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Dr. J.R. Pournelle is an archaeologist and anthropologist best known for reconstructing landscapes surrounding ancient cities. A Research Fellow at the University of South Carolina’s School of The Environment, and past Mesopotamian Fellow of the American School of Oriental Research, her work in Turkey, Iraq, and the Caucasus has been featured in Science Magazine, the New York Times; on The Discovery Channel; and on a National Geographic Television segment aired in January, 2012. In a former life, she received numerous decorations for service as a United States Army intelligence officer and arms control negotiator, and as a civilian directed reconstruction work in Iraq.

Pournelle received the South Carolina Poetry Initiative Book Prize, for ...more

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Field of Dreams

Hareer, Iraq 2 May 2013

Image (C) Badir N. Albadran. Reed Fields near Hareer, Iraq.
Most of us would look at this emerald expanse, sigh, and think of the Low Country, or the Everglades, or the Bayous, or some other half-wild place of shrimping, crabbing, crawfishing, and trolling from a john-boat.

Image (c) Jennifer R. Pournelle. Water Buffalo Rancher near Hareer, Iraq.

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	Outies (Moties, #3) 3.46 avg rating — 1,163 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Excavations: A City Cycle by Jennifer R. Pournelle (Goodreads Author), Rigoberto Gonzales (Forward) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Strong: Winners of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, 2006–2012 by Kwame Dawes (Editor), Worthy Evans (Contributor), Jennifer R. Pournelle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Settlement And Society: Essays Dedicated to Robert McCormick Adams by Tony Wilkinson (Editor), Tony Wilkinson (Contributor), Hans J. Nissen (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Village to Cities: Early Villages in the Near East (2 Volumes) by Mehmet Özdoğan (Editor), Ufuk Esin, Jennifer R. Pournelle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Hydrostrategies (B.A.R. International Series 1123) by Dragos Gheorghiu (Editor), Jennifer R. Pournelle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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