The River Basin Projects of the Post World War III era created an unprecedented threat to archaeological resources of the historic period on the Great Plains. Funding was provided to address this threat through the River Basin Survey, and an ambitious program of excavation on historic sites ensued. The impact of this work on the direction of historical archaeology on the Great Plains was signif...

It is promising to grow the long-vegetating annual halophytes Gamanthus Bunge and Halimocnemis C.A. Mey . ( Chenopodiaceae Vent. ) in arid locations since they are important grazing plants for Karakol sheep camels. These species’ xerothermic periods when flower bear fruit. Research on reproductive biology must first examine how certain traits of plant organs harsh environments relate environmen...

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In this paper, by using combination of molecular and chromosomal markers, populations of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) karindus (Riley, 1921) from north-west and central Iran are analyzed. It has been found that taxon usually identified as Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) karindus is represented in Iran by two geographically separated groups of individuals, strongly differentiated by their karyotypes and ...

In the beginning of 2nd millennium BC, tradition burial mounds defined as kurgan tombs emerged on frontiers Transcaucasia and Northwest Iran, known plateaus Eastern Anatolia Region. Contrary to emergence these tombs, most settlements in region vanished. Political motivations may be reason for such a change, or claimed, people have left plains started animal husbandry due climate instabilities. ...