The book of unconformities : speculations on lost time /

"Drawing on history, anthropology, accounts of exploration, and observation, Hugh Raffles undertakes a journey to places north--to investigate the uncertain survival and unsettling presence of ancient stones and the alluring glimpse that these stones open into lives and meanings now faded from...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Raffles, Hugh, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]
Subjects:
Megalithic monuments > Great Britain.
Anthropological museums and collections > United States.
Anthropological ethics.
Monuments mégalithiques > Grande-Bretagne.
Anthropologie > Musées et collections > États-Unis.
HISTORY / Historical Geography.
Travel.
Discoveries in geography.
Anthropological museums and collections.
Megalithic monuments.
Sacred stones.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration.
Arctic regions > Description and travel.
New York (N.Y.) > History.
Arctique > Découverte et exploration.
Arctique > Descriptions et voyages.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire.
New York (State) > New York.
Great Britain.
Arctic Regions.
United States.
History.
Cross-cultural studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Marble
  • Sandstone
  • Gneiss
  • Magnetite
  • Blubberstone
  • Iron
  • Epilogue : muscovite.

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