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Agrarian rituals giving way to Romantic motifs: Sacred natural sites in Estonia
Sign Systems Studies, 2016 Semiotic mechanisms involving sacred natural sites – or areas of land or water with special spiritual significance – that have been focal points in agrarian vernacular religion have been transformed in modern Estonian culture. Some sites have accrued new
Ott Heinapuu
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When nature meets the divine: effect of prohibition regimes on the structure and tree species composition of sacred forests in northern Greece [PDF]
Web Ecology, 2020 Sacred forests are an integral component of the mountainous cultural landscape of northern Greece, hypothesized to be the result of both ecological processes and site-specific forest management regimes through strict religious prohibition.
V. Marini Govigli +6 more
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Sacred, secular, or sacrilegious? prehistoric sites, pagans and the Sacred Sites project in Britain [PDF]
, 2008 This paper explores issues and tensions developing within today's Britain around prehistoric 'sacred sites' and their appropriation by a wide range of interested or concerned groups. In examining and theorising competing constructions of 'sacredness' and
Blain, J., Wallis, R. J.
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Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In October 2022 an extensive archaeological landscape was identified by staff of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre at Pangpang on the east coast of Efate Island in central Vanuatu. It included midden deposits on the banks of the Pangpang River near the sea at Forari Bay where Lapita and Early Erueti‐style pottery sherds were recovered.
Stuart Bedford +9 more
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Managing sacred sites for tourism: A case study of visitor facilities in Palmyra, New York [PDF]
, 2010 Sacred sites are qualitatively different than others developed for tourism purposes. However, sacred sites do have touristic appeal and can benefit from their popularity as both pilgrimage and secular tourist attractions.
Russel E. Brayley
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rain‐induced erosion processes can severely damage Earthen archaeological sites. Huaca Chornancap (HCH; eighth–14th century ad) is a platform located in the Lambayeque region (Peru) exposed to seasonal rain due to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Luigi Magnini +5 more
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Sacred Sites in the Sakha Epics (Olonkho) and in Other Shamanic Traditions
Oriental Studies, 2018 This essay identifies descriptions of sacred lands within the Sakha (Yakut) olonkho, and compares them to mythopoetic honoring of sacred mountains among the Tlingit of Alaska and the Mapuche of Chile and Argentina.
M. M. Balzer
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Aspects of the Rapid Development of Christian Religious Travel in the 4th Century A.D. [PDF]
, 2020 'People travelled for numerous reasons,' so J.W. Drijvers submits at the beginning of his piece on travel and pilgrimage literature. Be it ‘commerce, government affairs, religion, education, military business or migration,’ people ‘made use of the ...
Van der Molen, Jan M.
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aim Hyponatremia is a common yet potentially serious adverse event associated with antidepressants. Identifying the antidepressant class with the least risk of hyponatremia would improve patient safety. Methods Using electronic medical records from 15 hospitals standardized into Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model (2003–2023 ...
Kyungyeon Jung +21 more
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Religions, 2022 Affinity with the Holy Land, and especially with Jerusalem, is a common theme in the sacred geography of Abrahamic religions, expressed in prayer houses and holy sites.
Bar Kribus
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