Life and Land Use on the Bahrain Islands: The Geoarchaeology of an Ancient Society - Couverture souple

Larsen, Curtis E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226469069 ISBN 13 : 9780226469065

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1984

Synopsis

According to archeological and historical records, the Bahrain Islands of the Arabian Gulf were the home of a flourishing civilization four thousant years ago. Then, as now, these islands served as an important locus of maritime trade, but they were also characterized as a land of copious artesian springs and fertile fields. Modern Bahrain, in contrast, is beset by environmental and demographic problems: the depletion of the artesian water supply, abandonment of rural agricultural lands, and rapid population growth. In this exemplary interdisciplinary study, Curtis E. Larsen combines archeological, geological, historical, and anthropological methods to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental and socioeconomic context that links Bahrain's present to its past.

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À propos de l?auteur

Curtis E. Larsen is currently an archeologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226469069
• ISBN 13: 9780226469065
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 361
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• Personne responsable: non disponible