The Negev : the challenge of a desert /
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| Author / Creator: | Evenari, Michael, 1904-1989. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1982. |
| Description: | ix, 437 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11906589 |
Table of Contents:
- I. In the Beginning
- II. Desert Challenges
- III. Man in the Negev
- IV. The Negev--a Desert
- V. Landforms and Landscapes
- VI. The Geological History of the Negev, by Yehoshua Itzhaki
- VII. Ancient Runoff Agriculture in the Negev
- VIII. The Nitzana Papyri
- IX. Stone Mounds and the Mechanics of Runoff
- X. Drinking Water in the Desert
- XI. Tapping Underground Water: the Chain of Wells
- XII. The Reconstruction of the Farms
- XIII. Agricultural Results: Field Crops, Vegetables, Medicinal and Pasture Plants
- XIV. Agricultural Results: Fruit Trees
- XV. Microcatchments (Negarin)
- XVI. Adaptation of Plants to Desert Conditions. I
- XVII. Adaptation of plants to Desert Conditions. II
- XVIII. Adaptation of Animals to Desert Conditions, by Amiram Shkolnik
- XIX. The Farm at Wadi Mashash
- XX. Recent Developments
- XXI. Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
