Volume 22 / Number 4
1980
Special Edition: Cultural and Ecological Aspects of Turan, Iran
On The Cover: Goats return from grazing.
Vol. 22 / No. 4
By: Mary Martin
Making A Living In Turan: Animals, Land and Wages
Ten years ago Sohrab Alavi was home in his Turan village only five or six months of the year. Since […]
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By: Mary Martin
Pastoral Production: Milk and Firewood in the Ecology of Turan
Pastoral production in Turan focuses on milk. Goats are the major producers because they are in milk from late February […]
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By: Endre Nyerges
Traditional Pastoralism: An Evolutionary Perspective
Archaeological evidence indicates that the earliest domestication of sheep and goats occurred in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago. […]
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By: Christopher L. Hamlin
The Temporal Dimension: Monitoring the Changing Ecology of Settlement in Turan
The settlement system in Turan is changing continously. Some of the changes are cyclical, related to such regular processes as […]
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University Museum Announcements
Grants Received From the National Endowment for the Humanities, $74,915 toward Phase II research on the Gordion Project. Also from […]
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Vol. 22 / No. 4
By: Martin Biddle
New Directions – Summer 1980: The Director Writes
`… nor will they knowingly support this illegal trade by authenticating or expressing opinions concerning such material, and will actively […]
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By: Brian I. Spooner and Lee Horne
Cultural and Ecological Perspectives from the Turan Program, Iran
Introduction The Historical Significance of Deserts A zone of arid and semi-arid country stretches from the Atlantic through northern Africa […]
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By: Lee Horne
Dryland Settlement Location: Social and Natural Factors in the Distribution of Settlements in Turan
Settlement in Turan takes three principal forms: year-round permanent villages, summer milking stations, and winter sheep stations. This three-way division […]
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By: Lee Horne
Village Morphology: The Distribution of Structures and Activities in Turan Villages
The thirteen villages of central Tauran are small, highly nucleated, and irregular in plan. Beginning from the foothills of Mount […]
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