NRC Telephone Directory
Author : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,42 MB
Release : 1988
Category :
ISBN :
Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication
Author : National Aeronautics Administration
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 26,91 MB
Release : 2014-09-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781501081729
Book Description
Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence. These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity if an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.
The Unbroken Thread
Author : Kathryn Klein
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 32,21 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892363819
Book Description
Housed in the former 16th-century convent of Santo Domingo church, now the Regional Museum of Oaxaca, Mexico, is an important collection of textiles representing the area’s indigenous cultures. The collection includes a wealth of exquisitely made traditional weavings, many that are now considered rare. The Unbroken Thread: Conserving the Textile Traditions of Oaxaca details a joint project of the Getty Conservation Institute and the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) of Mexico to conserve the collection and to document current use of textile traditions in daily life and ceremony. The book contains 145 color photographs of the valuable textiles in the collection, as well as images of local weavers and project participants at work. Subjects include anthropological research, ancient and present-day weaving techniques, analyses of natural dyestuffs, and discussions of the ethical and practical considerations involved in working in Latin America to conserve the materials and practices of living cultures.
Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States
Author : Gregg Garfin
Publisher :
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9781597264204
Book Description
North American Rodents
Author : David J. Hafner
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 34,11 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9782831704630
Book Description
The first comprehensive treatment of North American rodents of conservation concern. This action plan summarizes the rodent fauna of North America and provides available information on every rodent taxon that has been considered to be of conservation concern by state, provincial and private conservation agencies and regional experts. It is hoped that the survey provided in this action plan will serve as a common ground for all these parties in drawing up conservation strategies for rodents.
Archaeometry of Pre-Columbian Sites and Artifacts
Author : David A. Scott
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 1994-10-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892362499
Book Description
Based on the 28th International Archaeometry Symposium jointly sponsored by the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Getty Conservation Institute, this volume offers a rare opportunity to survey under a single cover a wide range of investigations concerning pre-Columbian materials. Twenty chapters detail research in five principal areas: anthropology and materials science; ceramics; stone and obsidian; metals; and archaeological sites and dating. Contributions include Heather Lechtman's investigation of “The Materials Science of Material Culture,” Ron L. Bishop on the compositional analysis of pre-Columbian pottery from the Maya region, Ellen Howe on the use of silver and lead from the Mantaro Valley in Peru, and J. Michael Elam and others on source identification and hydration dating of obsidian artifacts.
NUREG/CR.
Author : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,87 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN :
Book Description
Emergency Natural Gas Act of 1977
Author : United States
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 14,13 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Natural gas
ISBN :
Book Description
Neglected Crops
Author : J. Esteban Hernández Bermejo
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 12,70 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251032176
Book Description
About neglected crops of the American continent. Published in collaboration with the Botanical Garden of Cord�ba (Spain) as part of the Etnobot�nica92 Programme (Andalusia, 1992)
Warfare in a Fragile World
Author : Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 13,64 MB
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
"Among the crucial problems that confront mankind today are those associated with a degraded environment. This book examines the extent to which warfare and other military activities contribute to such degradation. The military capability to damage the environment and to cause ecological disruption has escalated, and there is no sign that the level of conflict in the world is decreasing. The military use and abuse of each of the several major global habitats -- temperate, tropical, desert, arctic, insular, and oceanic -- are evalusated separately in the light of the civil use and abuse of that habitat"--Dust jacket.
