Agricultural Terracing in the Aboriginal New World (Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology) - Softcover
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"Visual evidence of intensive aborginal agriculture in the New World exists in large quantity in the form of terraces, irrigation works, and raised fields. . . . Donkin's survey of agricultural terracing has taken him throughout much of the hemisphere and through a massive literature, a remarkable achievement and work of scholarship for one person."--Georgraphical Review
"A most informative volume and one from which anyone is bound to learn a great deal. . . . Many excellent and most interesting photographic illustrations."--The Interamerican
"This is a distinguished scholarly work, richly documented and illustrated."--Agricultural History
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"Visual evidence of intensive aborginal agriculture in the New World exists in large quantity in the form of terraces, irrigation works, and raised fields. . . . Donkin's survey of agricultural terracing has taken him throughout much of the hemisphere and through a massive literature, a remarkable achievement and work of scholarship for one person."—Georgraphical Review"A most informative volume and one from which anyone is bound to learn a great deal. . . . Many excellent and most interesting photographic illustrations."—The Interamerican"This is a distinguished scholarly work, richly documented and illustrated."—Agricultural History
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Agricultural Terracing in the Aboriginal New World
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University of Arizona Press, 1979
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1979. Journals. University of Arizona Press, Viking Fund Publications In Anthropology Number 56, 196 ., very good paperback/monograph with previous owner's name at top front cover 1/24. Seller Inventory # 23034
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Agricultural Terracing in the Aboriginal New World
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Viking Fund Publications In Anthropology #56 "In the New World, terracing is both old and extensive, and it is plainly relevant to current enquiries into the history of water control, plant improvement and, more generally, the intensification of land use in association with the growth of population. This is a preliminary study. 196 pages. Remainder mark on bottom edge.; 8 1/2 x 11". Seller Inventory # 5493
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Agricultural Terracing in the Aboriginal New World
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Paperback. Condition: Good. GOOD. Wrappers rubbed, soiled; page edges tanned, corners bumped, previous owner name, a few marks in text. xi, 196 pp., figs. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology Number Fifty-six. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 290151
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Agricultural Terracing in the Aboriginal New World (Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology) ; no. 56
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Lex.-8°, Kartoniert. XI, 196 Seiten, Mit vielen Abbildungen und graphischen Darstellungen; mit Literaturveryeichnis und Register; [Viking Fund publications in anthropology, 56]; --- gutes Exemplar Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 710. Seller Inventory # 66714