Environment and Cultural Behavior: Ecological Studies in Cultural Anthropology"This anthology deals with human ecology-- the relationship between man and his environment. In it the editor brings together the most exciting new studies by anthropologists to have been written in the past few years, some of which appear here for the first time. From second-millennium agriculture to twentieth-century air pollution, this volume includes a unique variety of studies of man and the world around him."--Back cover. |
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... Sea 35 Mosul Van MOSUL PLAIN IRA Q Rezaiyeh 50 ° KURDISTAN L. Zeribar Kharkheh MESOPOTAMIA Caspian Sea LURISTAN Mountains KHUZISTAN Karun Shatt - al - Arab Persian Gulf IRAN Meshed even the narrower and drier valleys have been used for.
... Sea 35 Mosul Van MOSUL PLAIN IRA Q Rezaiyeh 50 ° KURDISTAN L. Zeribar Kharkheh MESOPOTAMIA Caspian Sea LURISTAN Mountains KHUZISTAN Karun Shatt - al - Arab Persian Gulf IRAN Meshed even the narrower and drier valleys have been used for.
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... sea level along the Caspian Sea , and up to 2700 meters in the Zagros Mountains , if rolling mountain meadows are avail- able . Goats reach sea level on the foothills flanking the Persian Gulf , and are as much at home on the last ...
... sea level along the Caspian Sea , and up to 2700 meters in the Zagros Mountains , if rolling mountain meadows are avail- able . Goats reach sea level on the foothills flanking the Persian Gulf , and are as much at home on the last ...
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