Atlas of cultural and environmental change in arid Africa
Author: Olaf Bubenzer
Publisher: Heinrich-Barth-Institut
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 305
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Africa
Author: United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9789280728712
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This stunning 400-page Atlas is a unique and powerful publication which brings to light stories of environmental change at more than 100 locations spread across every country in Africa. There are more than 300 satellite images, 300 ground photographs and 150 maps, along with informative graphs and charts that give a vivid visual portrayal of Africa and its changing environment that provide scientific evidence of the impact that natural and human activities have had on the continent's environment over the past several decades. The observations and measurements of environmental change help gauge the extent of progress made by African countries towards reaching the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. More importantly, this book contributes to the knowledge and understanding that are essential for adaptation and remediation, and should be of immense value to all those who want to know more about Africa and who care about the future of this continent.
Desert road archaeology in ancient Egypt and beyond
Author: Heiko Riemer
Publisher: Heinrich-Barth-Institut
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 582
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →People and Animals in Holocene Africa
Author: International Council for Archaeozoology. Conference
Publisher: Africa Magna Verlag
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 3937248277
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This publication is one of the volumes of the proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the International Council for Archaeozoology (CAZ), which was held in Paris (France) 23rd-28th August 2010"--P. 7.
Pastoralism in Africa
Author: Michael Bollig
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2013-07-01
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 0857459090
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Pastoralism has shaped livelihoods and landscapes on the African continent for millennia. Mobile livestock husbandry has generally been portrayed as an economic strategy that successfully met the challenges of low biomass productivity and environmental variability in arid and semi-arid environments. This volume focuses on the emergence, diversity, and inherent dynamics of pastoralism in Africa based on research during a twelve-year period on the southwest and northeast regions. Unraveling the complex prehistory, history, and contemporary political ecology of African pastoralism, results in insight into the ingenuity and flexibility of historical and contemporary herders.
Handbook of Ancient Nubia
Author: Dietrich Raue
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-06-04
Total Pages: 1414
ISBN-13: 3110420651
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Die moderne Geschichte Ägyptens und des Sudan hat mehrfach radikal in die nubische Lebenswelt eingegriffen und tut dies bis auf den heutigen Tag: Nach den großen Staudammbauten des 20. Jahrhunderts sind neue Damm-, Bau- und Schürfprojekte auch im 21. Jahrhundert der Anlass, unter enormem Zeitdruck großflächig nubisches Terrain zu erforschen. Hierdurch bedingt wurde auf allen Gebieten der Kulturgeschichte ein gewaltiger Wissenszuwachs erreicht. Ergänzt wird dies durch Entdeckungen in ägyptischen Fundplätzen, angrenzenden Wüstengebieten und benachbarten Großräumen. Die 42 Beiträge dieses Handbuches zielen auf die diachrone, regionale und großräumliche Perspektive. Beginnend mit den Befunden der Altsteinzeit wird der Weg hin zu dem Nebeneinander pastoraler Gesellschaften und größerer Kulturäume in der Flussaue dargestellt. Über die bronzezeitlichen Kulturen wird der Bogen zu den Königreichen von Napata und Meroe bis hin zu den christlichen Königreichen und der islamischen Frühneuzeit gespannt. Dieser Sammelband beabsichtigt, den interessierten Kulturwissenschaftler auf den jüngsten Stand der Forschung zu bringen und die wechselvolle Geschichte dieses Bindeglieds zwischen dem Mittelmeerraum und Afrika zu vermitteln.
Arid and Semi-Arid Geomorphology
Author: Andrew S. Goudie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-05-27
Total Pages: 467
ISBN-13: 1107067162
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on four decades of research by Professor Andrew Goudie, this volume provides a state-of-the-art synthesis of our understanding of desert geomorphology. It presents a truly international perspective, with examples from all over the world. Extensively referenced and illustrated, it covers such topics as the importance of past climatic changes, the variability of different desert environments, rock breakdown, wind erosion and dust storm generation, sand dunes, fluvial and slope forms and processes, the role of the applied geomorphologist in desert development and conservation, and the Earth as an analogue for other planetary bodies. This book is destined to become the classic volume on arid and semi-arid geomorphology for advanced students and researchers in physical geography, geomorphology, Earth science, sedimentology, environmental science and archaeology.
Desert animals in the eastern Sahara : status, economic significance, and cultural reflection in antiquity
Author: Heiko Riemer
Publisher: Heinrich-Barth-Institut
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 369
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Under the Mopane Tree. Holocene Settlement in Northern Namibia
Author: Ralf Vogelsang
Publisher: Heinrich Barth Institut
Published: 2011-06-20
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 3927688371
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The main research focus of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 389 ACACIA (Arid Climate Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa), established at the University of Cologne in 1995, was the interaction between man and arid environments in Africa (KUPER et al. 2007). An important part was played by the diachronic examination of these processes and their development during the Holocene period in Northeast and Southwest Af ri ca. A longterm aim of the interdisciplinary research projects was the comparison of the Holocene settlement history and palaeoecology and the identification of common and divergent developments in both hemispheres. The volume at hand describes some results of the project B4: “Palaeoecology and the Late Holocene Occupation of Northern Namibia”. Regional focus is the northern part of the Kunene Region, the Opuwo District (former Kaokoland), a region in the arid limits between the Namib Desert and the savanna of the interior highlands. Three different scientific fields – namely prehistoric archaeology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology – cooperated in the fieldwork and analysis to reconstruct the prehistoric cultures and environment in the research area during the Holocene time period. Unfortunately, the archaeozoological results are still missing and not included in this book.
Aridity, change and conflict in Africa
Author: Michael Bollig
Publisher: Heinrich-Barth-Institut
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 469
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