Estudios Atacameños, 2004 Este trabajo aborda el análisis iconográfico del Período Formativo del norte de Chile (ca.1300 AC-600 DC); tomando como base imágenes de piezas textiles y complementando la información con imágenes de otros soportes (arte rupestre, geoglifos, láminas de
Helena Horta Tricallotis
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Ornamental art and symbolism: activators of historical regeneration for Kazakhstan's landscape architecture [PDF]
, 2017 The use of symbolism in contemporary architecture is increasingly gaining momentum, especially so in the Eastern countries currently undergoing rapid economic development.
Namazbay, Ardasher +4 more
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Geography of ancient geometric earthworks and their builders in southwestern Amazonia [PDF]
Acta AmazonicaGeometric earthworks are evidence of ancient human activity in western Brazilian Amazonia. We used a review of existing and new data to map earthworks across 27,569 km2 of deforested areas in southwestern Amazonia using satellite imagery.
Risto KALLIOLA +4 more
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Refining the Chronology and Occupation Dynamics of the Mound Villages of South-Eastern Acre, Brazil [PDF]
, 2021 This paper summarises recent test excavations at five Mound Village sites in the south-eastern sector of Acre state, Brazil, including Caboquinho, Boa Esperança, Tocantins, Dos Circulos IV and V.
Barbosa, Antonia Damasceno +4 more
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Stratovolcanoes on the Chilean-Bolivian border as geoatraction [PDF]
, 2023 The cluster of stratovolcanoes located on the Chilean-Bolivian border, in the Western Cordillera, is composed of typical, for that part of the Central Volcanic Zone in the Andes, volcanic landforms. The highest volcano is the Nevado Sajama (6,542 m a.s.l.
Gałaś, Andrzej, Panajew, Paweł
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Sites, sacredness, and stories: Interactions of archaeology and contemporary Paganism [PDF]
, 2004 Folklore has, until very recently, been at the fringes of archaeological research. Post-processual archaeology has promoted plurality in interpretation, however, and archaeology more widely is required to make itself relevant to contemporary society; so,
Blain, J., Wallis, R. J.
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Optical 3D measurement techniques in archaeology: recent developments and applications [PDF]
, 2008 This paper is intended to give an overview on current surveying techniques that use remotely sensed data, and their applications in archaeology. The focus is on optical 3D measurement techniques based on image and range sensors.
Lambers, Karsten, Remondino, Fabio
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Google Earth: Inspiration and Instrument for the Study of Ancient Civilizations
Geoinformatics FCE CTU, 2011 Satellite imaging is well known as a useful tool in many scientific disciplines and various applications. Google Earth, with its free access, is now - thanks to increasing resolution and precision - such a tool. It can be very inspiring. It improves the
Jaroslav Klokočník +2 more
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Parrot Interpreter: Representation, Extinction and the Electronic Information Environment [PDF]
, 2013 Humans, it seems, can’t get enough of parrots. Ethnography, folklore, psychology, and, of course, imaginative literature all offer copious evidence of our fantasy of living with, communicating with and even being parrots.
Carter, Paul
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Cartographic Analysis of Earth-Sun Relationships in Ancient Amazonia [PDF]
, 2023 The alignments of ancient man-made earthworks across the Amazon Basin, known as geoglyphs, have recently been discovered to predate early societal dates.
Critser, Jackson Bennett
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