The identification of the pre-Israelite ( Jebusite ) and Israelite towns on the Eastern Hill is based on the existence of only one perennial water source in the area, the Gihon Spring, and on archaeological excavations revealing sections of the Bronze Age and Iron Age city walls and water systems.
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Kurta and others found that in southern Michigan, the general landscape occupied by Indiana bats consisted of open fields and agricultural lands ( 55 % ), wetlands and lowland forest ( 19 % ), other forested habitats ( 17 % ), developed areas ( 6 % ), and perennial water sources such as ponds and streams ( 3 % ).
