Author: Calvin Smith BrownPublisher:
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Category : Mississippi
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Archeology of Mississippi
Author: Calvin Smith BrownPublisher:
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Category : Mississippi
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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In Memoriam of the Late A. K. Johnston, Etc. [Articles Reprinted from the “Leisure Hour” and “Sunday at Home.” Edited by T. B. Johnston.]
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Author: Thomas Brumby JOHNSTONPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 58
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The Historical Geography of Asia Minor
Author: Sir William Mitchell RamsayPublisher:
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Category : Turkey
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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The Encyclopædia of Geography
Author: Hugh MurrayPublisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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Foundations of Biogeography
Author: Mark V. LomolinoPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226492377
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
Book Description
Foundations of Biogeography provides facsimile reprints of seventy-two works that have proven fundamental to the development of the field. From classics by Georges-Louis LeClerc Compte de Buffon, Alexander von Humboldt, and Charles Darwin to equally seminal contributions by Ernst Mayr, Robert MacArthur, and E. O. Wilson, these papers and book excerpts not only reveal biogeography's historical roots but also trace its theoretical and empirical development. Selected and introduced by leading biogeographers, the articles cover a wide variety of taxonomic groups, habitat types, and geographic regions. Foundations of Biogeography will be an ideal introduction to the field for beginning students and an essential reference for established scholars of biogeography, ecology, and evolution. List of Contributors John C. Briggs, James H. Brown, Vicki A. Funk, Paul S. Giller, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Lawrence R. Heaney, Robert Hengeveld, Christopher J. Humphries, Mark V. Lomolino, Alan A. Myers, Brett R. Riddle, Dov F. Sax, Geerat J. Vermeij, Robert J. Whittaker
Challenges of Mapping the Classical World
Author: Richard J.A. TalbertPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429939469
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Challenges of Mapping the Classical World collects together in one volume fourteen varied items written by Richard Talbert over the past thirty years. They cohere around the theme of mapping the classical world since the nineteenth century. All were originally prompted by Talbert’s commission in the late 1980s to produce a definitive classical atlas after more than a century of failed attempts by the Kieperts and others. These he evaluates, as well as probing the Smith/Grove atlas, a successful twenty-year initiative launched in the mid-1850s, with a cartographic approach that departs radically from established practice. Talbert’s initial vision for the international collaborative project that resulted in the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (2000) is presented, and the successive twice-yearly reports on its progress from 1991 through to completion are published here for the first time. A further item reflects retrospectively on the project’s cartographic challenges and on how developments in digital map production were decisive in overcoming them. This volume will be invaluable to anyone with an interest in the development and growing impact of mapping the classical world.
Geography
Author: Hugh MurraySPE Reprint Series
Author: Bibliotheca Ms. Stowensis
Author: Charles O'ConorPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 538
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Archaeological Survey in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, 1940–1947
Author: Philip PhillipsPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817350225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Documents prehistoric human occupation along the lower reaches of the Mississippi River A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication The Lower Mississippi Survey was initiated in 1939 as a joint undertaking of three institutions: the School of Geology at Louisiana State University, the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, and the Peabody Museum at Harvard. Fieldwork began in 1940 but was halted during the war years. When fieldwork resumed in 1946, James Ford had joined the American Museum of Natural History, which assumed co-sponsorship from LSU. The purpose of the Lower Mississippi Survey (LMS)—a term used to identify both the fieldwork and the resultant volume—was to investigate the northern two-thirds of the alluvial valley of the lower Mississippi River, roughly from the mouth of the Ohio River to Vicksburg. This area covers about 350 miles and had been long regarded as one of the principal hot spots in eastern North American archaeology. Phillips, Ford, and Griffin surveyed over 12,000 square miles, identified 382 archaeological sites, and analyzed over 350,000 potsherds in order to define ceramic typologies and establish a number of cultural periods. The commitment of these scholars to developing a coherent understanding of the archaeology of the area, as well as their mutual respect for one another, enabled the publication of what is now commonly considered the bible of southeastern archaeology. Originally published in 1951 as volume 25 of the Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, this work has been long out of print. Because Stephen Williams served for 35 years as director of the LMS at Harvard, succeeding Phillips, and was closely associated with the authors during their lifetimes, his new introduction offers a broad overview of the work’s influence and value, placing it in a contemporary context.