Author: Edward Raventon Publisher: Big Earth Publishing ISBN: 9781555663261 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 284
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Islands in the Plains is required reading for anyone who wishes to learn the fascinating story behind the rugged exterior of the Black Hills.
Author: Publisher: Soffer Publishing ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 77
Author: Marcel Kornfeld Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
Scattered throughout the Great Plains are many isolated areas of varying size and ecology, quite distinct from the surrounding grasslands. Such spaces can be uplands like the Black Hills, low hills like the Nebraska Sand Hills, or linear areas such as shallow river valleys and deeply incised canyons. While the notion of "islands" is not a new one among ecologists, its application in Plains archaeology is. The contributors to this volume seek to illustrate the different ways that the spatial, structural, and temporal nature of islands conditioned the behavior and adaptation of past Plains peoples. This as a first step toward a more detailed analysis of habitat variation and its effects on Plains cultural dynamics and evolution. Although the emphasis is on ecology, several chapters also address social and ideological islands in the form of sacred sites and special hunting grounds.
Author: Trevor Herriot Publisher: Coteau Books ISBN: 1550509322 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 161
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From esteemed naturalist Trevor Herriot and acclaimed nature photographer Branimir Gjetvaj, Islands of Grass is a beautiful, well-researched call-to-action and a passionately wrought love letter to the prairie grasslands that are rapidly disappearing in the wake of modernity’s relentless push. Before the arrival of settlers, the Great Northern Plain sprawled across the centre of the continent and rivalled the African savannah for wildlife, with herds of bison and pronghorn antelope numbering in the millions. It was also the home for species of birds and animals that lived nowhere else. Today that range is threatened by human incursion and in some areas there are only pockets of unadulterated prairie grassland left, small islands of a unique environment. In those small plots of grasslands species cling to survival, unable to thrive in any other environment. In presenting the irreplaceable beauty and the complexity of the grasslands, Trevor and Branimir ask the reader to both admire its majesty and consider its value. Full of extraordinary photos supported by the thought-provoking prose of Trevor Herriot, this book will bring the wonder of the grasslands to a wider audience.
Author: Rita Fernandez Publisher: Vikas Publishing House ISBN: 9325967537 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 249
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Earthtrek, a NEW series in Geography for classes 3-8, based on the latest ICSE syllabus, aims at introducing and developing concepts of Geography in a captivating style. The books attempt to create curiosity and interest in the mind of the learners through interesting activities and map work.
Author: Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office Publisher: ISBN: Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress Languages : en Pages : 1414
Author: Suman Gupta Publisher: S. Chand Publishing ISBN: 9352833767 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 392
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The syllabus has tried to link the academic curriculum with real life and, thus, dwelled on connecting the students' understanding with the real world around them.
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