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Life and Land Use on the Bahrain Islands: The Geoarchaeology of an Ancient Society (Prehistoric Archeology and Ecology series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Curtis E. Larsen
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Category: Book
List Price: $18.00
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Sales Rank: 2066037
Media: Paperback
Pages: 362
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 0226469069
Dewey Decimal Number: 304.2095365
EAN: 9780226469065
ASIN: 0226469069
Publication Date: January 1, 1984
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According to archeological and historical records, the Bahrain Islands of the Arabian Gulf were the home of a flourishing civilization four thousant years ago. Then, as now, these islands served as an important locus of maritime trade, but they were also characterized as a land of copious artesian springs and fertile fields. Modern Bahrain, in contrast, is beset by environmental and demographic problems: the depletion of the artesian water supply, abandonment of rural agricultural lands, and rapid population growth. In this exemplary interdisciplinary study, Curtis E. Larsen combines archeological, geological, historical, and anthropological methods to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental and socioeconomic context that links Bahrain's present to its past.
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