Author: Robert Torrens HattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cave animals
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Faunal and Archeological Researches in Yucatan Caves
Author: Robert Torrens HattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cave animals
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Ice Age Cave Faunas of North America
Author: Blaine W. SchubertPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253342683
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This book gathers the findings of a number of studies on North American cave paleontology. Although not intended to be all-inclusive, Ice Age Cave Faunas of North America contains contributions that range from overviews of the significance of cave fossils to reports about new localities and studies of specific vertebrate groups. These essays describe how cave remains record the evolutionary patterns of organisms and their biogeography, how they can help reconstruct past ecosystems and climatic fluctuations, how they provide an important record of the evolution of modern ecosystems, and even how some of these caves contain traces of human activity. The book's eclectic nature should appeal to students, professional and amateur paleontologists, biologists, geologists, speleologists, and cavers. The contributors are Ticul Alvarez, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Christopher J. Bell, Larry L. Coats, Jennifer Glennon, Wulf Gose, Frederick Grady, Russell Wm. Graham, Timothy H. Heaton, Carmen J. Jans-Langel, Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr., H. Gregory McDonald, Jim I. Mead, Oscar J. Polaco, Blaine W. Schubert, Holmes A. Semken, Jr., and Alisa J. Winkler.
Faunal and Archeological Researches in Yucatan Caves
Author: Robert Torrens HattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Archaeological Researches in Yucatan
Author: Edward Herbert ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mayas
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Studies on Mexican Paleontology
Author: Francisco J. VegaPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402039859
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive source of information about Mexican fossils to be published in English. The book offers updated information in the fields of stratigraphy, sedimentology, tectonics, paleobiogeography, paleoclimatology and evolution. Included is an extensive bibliography of almost 1000 references related to the central topic, a tribute to two centuries of research.
Catalog of the Latin American Collection
Author: University of Texas at Austin. Library. Latin American CollectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Catalog
Author: University of Texas. Library. Latin American CollectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Animals and Plants of the Ancient Maya
Author: Victoria SchlesingerPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292777606
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A growing interest in all things Maya brings an increasing number of visitors to prehistoric Maya ruins and contemporary Maya communities in Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, western Honduras, the Yucatán Peninsula, and the southern areas of Chiapas and Tabasco, Mexico. For these visitors and indeed everyone with an interest in the Maya, this field guide highlights nearly 100 species of plants and animals that were significant to the ancient Maya and that continue to inhabit the Maya region today. Drawing from the disciplines of biology, ecology, and anthropology, Victoria Schlesinger describes each plant or animal's habitat and natural history, identifying characteristics (also shown in a black-and-white drawing), and cultural significance to the ancient and contemporary Maya. An introductory section explains how to use the book and offers a concise overview of the history, lifeways, and cosmology of the ancient Maya. The concluding section describes the collapse of ancient Maya society and briefly traces the history of the Maya region from colonial times to the present.
Newsletter
Author: A Guide to Speleological Literature of the English Language
Author: Diana E. NorthupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
"This is a family story of America's most famous cave explorer who was trapped and died in Sand Cave in 1925. That story has been told many times, but never before has the complete life of Floyd Collins been presented. Floyd's younger brother Homer tells how Floyd was fascinated with caves from his childhood, of his discovery of the famous Crystal Cave on the home property, and of the rescue attempts from the viewpoint of a brother so devoted that his extraordinary efforts to save Floyd were rewarded by his being removed from the premises while others inexperienced in working in caves carried on the unsuccessful attempt. It is a warm story of a man whose love in life was exploring caves, a man who endured his grim death with dignity and pride in his vocation."--Page 4 of cover