. With clear explanations and informative illustrations, the authors have created a highly approachable text, which will help readers overcome that intimidation. Topics covered included: Materials (rock, pottery, bone, charcoal, soils, metals, and others), Instruments (microscopes, NAA, spectrometers, mass spectrometers, GC/MS, XRF & XRD, Case Studies (Provinience, Sediments, Diet Reconstruction, Past Human Movement, Organic Residues). The detailed coverage and clear language will make this useful as an introduction to the study of archaeological chemistry, as well as a useful resource for years after that introduction.
A field guide to 140 tree species
"This handy, pocket-sized guide will help you identify trees in your home landscape, parks, and natural areas around the state."--Page [4] of cover.
From time immemorial, few narrative genres have had the power to so stir the emotions or captivate the imagination as the true account of a lone adventurer's triumph over the titanic forces of nature. Among the handful of such tales to emerge in the twentieth century, one of the most enduring surely must be Sir Francis Chichester's account of his solitary, nine-month journey around the world in his 53-foot ketch Gipsy Moth IV. The story of how the sixty-five-year-old navigator singlehandedly circumnavigated the globe, the whole way battling hostile seas as well as his boat's numerous design flaws, is a tale of superhuman tenacity and endurance to be read and reread by sailors and armchair ad...