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020 $a0816525021 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aGN696.J6$bH55 2006
082 00 $a304.2/095695$222
100 1 $aHill, J. Brett$q(James Brett),$d1960-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005048215
245 10 $aHuman ecology in the Wadi al-Hasa :$bland use and abandonment through the Holocene /$cJ. Brett Hill.
260 $aTucson :$bUniversity of Arizona Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axii, 194 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [169]-186) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tLand use and land abandonment : a case study from West-Central Jordan -- $g2.$tThe costs and benefits of land management through time, space, and society -- $g3.$tHistory of the Hasa : from the origins of agriculture to the collapse of empires -- $g4.$tThe evolution of the physical landscape -- $g5.$tA history of abandonment and resettlement -- $g6.$tA geographic information system analysis of potential erosion -- $g7.$tReflections on the significance and causes of environmental degradation -- $g8.$tConclusions.
520 1 $a"The Wadi al-Hasa, a large canyon draining the Transjordan Plateau into the Dead Sea, has been the location of repeated cycles of settlement and land use for thousands of years. This book focuses on changing land-use patterns and their relationship to socio-political organization. Using a combination of archaeological and environmental data, Brett Hill examines the human ecology of agriculture and pastoralism from the beginnings of domestication through the rise and collapse of complex societies." "Hill's analysis contributes significantly to our understanding of the history of human ecology in the southern Levant, wherein current debates are complicated by research at different scales and by a lack of consensus on the importance of localized phenomena. It not only complements existing research but also seeks to refine models of processes in human ecology to demonstrate the effect of political organization on land mismanagement."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$zJordan$zHasa Wadi.
650 0 $aLand use$zJordan$zHasa Wadi.
650 0 $aLand settlement patterns$zJordan$zHasa Wadi.
650 0 $aLandscape changes$zJordan$zHasa Wadi.
650 0 $aEnvironmental degradation$zJordan$zHasa Wadi.
651 0 $aHasa Wadi (Jordan)$xEnvironmental conditions.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005018813.html
852 00 $bleh$hGN696.J6$iH55 2006