Hesban 2: Environmental Foundations:

Studies of Climatical, Geological, Hydrological, and Phytological Conditions in Hesban and Vicinity

edited by Øystein S. LaBianca (Andrews University) and Larry Lacelle (British Columbia Ministry of Environment) 

This volume provides an introduction to the historical environment of Hesban, including changes over time in the local climate, geology and soils, surface and groundwater resources, and vegetation cover.  The volume also explores the implications of these changes for how successive generations of Hesbanites have had to adapt over the millenia.

Contents: Introduction; Climate of Tell Hesban and Area; Bedrock, Surficail Geology, and Soils; Surface and groundwater Resources of Tell Hesban and Area, Jordan; Flora of Tell Hesban and Area, Jordan; Ecology of the Flora of Tell Hesban and Area, Jordan; Paleoethnobotany and Paleoenvironment; Conclusion; Index.  Includes 26 figures, 42 plates, and 9 tables.

Contributors: Patricia Crawford (Boston University), Kevin Ferguson (Clark University), Dennis R. Gilliland (Walla Walla College), Tim Hudson (University of Southern Mississippi), Øystein S. LaBianca (Andrews University), and Larry Lacelle (British Coumbia Ministry of Environment). 

ISBN 0-943872-15-4  1986  174 pages, $45.99

Click here for the link to Hesban 2 at the Andrews University Press.

Edited 4/7/05 tlc