From about 1830 to 1849, Bent's Old Fort, located in present-day Colorado on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail, was the largest trading post in the Southwest and the mountain-plains region. Although the raw enterprise and improvisation that characterized the American westward movement seem t[...]
Once visited only by the cognoscenti of the ancient world, over the last decade Petra has drawn almost a million visitors in some years. In 1985, Petra was included on the list of World Heritage Sites. The Jordanian government has made attracting tourists to Jordan a top priority. This title deals w[...]
Given the rising awareness and interest in aerial and satellite remote sensing, there is a need to familiarize archaeologists with the basic principles and applications of what have become the most useful technologies. This volume, in the Springerbriefs Archaeologial Heritage Management series, acco[...]