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Dirt [[electronic resource] ] : the erosion of civilizations / / David R. Montgomery
| Dirt [[electronic resource] ] : the erosion of civilizations / / David R. Montgomery |
| Autore | Montgomery David R. <1961-> |
| Edizione | [New ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina |
631.4/9
631.49 |
| Soggetto topico |
Soil science - History
Soils Soil erosion |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agrarian society
agricultural american push westward ancient greece anthropologist anthropology archaeologists archaeology central america china colonialism cultural and historical context european colonialism geographer geography geologist geology history of importance of dirt mesopotamia protective vegetation roman empire running out of dirt |
| ISBN |
1-280-49201-5
9786613587244 0-520-95211-1 9780520258068 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Good Old Dirt -- 2. Skin of the Earth -- 3. Rivers of Life -- 4. Graveyard of Empires -- 5. Let Them Eat Colonies -- 6. Westward Hoe -- 7. Dust Blow -- 8. Dirty Business -- 9. Islands in Time -- 10. Life Span of Civilization -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790282503321 |
Montgomery David R. <1961->
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| Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dirt [[electronic resource] ] : the erosion of civilizations / / David R. Montgomery
| Dirt [[electronic resource] ] : the erosion of civilizations / / David R. Montgomery |
| Autore | Montgomery David R. <1961-> |
| Edizione | [New ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina |
631.4/9
631.49 |
| Soggetto topico |
Soil science - History
Soils Soil erosion |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agrarian society
agricultural american push westward ancient greece anthropologist anthropology archaeologists archaeology central america china colonialism cultural and historical context european colonialism geographer geography geologist geology history of importance of dirt mesopotamia protective vegetation roman empire running out of dirt |
| ISBN |
1-280-49201-5
9786613587244 0-520-95211-1 9780520258068 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Good Old Dirt -- 2. Skin of the Earth -- 3. Rivers of Life -- 4. Graveyard of Empires -- 5. Let Them Eat Colonies -- 6. Westward Hoe -- 7. Dust Blow -- 8. Dirty Business -- 9. Islands in Time -- 10. Life Span of Civilization -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816072503321 |
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Montgomery David R. <1961->
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| Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Documenting domestication [[electronic resource] ] : new genetic and archaeological paradigms / / edited by Melinda A. Zeder ... [et al.]
| Documenting domestication [[electronic resource] ] : new genetic and archaeological paradigms / / edited by Melinda A. Zeder ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.5/233 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ZederMelinda A |
| Soggetto topico |
Plants, Cultivated - Genetics
Plant remains (Archaeology) Domestic animals - Genetics Animal remains (Archaeology) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
andes animal domestication anthropology archaeology banana camelids cassava cattle chives domestic pets donkeys farming fertile crescent foraging genetics goats herbs history horses human behavior hunter gatherer indigenous culture indigenous people maize mesopotamia molecular biology natural world nature nonfiction olives pig plant domestication science sheep social development social history squash starch grain tropical america tubers |
| ISBN |
1-282-35893-6
1-4237-8965-2 9786612358937 0-520-93242-0 1-60129-382-8 |
| Classificazione | WG 9300 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List Of Contributors -- List Of Tables -- List Of Figures -- 1. Documenting Domestication: Bringing Together Plants, Animals, Archaeology, And Genetics -- 2. Documenting Domesticated Plants In The Archaeological Record -- 3. Seed Size Increase As A Marker Of Domestication In Squash (Cucurbita Pepo) -- 4. A Morphological Approach To Documenting The Domestication Of Chenopodium In The Andes -- 5. Identifying Manioc (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) And Other Crops In Pre-Columbian Tropical America Through Starch Grain Analysis: A Case Study From Central Panama -- 6. Phytolith Evidence For The Early Presence Of Domesticated Banana (Musa) In Africa -- 7. Documenting The Presence Of Maize In Central And South America Through Phytolith Analysis Of Food Residues -- 8. Genetic Data And Plant Domestication -- 9. DNA Sequence Data And Inferences On Cassava's Origin Of Domestication -- 10. Relationship Between Chinese Chive (Allium Tuberosum) And Its Putative Progenitor A. Ramosum As Assessed By Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) -- 11. Using Multiple Types Of Molecular Markers To Understand Olive Phylogeography -- 12. Origins Of Polyploid Crops: The Example Of The Octoploid Tuber Crop Oxalis Tuberosa -- 13. Archaeological Approaches To Documenting Animal Domestication -- 14. A Critical Assessment Of Markers Of Initial Domestication In Goats (Capra Hircus) -- 15. The Domestication Of The Pig (Sus Scrofa): New Challenges And Approaches -- 16. The Domestication Of South American Camelids: A View From The South-Central Andes -- 17. Early Horse Domestication On The Eurasian Steppe -- 18. Documenting Domestication: Reading Animal Genetic Texts -- 19. Genetic Analysis Of Dog Domestication -- 20. Origins And Diffusion Of Domestic Goats Inferred From DNA Markers: Example Analyses Of mtDNA, Y Chromosome, And Microsatellites -- 21. Mitochondrial DNA Diversity In Modern Sheep: Implications For Domestication -- 22. Genetics And Origins Of Domestic Cattle -- 23. Genetic Analysis Of The Origins Of Domestic South American Camelids -- 24. Genetic Documentation Of Horse And Donkey Domestication -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783668603321 |
| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Documenting domestication [[electronic resource] ] : new genetic and archaeological paradigms / / edited by Melinda A. Zeder ... [et al.]
