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This volume introduces the ecological history of woodland vegetation in South India. It incorporates a critical overview of the theories of ecological on the subcontinent while detailing the history of long-term changes in the tree and shrub vegetation of the Indian peninsula that have resulted from climate change and the impact of human activities on the landscape. The volume also demonstrates the potential of microscopic analysis of archaeological wood charcoal remains for the purpose of palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Included in the volume is a practical guide for the microscopic

Forest plants --- Plant remains (Archaeology) --- Landscape archaeology --- Forest archaeology --- India --- Antiquities.

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The incursions of women into areas from which they had been traditionally excluded, together with the literary representations of their attempts to negotiate, subvert and appropriate these forbidden spaces, is the underlying theme that unites this collection of essays. Here scholars from Australia, Greece, Great Britain, Spain, Switzerland and the United States reconsider the well-entrenched assumptions associated with the public/private distinction, working with the notions of public and private spheres while testing their currency and exploring their blurred edges. The essays cover and uncover a rich variety of spaces, from the slums and court-rooms of London to the American wilderness, from the Victorian drawing-room and sick-room to out of the ordinary places like Turkish baths and the trenches of the First World War. Where previous studies have tended to focus on a single aspect of women’s engagement with space, this edited book reveals a plethora of subtle and tenacious strategies found in a variety of discourses that include fiction, poetry, diaries, letters, essays and journalism. Inside Out goes beyond the early work on artistic explorations of gendered space to explore the breadth of the field and its theoretical implications.

Women in literature. --- Woman (Christian theology) in literature --- Women in drama --- Women in poetry --- Women as literary characters --- Feminism in literature. --- Cultural landscapes. --- Cultural geography --- Landscapes --- Landscape archaeology --- Feminist theory in literature

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Knjiga z bogastvom vizualnega gradiva na zanimiv način kaže spregledane vrednote in zgodovinske principe urejanja prostora, ki so po padcu modernih in postmodernih ideologij ključni za reševanje problemov in razvoj sodobne arhitekture. V njej so prikazane prostorske rešitve in načela, ki so jih uporabljali že naši predniki in ki so najbolj jasno vidni iz vzorcev poselitve. Gre za tisto razumevanje prostora, ki se je stoletja kristaliziralo skozi izkušnjo več generacij in ki nikakor ni zastarelo ali preživelo. Prilagojeno je prvinski človekovi dojemljivosti, zato tudi v informacijski dobi pomeni ključno informacijo, še več – orientacijo. Knjiga ustvarjalnemu bralcu daje dovolj nastavkov tudi za povsem samostojne rešitve. Delo s svojo zgradbo in vsebino zato predstavlja ključ za samostojno odkrivanje starih načel urejanja in prostorskih struktur.

Regional planning --- City planning --- History. --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Regional development --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Landscape protection --- Government policy --- Management --- Slovenia --- Landscape archaeology --- collective volume --- history --- spatial planning --- prostorsko urejanje --- Slovenija --- zborniki --- zgodovina

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Pre-Columbian Landscapes of Creation and Origin Edited by John Edward Staller, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL Pre-Columbian Andean and Mesoamerican cultures have inspired a special fascination among historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, as well as the general public. As two of the earliest known and studied civilizations, their origin and creation mythologies hold a special interest. The existing and Pre-Columbian cultures from these regions are particularly known for having a strong connection with the natural landscape, and weaving it into their mythologies. A landscape approach to archaeology in these areas is uniquely useful shedding insight into their cultural beliefs, practices, and values.The ways in which these cultures imbued their landscape with symbolic significance influenced the settlement of the population, the construction of monuments, as well as their rituals and practices. This edited volume combines research on Pre-Columbian cultures throughout Mesoamerica and South America, examining their constructed monuments and ritual practices. It explores the foundations of these cultures, through both the creation mythologies of ancient societies as well as the tangible results of those beliefs. It offers insight on specific case studies, combining evidence from the archaeological record with sacred texts and ethnohistoric accounts. The patterns developed throughout this work shed insight on the effect that perceived sacredness can have on the development of culture and society. This comprehensive and much-needed work will be of interest to archaeologists and anthropologists focused on Pre-Columbian studies, as well as those in the fields of cultural or religious studies with a broader geographic focus.

Indian mythology --- Landscape archaeology --- Indians --- Sacred space --- Creation. --- Mythologie indienne d'Amérique --- Archéologie du paysage --- Indiens d'Amérique --- Indiens --- Lieux sacrés --- Création --- Antiquities. --- Religion. --- Social life and customs. --- Antiquités --- Religion --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Latin America --- Amérique latine --- Civilization. --- Civilisation --- Indian art -- Latin America. --- Indians --Antiquities. --- Indians --Religion. --- Creation --- Americas - General --- Social Change --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- Sociology & Social History --- History & Archaeology --- Social Sciences --- Antiquities --- Social life and customs --- Mythologie indienne d'Amérique --- Archéologie du paysage --- Indiens d'Amérique --- Lieux sacrés --- Création --- Antiquités --- Amérique latine --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVSOCIA SPRINGER-B --- Biblical cosmogony --- Holy places --- Places, Sacred --- Sacred places --- Sacred sites --- Sacred spaces --- Sites, Sacred --- Space, Sacred --- Mythology, Indian --- Religion and mythology --- Mythology --- History. --- Culture --- Geology. --- Ecology. --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- History, general. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Study and teaching. --- Holy, The --- Religion and geography --- Archaeology --- Cultural landscapes --- Cosmogony --- Natural theology --- Teleology --- Beginning --- Biblical cosmology --- Creation windows --- Creationism --- Evolution --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Human beings --- Annals --- Ecology --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Ecology . --- Indian antiquities --- Indian artifacts