Author: Anthony J. Martin
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253006023
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 715
Book Description
Have you ever wondered what left behind those prints and tracks on the seashore, or what made those marks or dug those holes in the dunes? Life Traces of the Georgia Coast is an up-close look at these traces of life and the animals and plants that made them. It tells about how the tracemakers lived and how they interacted with their environments. This is a book about ichnology (the study of such traces) and a wonderful way to learn about the behavior of organisms, living and long extinct. Life Traces presents an overview of the traces left by modern animals and plants in this biologically rich region; shows how life traces relate to the environments, natural history, and behaviors of their tracemakers; and applies that knowledge toward a better understanding of the fossilized traces that ancient life left in the geologic record. Augmented by illustrations of traces made by both ancient and modern organisms, the book shows how ancient trace fossils directly relate to modern traces and tracemakers, among them, insects, grasses, crabs, shorebirds, alligators, and sea turtles. The result is an aesthetically appealing and scientifically grounded book that will serve as source both for scientists and for anyone interested in the natural history of the Georgia coast.
Life Traces of the Georgia Coast
Author: Anthony J. Martin
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253006023
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 715
Book Description
Have you ever wondered what left behind those prints and tracks on the seashore, or what made those marks or dug those holes in the dunes? Life Traces of the Georgia Coast is an up-close look at these traces of life and the animals and plants that made them. It tells about how the tracemakers lived and how they interacted with their environments. This is a book about ichnology (the study of such traces) and a wonderful way to learn about the behavior of organisms, living and long extinct. Life Traces presents an overview of the traces left by modern animals and plants in this biologically rich region; shows how life traces relate to the environments, natural history, and behaviors of their tracemakers; and applies that knowledge toward a better understanding of the fossilized traces that ancient life left in the geologic record. Augmented by illustrations of traces made by both ancient and modern organisms, the book shows how ancient trace fossils directly relate to modern traces and tracemakers, among them, insects, grasses, crabs, shorebirds, alligators, and sea turtles. The result is an aesthetically appealing and scientifically grounded book that will serve as source both for scientists and for anyone interested in the natural history of the Georgia coast.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253006023
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 715
Book Description
Have you ever wondered what left behind those prints and tracks on the seashore, or what made those marks or dug those holes in the dunes? Life Traces of the Georgia Coast is an up-close look at these traces of life and the animals and plants that made them. It tells about how the tracemakers lived and how they interacted with their environments. This is a book about ichnology (the study of such traces) and a wonderful way to learn about the behavior of organisms, living and long extinct. Life Traces presents an overview of the traces left by modern animals and plants in this biologically rich region; shows how life traces relate to the environments, natural history, and behaviors of their tracemakers; and applies that knowledge toward a better understanding of the fossilized traces that ancient life left in the geologic record. Augmented by illustrations of traces made by both ancient and modern organisms, the book shows how ancient trace fossils directly relate to modern traces and tracemakers, among them, insects, grasses, crabs, shorebirds, alligators, and sea turtles. The result is an aesthetically appealing and scientifically grounded book that will serve as source both for scientists and for anyone interested in the natural history of the Georgia coast.
Records of Ancient Races in the Mississippi Valley
Author: William McAdams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
The World Before Adam; Or, Geological Footprints of Jehovah. [Illustrated.]
Author: A. Beanland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Jesus: His Story in Stone
Author: Mike Mason
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525512218
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Jesus: His Story in Stone is a reflection on still-existing stone objects that Jesus would have known, seen, or even touched. Each of the seventy short chapters is accompanied by a photograph taken on location in Israel. Arranged chronologically, the one-page meditations compose a portrait of Christ as seen through the significant stones in His life, from the cave where He was born to the rock of Calvary. While packed with historical and archaeological detail, the book’s main thrust is devotional, leading the reader both spiritually and physically closer to Jesus.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525512218
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Jesus: His Story in Stone is a reflection on still-existing stone objects that Jesus would have known, seen, or even touched. Each of the seventy short chapters is accompanied by a photograph taken on location in Israel. Arranged chronologically, the one-page meditations compose a portrait of Christ as seen through the significant stones in His life, from the cave where He was born to the rock of Calvary. While packed with historical and archaeological detail, the book’s main thrust is devotional, leading the reader both spiritually and physically closer to Jesus.
