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Back to the future in the caves of Kauaʻi : a scientist's adventures in the dark
- Title
- Back to the future in the caves of Kauaʻi : a scientist's adventures in the dark / David A. Burney.
- Author
- Burney, David A., 1950-
- Publication
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 10-4242 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 10-3466 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gift in memory of Payne Whitney.
- Description
- xv, 198 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Time > Philosophy
- Kauai (Hawaii) > Environmental conditions
- Paleoecology > Hawaii > Kauai
- Caves > Hawaii > Kauai
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Hawaii > Kauai
- Nature > Effect of human beings on > Hawaii > Kauai > History
- Burney, David A., 1950- > Travel > Hawaii > Kauai
- Kauai (Hawaii) > Antiquities
- Prehistoric peoples > Hawaii > Kauai
- Human ecology > Hawaii > Kauai > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Time's most important moment -- Proverbial tracks -- Constructing a "poor man's time machine" -- Owl omens -- Opening ancient doors -- Characters and a stage, but no script -- Fishponds -- A snails' tale -- Mauka marshes -- So what happened, anyway? -- Greetings from old Kauaʻi -- Irrigating the future -- The tour -- Right here, right now -- Finding a future in the past -- Glossary.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-4242
- ISBN
- 9780300150940 (alk. paper)
- 0300150946 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009049295
- OCLC
- 449854153
- Author
- Burney, David A., 1950-
- Title
- Back to the future in the caves of Kauaʻi : a scientist's adventures in the dark / David A. Burney.
- Imprint
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Gift in memory of Payne Whitney.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-4242JFE 10-3466