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Maintaining standing stones benefits biodiversity in lowland heathland [PDF]
, 2018 The exploitation of natural resources by people generally has detrimental effects on nature but in some cases anthropogenic activities can result in changes to the natural environment that produce new habitats and increase biodiversity. Understanding and
Agnoletti +17 more
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Kesksed looduslikud pühapaigad Eesti kagunurgas [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2022 Differently from most of Estonia, in the south-easternmost peripheries of the country – in the western border areas of Setomaa, as well as in the eastern and southern borderlands of Võrumaa – it is possible to distinguish sacred sites of regional meaning,
Heiki Valk
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Pasts and pagan practices: moving beyond Stonehenge [PDF]
, 2014 Theorizing the past is not restricted to archaeology and interpretations of 'past' both influence and are themselves constituted within politicized understandings of self, community and in certain instances, spirituality.
Bender B +29 more
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Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2022 Archaeological sites are places that allow different social and political uses of the past. This is particularly true in areas where the remains of ancient cities are subject to negotiations between national, local and/or ethnic identities. In this paper
Mathieu Picas
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Tourism to religious sites, case studies from Hungary and England: exploring paradoxical views on tourism, commodification and cost–benefits [PDF]
, 2012 The application of systems theory to tourism development has a pedigree that has largely been derived from econometrics and macro–economic theory (Baggio et al., 2010; Franch et al., 2010; Choi and Sirakaya, 2006; Schianetz and Kavanagh, 2007, 2008 ...
Clarke, Alan, Wiltshier, Peter
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Density, Spatial Pattern and Relief Features of Sacred Sites in Northern Morocco
Landscape Online, 2013 Sacred sites are of conservation value because of their spiritual meaning, as cultural heritage and as remnants of near-natural biotopes in landscapes strongly transformed by man.
Holger Jäckle +2 more
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Consecration and Conservation; Walden Pond as a Sacred Site [PDF]
, 2002 This essay explores the dynamic interplay between religion, science, and the environment by focusing on Henry David Thoreau\'s consecration of Walden Pond and the subsequent history of the site \'s conservation as a natural and cultural shrine.
Page, Torvis
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The Implications of Fremont Pottery in Montana
ArtsFremont pottery was recovered at the Valley of the Shields rock art site in Montana and dated by luminescence at circa A.D. 1500. The Fremont archaeological culture of northern Colorado and Utah is thought to have dispersed circa A.D.
Lawrence Loendorf, Kathleen Rodrigues
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Archaeoacoustic exploration in Montebello Castle (Rimini, Italy) [PDF]
, 2017 After seven years of research on sacred sites in Europe and Asia from an archaeoacoustic point of view, another study was completed in Montebello Castle, otherwise known as Azzurrina\u2019s castle.
Debertolis, Paolo, Gull\ue0, Daniele
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) is relatively uncommon because of the lower fibrotic burden and the predominance of vascular complications. In vitro observations and clinical data from transplanted patients suggest a protective effect of MMF on endothelial function.
Enrico De Lorenzis +77 more
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