| Documenting domestication [[electronic resource] ] : new genetic and archaeological paradigms / / edited by Melinda A. Zeder ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.5/233 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ZederMelinda A |
| Soggetto topico |
Plants, Cultivated - Genetics
Plant remains (Archaeology) Domestic animals - Genetics Animal remains (Archaeology) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
andes animal domestication anthropology archaeology banana camelids cassava cattle chives domestic pets donkeys farming fertile crescent foraging genetics goats herbs history horses human behavior hunter gatherer indigenous culture indigenous people maize mesopotamia molecular biology natural world nature nonfiction olives pig plant domestication science sheep social development social history squash starch grain tropical america tubers |
| ISBN |
1-282-35893-6
1-4237-8965-2 9786612358937 0-520-93242-0 1-60129-382-8 |
| Classificazione | WG 9300 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List Of Contributors -- List Of Tables -- List Of Figures -- 1. Documenting Domestication: Bringing Together Plants, Animals, Archaeology, And Genetics -- 2. Documenting Domesticated Plants In The Archaeological Record -- 3. Seed Size Increase As A Marker Of Domestication In Squash (Cucurbita Pepo) -- 4. A Morphological Approach To Documenting The Domestication Of Chenopodium In The Andes -- 5. Identifying Manioc (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) And Other Crops In Pre-Columbian Tropical America Through Starch Grain Analysis: A Case Study From Central Panama -- 6. Phytolith Evidence For The Early Presence Of Domesticated Banana (Musa) In Africa -- 7. Documenting The Presence Of Maize In Central And South America Through Phytolith Analysis Of Food Residues -- 8. Genetic Data And Plant Domestication -- 9. DNA Sequence Data And Inferences On Cassava's Origin Of Domestication -- 10. Relationship Between Chinese Chive (Allium Tuberosum) And Its Putative Progenitor A. Ramosum As Assessed By Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) -- 11. Using Multiple Types Of Molecular Markers To Understand Olive Phylogeography -- 12. Origins Of Polyploid Crops: The Example Of The Octoploid Tuber Crop Oxalis Tuberosa -- 13. Archaeological Approaches To Documenting Animal Domestication -- 14. A Critical Assessment Of Markers Of Initial Domestication In Goats (Capra Hircus) -- 15. The Domestication Of The Pig (Sus Scrofa): New Challenges And Approaches -- 16. The Domestication Of South American Camelids: A View From The South-Central Andes -- 17. Early Horse Domestication On The Eurasian Steppe -- 18. Documenting Domestication: Reading Animal Genetic Texts -- 19. Genetic Analysis Of Dog Domestication -- 20. Origins And Diffusion Of Domestic Goats Inferred From DNA Markers: Example Analyses Of mtDNA, Y Chromosome, And Microsatellites -- 21. Mitochondrial DNA Diversity In Modern Sheep: Implications For Domestication -- 22. Genetics And Origins Of Domestic Cattle -- 23. Genetic Analysis Of The Origins Of Domestic South American Camelids -- 24. Genetic Documentation Of Horse And Donkey Domestication -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811114303321 |
| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Hellenistic settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India [[electronic resource] /] / Getzel M. Cohen
| The Hellenistic settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India [[electronic resource] /] / Getzel M. Cohen |
| Autore | Cohen Getzel M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (454 p.) |
| Disciplina | 939/.6 |
| Collana | Hellenistic Culture and Society |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns, Ancient - Assyria
Cities and towns, Ancient - Asia, Central Greeks - Assyria - History Greeks - Asia, Central - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ai khanoum
aikhanoum alexander the great alexandreia alexandropolis ancient history ancient world antiochos apolloniatis arachosia archaeology archeology assyria babylon bactria boukephala carmania colonialism edessa empire eukratides euphrates graeco macedonian settlements hellenism hellenistic settlements history india isidore of charax macedonia macedonian culture macedonian settlements mesopotamia mygdonia nonfiction persian gulf persis seleukeia sittakene syria tigris |
| ISBN | 0-520-95356-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- The Sources -- An Overview -- I. ARMENIA -- II. NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA -- III. ASSYRIA AND APOLLONIATIS/SITTAKENE -- IV. SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF -- V. ELYMAIS, SUSIANA, PERSIS, AND CARMANIA -- VI. MEDIA, HYRCANIA, AND PARTHIA -- VII. ARIA, SOGDIANA, BACTRIA, AND ARACHOSIA -- VIII. INDIA -- APPENDICES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Maps |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786711803321 |