Records of Ancient Races
Author: William McAdams
Publisher: Hayriver Press
ISBN: 9780977831647
Category : Mississippi River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher: Hayriver Press
ISBN: 9780977831647
Category : Mississippi River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi
Author: Menra Hopewell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From "Twice Told Tales")
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From 'Twice Told Tales'),' readers are transported to a world of haunting tales filled with symbolism and moral complexity. The book is a collection of short stories that explore themes of guilt, sin, and redemption in the context of Puritan New England. Hawthorne's prose is rich in detail and atmosphere, creating a sense of mystery and darkness that captivates the reader. The stories in this collection are carefully crafted to provoke deep reflection on human nature and society. 'Footprints on the Sea-Shore' showcases Hawthorne's mastery of the short story genre and his ability to intertwine the supernatural with the everyday. Readers will find themselves immersed in a world where moral dilemmas and ethical struggles abound, forcing them to ponder the consequences of their own actions.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From 'Twice Told Tales'),' readers are transported to a world of haunting tales filled with symbolism and moral complexity. The book is a collection of short stories that explore themes of guilt, sin, and redemption in the context of Puritan New England. Hawthorne's prose is rich in detail and atmosphere, creating a sense of mystery and darkness that captivates the reader. The stories in this collection are carefully crafted to provoke deep reflection on human nature and society. 'Footprints on the Sea-Shore' showcases Hawthorne's mastery of the short story genre and his ability to intertwine the supernatural with the everyday. Readers will find themselves immersed in a world where moral dilemmas and ethical struggles abound, forcing them to ponder the consequences of their own actions.
Arthur's Home Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Noah's Ravens
Author: James O. Farlow
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253037166
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
How can the tracks of dinosaurs best be interpreted and used to reconstruct them? In many Mesozoic sedimentary rock formations, fossilized footprints of bipedal, three-toed (tridactyl) dinosaurs are preserved in huge numbers, often with few or no skeletons. Such tracks sometimes provide the only clues to the former presence of dinosaurs, but their interpretation can be challenging: How different in size and shape can footprints be and yet have been made by the same kind of dinosaur? How similar can they be and yet have been made by different kinds of dinosaurs? To what extent can tridactyl dinosaur footprints serve as proxies for the biodiversity of their makers? Profusely illustrated and meticulously researched, Noah's Ravens quantitatively explores a variety of approaches to interpreting the tracks, carefully examining within-species and across-species variability in foot and footprint shape in nonavian dinosaurs and their close living relatives. The results help decipher one of the world's most important assemblages of fossil dinosaur tracks, found in sedimentary rocks deposited in ancient rift valleys of eastern North America. Those often beautifully preserved tracks were among the first studied by paleontologists, and they were initially interpreted as having been made by big birds—one of which was jokingly identified as Noah's legendary raven.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253037166
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
How can the tracks of dinosaurs best be interpreted and used to reconstruct them? In many Mesozoic sedimentary rock formations, fossilized footprints of bipedal, three-toed (tridactyl) dinosaurs are preserved in huge numbers, often with few or no skeletons. Such tracks sometimes provide the only clues to the former presence of dinosaurs, but their interpretation can be challenging: How different in size and shape can footprints be and yet have been made by the same kind of dinosaur? How similar can they be and yet have been made by different kinds of dinosaurs? To what extent can tridactyl dinosaur footprints serve as proxies for the biodiversity of their makers? Profusely illustrated and meticulously researched, Noah's Ravens quantitatively explores a variety of approaches to interpreting the tracks, carefully examining within-species and across-species variability in foot and footprint shape in nonavian dinosaurs and their close living relatives. The results help decipher one of the world's most important assemblages of fossil dinosaur tracks, found in sedimentary rocks deposited in ancient rift valleys of eastern North America. Those often beautifully preserved tracks were among the first studied by paleontologists, and they were initially interpreted as having been made by big birds—one of which was jokingly identified as Noah's legendary raven.
Footprints of Hopi History
Author: Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816536988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This book demonstrates how one tribe has significantly advanced knowledge about its past through collaboration with anthropologists and historians--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816536988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This book demonstrates how one tribe has significantly advanced knowledge about its past through collaboration with anthropologists and historians--Provided by publisher.