Cover of Archaeology of Drylands

Book 2003

Archaeology of Drylands

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Language
English
Published
2003
  • Climatic changes
  • Deserts
  • Arid regions agriculture
  • Land settlement
  • Social archaeology
  • Human ecology
  • Landscape archaeology
  • History

Drylands cover 40 per cent of the land area of the Earth: their total area is about 60 million km, of which about ten million km are hyper-arid deserts (Fig. 1.1).