Arid Land Resources and Their Management

Arid Land Resources and Their Management
Author: Roderic W. Dutton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136176136

First published in 1998. This volume contains papers from The Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme which has been an excellent collaborative venture between Jordan’s Higher Council for Science and Technology and the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) of London. It has brought together numerous Jordanian and British scientists, as well as those of other nations, to study a wide variety of aspects of the physical and human environment with a view towards sustainable development.

The Harra and the Hamad

The Harra and the Hamad
Author: A. V. G. Betts
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781850756149

This book is the first in a series of reports on fieldwork carried out n eastern Jordan, 1979-1991. It presents evidence for the Epipalaeolithic period docused on the site of Dhuweila, a hunting camp used in the 7th and 6th millennia BC, and surrounding camps making use of desert 'kites', their chipped and ground stone industries, animal remains, botanical remains and rock art. Also includes an edited summary of work by Uzbek and Russian scholars on hunting traps and animal migration patterns on the Ustiurt plateau in Uzbekistan.