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Cohen Getzel M
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Hellenistic settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India [[electronic resource] /] / Getzel M. Cohen
| The Hellenistic settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India [[electronic resource] /] / Getzel M. Cohen |
| Autore | Cohen Getzel M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (454 p.) |
| Disciplina | 939/.6 |
| Collana | Hellenistic Culture and Society |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns, Ancient - Assyria
Cities and towns, Ancient - Asia, Central Greeks - Assyria - History Greeks - Asia, Central - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ai khanoum
aikhanoum alexander the great alexandreia alexandropolis ancient history ancient world antiochos apolloniatis arachosia archaeology archeology assyria babylon bactria boukephala carmania colonialism edessa empire eukratides euphrates graeco macedonian settlements hellenism hellenistic settlements history india isidore of charax macedonia macedonian culture macedonian settlements mesopotamia mygdonia nonfiction persian gulf persis seleukeia sittakene syria tigris |
| ISBN | 0-520-95356-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- The Sources -- An Overview -- I. ARMENIA -- II. NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA -- III. ASSYRIA AND APOLLONIATIS/SITTAKENE -- IV. SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF -- V. ELYMAIS, SUSIANA, PERSIS, AND CARMANIA -- VI. MEDIA, HYRCANIA, AND PARTHIA -- VII. ARIA, SOGDIANA, BACTRIA, AND ARACHOSIA -- VIII. INDIA -- APPENDICES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Maps |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817910803321 |
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Cohen Getzel M
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imperial connections [[electronic resource] ] : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / / Thomas R. Metcalf
| Imperial connections [[electronic resource] ] : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / / Thomas R. Metcalf |
| Autore | Metcalf Thomas R. <1934-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
| Disciplina | 909/.09824081 |
| Collana | The California world history library |
| Soggetto topico |
East Indians - Colonization - Indian Ocean Region - History
East Indians - Employment - Indian Ocean Region - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1800s
1900s 1920s africa agriculture architecture british empire colonial colonialism conquest east africa empire geography global trade government immigrants immigration imperial india indian army indian ocean investment malaya mesopotamia migration policing provinces railroad railway regional sikh transcolonial uganda |
| ISBN |
1-282-76223-0
9786612762239 0-520-93333-8 1-4337-0969-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Empire Recentered -- 1. Governing Colonial Peoples -- 2. Constructing Identities -- 3. Projecting Power: The Indian Army Overseas -- 4. Recruiting Sikhs for Colonial Police and Military -- 5. "Hard Hands and Sound Healthy Bodies": Recruiting "Coolies" for Natal -- 6. India in East Africa -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784418803321 |
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Metcalf Thomas R. <1934->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imperial connections : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / / Thomas R. Metcalf
| Imperial connections : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 / / Thomas R. Metcalf |
| Autore | Metcalf Thomas R. <1934-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
| Disciplina | 909/.09824081 |
| Collana | The California world history library |
| Soggetto topico |
East Indians - Colonization - Indian Ocean Region - History
East Indians - Employment - Indian Ocean Region - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1800s
1900s 1920s africa agriculture architecture british empire colonial colonialism conquest east africa empire geography global trade government immigrants immigration imperial india indian army indian ocean investment malaya mesopotamia migration policing provinces railroad railway regional sikh transcolonial uganda |
| ISBN |
1-282-76223-0
9786612762239 0-520-93333-8 1-4337-0969-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Empire Recentered -- 1. Governing Colonial Peoples -- 2. Constructing Identities -- 3. Projecting Power: The Indian Army Overseas -- 4. Recruiting Sikhs for Colonial Police and Military -- 5. "Hard Hands and Sound Healthy Bodies": Recruiting "Coolies" for Natal -- 6. India in East Africa -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816553403321 |
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Metcalf Thomas R. <1934->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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