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Vikings : the North Atlantic saga
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6 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and held by 1,714 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "Celebrates and explores the Viking saga from the combined perspectives of history, archaeology, oral tradition, literature, and natural science. The book's contributors chart the spread of marauders and traders in Europe as well as the movement of farmers and explorers throughout the North Atlantic and into the New World"--Back cover
Crossroads of continents : cultures of Siberia and Alaska
by William Wyvill Fitzhugh
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5 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 1,425 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Series of papers by various scholars under the headings: Peoples of Siberia and Alaska; Strangers arrive; Crosscurrents of time; Thematic views; New lives for ancient peoples. Illustrated by artifacts from many museums which were part of an exhibition of the same name
Inua : spirit world of the Bering Sea Eskimo
by William W Fitzhugh
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10 editions published between 1982 and 1988 in English and held by 1,136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Book to accompany an exhibition of Bering Sea Eskimo art collected by Edward William Nelson and now housed in the Dept. of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Places their life in a regional and chronological framework
Atoll research bulletin
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in English and held by 889 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Auks, rocks, and the odd dinosaur : inside stories from the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History
by Peggy Thomson
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2 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 833 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Reveals the inner workings of the Museum of Natural History through historical anecdotes and descriptions of how exhibits are researched, prepared, and maintained
Material culture of the Numa : the John Wesley Powell Collection, 1867-1880
by Don D Fowler
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5 editions published between 1979 and 1980 in English and held by 735 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Renaissance of Islam : art of the Mamluks
by Esin Atıl
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6 editions published in 1981 in English and Arabic and held by 669 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Disease and demography in the Americas
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5 editions published between 1992 and 1995 in English and held by 662 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "This landmark book brings together diverse viewpoints of leading international anthropologists and demographers on the patterns of populations and disease in the Americas both before and after 1492." "Recent demographic literature has depicted America before European contact as a disease-free paradise, but the literature in physical anthropology and paleopathology regularly documents a variety of disease conditions in ancient America. At the same time, demographic reconstructions from ancient samples seem at odds with, standard interpretations from ethnohistory and demography. Clarifying what is fact and what is theory, these essays attest to the complexity of the issues and show that much can be learned through interdisciplinary research." "The twenty-five essays from leading scholars in this area range in topic from the interpretive possibilities of skeletal paleopathology and the effects of European contact on the Chumash Indians to the impact of disease on the sixteenth-century Andean world and the 1832 inoculation program on the Missouri River."--BOOK JACKET
Nomads of Eurasia
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2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 558 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shells : jewels from the sea
by M. G Harasewych
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3 editions published between 1989 and 1991 in English and held by 493 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Portraits of nature : paintings by Robert Bateman
by Stanwyn G Shetler
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6 editions published between 1986 and 1987 in English and held by 427 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The art of Cameroon
by Tamara Northern
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1 edition published in 1984 in English and held by 421 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Beyond the Java Sea : art of Indonesia's outer islands
by Paul Michael Taylor
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5 editions published between 1991 and 1992 in English and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The year the stars fell : Lakota winter counts at the Smithsonian
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3 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 361 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Publisher description: Winter counts, pictorial calendars by which Plains Indians kept track of their past, marked each year with a picture of a memorable event. The widespread Lakota, or Western Sioux, recorded many different events in their winter counts, but all include "the year the stars fell," the spectacular Leonid meteor shower of 1833-34. This volume is an unprecedented assemblage of information on the important collection of Lakota winter counts at the Smithsonian, a core resource for the study of Lakota history and culture. Fourteen winter counts are presented in detail, with a chapter devoted to the newly discovered Rosebud Winter Count. Together these counts constitute a visual chronicle of over two hundred years of Lakota experience, as recorded by Native historians. A visually stunning book, The Year the Stars Fell features full-color illustrations of the fourteen winter counts plus more than 900 detailed images of individual pictographs. Pictures are accompanied with explanations provided by their nineteenth-century Lakota recorders, arranged chronologically to facilitate comparison among counts. The book provides ready access to primary source material, serving as an essential reference work for scholars as well as an invaluable historical resource for Native communities
The silk route and the diamond path : esoteric Buddhist art on the trans-Himalayan trade routes
by Deborah E Klimburg-Salter
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3 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
What does it mean to be human?
