Mobile peoples - permanent places : nomadic landscapes and stone architecture from the Hellenistic to early Islamic periods in north-eastern Jordan /
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This study explores the relationship between nomadic communities in the Black Desert of north-eastern Jordan (c. 300 BC and 900 AD) and the landscapes they inhabited and extensively modified. This book focuses on the architectural features created in the landscape some 2000 years ago which were used and revisited on multiple occasions.
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"Available both in print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (xxii, 243 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693140 (PDF ebook) :
Carving interactions : rock art in the nomadic landscape of the Black Desert, north-eastern Jordan /
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The Safaitic rock art of the North Arabian basalt desert is one of the few surviving traces of the elusive herding societies that lived there in antiquity. This comprehensive study of over 4500 petroglyphs from the Jebel Qurma region of the Black Desert in North-Eastern Jordan is the first-ever systematic study of the Safaitic petroglyphs.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693126 (PDF ebook) :