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Soil and Culture

SOIL -beneath our feet -food and fiber -ashes to ashes, dust to dust -dirt Soil has been called the final frontier of environmental research. The critical role of soil in biogeochemical processes is tied to its properties and place-porous, structured, and spatially variable, it serves as a conduit,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Landa, Edward R. (Editor ), Feller, Christian (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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  • Soil and the Visual Arts
  • The Representation of Soil in the Western Art: From Genesis to Pedogenesis
  • Deforestation and Erosion Captured in Historical Art of the Pearl River Delta Region, China
  • Transcendental Aspects of Soil in Contemporary Visual Arts
  • Merging Horizons-Soil Science and Soil Art
  • Soil Colors, Pigments and Clays in Paintings
  • In a Supporting Role: Soil and the Cinema
  • Under my feet-Soil presence and perspectives in the work of four contemporary visual artists
  • Dig Deeper
  • Creating Fiber Art with Soil and Rust
  • Soil, Subsoil, Priming and Architectural Design
  • Art by the Ground
  • Soil and Soul: Literature and Philosophy
  • To Join the Real and the Mental Place: The Written Earth
  • "Pochveniks"-"The Poets of The Soil": The Geological School of 20th Century Poetry in Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)
  • The Soil Scientist's Hidden Beloved: Archetypal Images and Emotions in the Scientist's Relationship with Soil
  • Comprehending Soil within the Context of the Land Community
  • Core Samples of the Sublime-On the Aesthetics of Dirt
  • Perspectives on Soil by Indigenous and Ancient Cultures
  • European Religious Cultivation of the Soil
  • "Rock - Stone" and "Soil - Earth": Indigenous Views of Soil Formation and Soil Fertility in the West Indies
  • Mobilizing Farmers' Knowledge of the Soil
  • Ancient Maya Perceptions of Soil, Land, and Earth
  • The Soil Memory: Case Study of a Protohistoric Archaeological Site in Senegal
  • Soil and Health
  • Soils and Geomedicine: Trace Elements
  • Do Pedo-Epidemiological Systems Exist?
  • "Earth Eaters": Ancient and Modern Perspectives on Human Geophagy
  • Soil - the dark side and the light side
  • Soil and Warfare
  • Yellow Sands and Penguins: The Soil of "The Great Escape"
  • Soils and Soil Pioneers on Stamps
  • Soil in Comic Strips and Cartoons
  • Soils and Terroir Expression in Wines.