by Richard Potts
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2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 275 WorldCat member libraries worldwide This generously illustrated book tells the story of the human family, showing how our species' physical traits and behaviors evolved over millions of years as our ancestors adapted to dramatic environmental changes
Hidden depths : atlas of the oceans
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3 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A comprehensive guide to the earth's oceans provides information on such topics as the ocean's initial formation, current structures on the ocean floor, water movment, the impact of climate and weather, environmental hazards, and conservation efforts
Cephalopods of the Philippine Islands
by Gilbert L Voss
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2 editions published in 1963 in English and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide This report is based mostly on the extensive collections of cephalopods made by the United States Fisheries steamer Albatross between December 1907 and September 1909 in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas, and deposited in the United States National Museum
A census of seabirds of Frégate Island, Seychelles
by Alan E Burger
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The microbial communities of the modern marine stromatolites at Highborne Cay, Bahamas
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide An intensive multi-year field study of the modern marine stromatolites at Highborne Cay, Bahamas has identified a variety of microbial communities that colonize the stromatolite surfaces. They include both bacterial and diatom dominated communities. The "classic" microbial communities are those described by Reid et al. (2000). They include Schizothrix mats, dominated by S. gebeleinii, which trap and bind ooid sand grains (Type 1 mat); biofilm mats, composed of sulfate reducing bacteria, which form thin crusts of microcrystalline carbonate (Type 2 mat); and Solentia mats, dominated by coccoid endolithic Solentia species, which create cemented layers of fused sand grains (Type 3 mat). Another bacterial mat, termed "pudding mat" due to its pudding-like texture, is dominated by thin filaments of Phormidium sp. and single filaments of S. gebeleinii, but may also be colonized by a unique species of coccoid cyanobacterium related to Cyanothece. The diatom mats include stalked diatoms and tube diatoms. The stalked diatom mats form as a thin (1-3 mm) surface pink fuzz comprised of Striatella unipunctata, or a yellow fuzz that may develop into a thick (0.5-1 cm) yellow fur with Licmophora remulus and Licmophora paradoxa. The tube diatom mats, which occur as discrete pustules that may coalesce to create uniform blankets, are formed by naviculid--like tube diatoms. These different mat types recognized based on field descriptions and light microscopy also show distinct differences based on microbial fingerprinting and carbohydrate fractionation. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analyses show similarities between stalked diatom mat types and "classic" mat types 1 and 2; these mats cluster separately from tube diatom mats and pudding mats, which each form distinct clades. In addition, the carbohydrate fractions of classic mat types are composed mostly of structural extracellular polymeric secretions (EPS), whereas stalked diatom and pudding mats contain predominantly non-structural carbohydrates. Although the pudding mats and diatom communities can contribute to the trapping of ooids, the stabilization of the unconsolidated sediment ultimately requires binding by S. gebeleinii. The combination of carbohydrate composition and ability to rapidly rebound after burial result in the high erosion resistance exhibited by the "classic" mats. Conversely, the extremely sensitive nature of diatoms to burial results in the low erosion resistance of the diatom mats. Nevertheless, all may contribute to the biogenesis of the Highborne Cay stromatolites more
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Amerikas Savienotās Valstis. National Museum of Natural History
Musée national de l'histoire naturelle (Amerikas Savienotās Valstis)
Museum of Natural History (Washington)
Museum of natural history Washington, D.C.
National museum of natural history and National museum of man Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Natural History/National Museum of Man
NMNH.
Smithsonian institution. National museum of natural history
Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C.). National Museum of Natural History
Spojené státy americké. National Museum of Natural History
United States. Museum of Natural History
United States. National Museum of Natural History
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Washington (D.C.). Museum of Natural History
Washington (D.C.) National museum of natural history
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