Who the book was written for:
Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, scholars, and practitioners interested in the past, present, or future of arid lands or traditional agriculture will be interested in this book. Disciplines and fields with particular interest in the book will likely include
anthropology and archaeology, agronomy, pedology, paleoclimatology, botany, geomorphology, international development, and sustainability science.
For advanced undergraduates and graduate students each chapter identifies research questions and projects to advance understanding of prehistoric, traditional, and arid lands agriculture. Herein lies stimulus for papers, theses, dissertations, and careers. Graduate students spend years reading a discipline’s literature trying to determine what is known and not known so they can propose productive dissertations. In this book, leading scholars address these issues by clarifying what is known and unknown within their areas of expertise. Students will use and cite our book to argue the merits of their proposed research.
For scholars, the book will become an essential reference they can use and cite to justify grant proposals, to provide ideas for future research projects, and to suggest projects and dissertations to graduate students. The book will be appropriate for graduate or undergraduate (Honors or similar) level courses and seminars in many of the disciplines our authors represent. Our book will be especially appropriate for “Research Methods,” “Thesis and Dissertation Writing,” “Prehistory of the U.S. Southwest,” and courses with an interdisciplinary emphasis across the disciplines we represent.
For practitioners concerned with influencing the way agriculture is conducted now or in the future, the book is a valuable reference for policymaking. Policies can be based on what is known and what is not.
Those with an interest in the U.S. Southwest will be especially attracted to the book---the chapter authors, places, and peoples discussed are well known.
anthropology and archaeology, agronomy, pedology, paleoclimatology, botany, geomorphology, international development, and sustainability science.
For advanced undergraduates and graduate students each chapter identifies research questions and projects to advance understanding of prehistoric, traditional, and arid lands agriculture. Herein lies stimulus for papers, theses, dissertations, and careers. Graduate students spend years reading a discipline’s literature trying to determine what is known and not known so they can propose productive dissertations. In this book, leading scholars address these issues by clarifying what is known and unknown within their areas of expertise. Students will use and cite our book to argue the merits of their proposed research.
For scholars, the book will become an essential reference they can use and cite to justify grant proposals, to provide ideas for future research projects, and to suggest projects and dissertations to graduate students. The book will be appropriate for graduate or undergraduate (Honors or similar) level courses and seminars in many of the disciplines our authors represent. Our book will be especially appropriate for “Research Methods,” “Thesis and Dissertation Writing,” “Prehistory of the U.S. Southwest,” and courses with an interdisciplinary emphasis across the disciplines we represent.
For practitioners concerned with influencing the way agriculture is conducted now or in the future, the book is a valuable reference for policymaking. Policies can be based on what is known and what is not.
Those with an interest in the U.S. Southwest will be especially attracted to the book---the chapter authors, places, and peoples discussed are well known.