Archaeology and Desertification The Wadi Faynan Landscape Survey, Southern Jordan

The Wadi Faynan is a harshly beautiful and desertic landscape in southern Jordan, situated between the hyper-arid deserts of the Wadi 'Arabah and the rugged and wetter Mountains of Edom. Archaeology and Desertification presents the results of the Wadi Faynan Landscape Survey, an inter-disciplin...

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Other Authors: Barker, G. (Editor), Gilbertson, David (Editor), Mattingly, David (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Council for British Research in the Levant 2007
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