1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996198740303316

Titolo

Burials, texts and rituals : ethnoarchaeological investigations in North Bali, Indonesia / / edited by Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin and I Wayan Ardika

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Göttingen, Germany : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2008

©2008

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations, maps ; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Göttinger Beiträge zur Ethnologie ; ; volume 1

Disciplina

306.095986

Soggetti

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Religion - General

Textile fabrics - Indonesia

Indonesia Bali Island

Indonesia Bali (Province)

Indonesia Buleleng

Indonesia Ethnology

Indonesia Manners and customs

Indonesia Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction --Looking back in time --Environment and change --Archaeological evidence and its interpretation --Appendix --Contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

The villages on Bali’s north-east coast have a long history. Archaeological finds have shown that the coastal settlements of Tejakula District enjoyed trading relations with India as long as 2000 years ago or more. Royal decrees dating from the 10th to the 12th century, inscribed on copper tablets and still preserved in the local villages as part of their religious heritage, bear witness to the fact that, over a period of over 1000 years, these played a major role as harbour and trading centres in the transmaritime trade between India and



(probably) the Spice Islands. At the same time the inscriptions attest to the complexity in those days of Balinese society, with a hierarchical social organisation headed by a king who resided in the interior – precisely where, nobody knows. The interior was connected to the prosperous coastal settlements through a network of trade and ritual. The questions that faced the German-Balinese research team were first: Was there anything left over of this evidently glorious past? And second: Would our professional anthropological and archaeological research work be able to throw any more light on the vibrant past of these villages? This book is an attempt to answer both these and further questions on Bali’s coastal settlements, their history and culture.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777047603321

Autore

Adams Jonathan

Titolo

Vegetation-Climate Interaction [[electronic resource] ] : How Vegetation Makes the Global Environment / / by Jonathan Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007

ISBN

1-280-94410-2

9786610944101

3-540-32492-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Environmental Sciences

Disciplina

581.722

Soggetti

Geotechnical engineering

Climatology

Economic geology

Atmospheric sciences

Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences

Economic Geology

Atmospheric Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-229) and index.



Nota di contenuto

The climate system -- From climate to vegetation -- Plants on the move -- Microclimates and vegetation -- The desert makes the desert: Climate feedbacks from the vegetation of arid zones -- Forests -- Plants and the carbon cycle -- The direct carbon dioxide effect on plants.

Sommario/riassunto

I had wanted to write something like this book for many years, but would probably never have dared to attempt it unless I had been asked to by Clive Horwood at Praxis Publishing. As it is, this has been a rewarding experience for me personally, something which has forced me to read literature that I would not otherwise have read, and to clarify things in my head that would have remained muddled. What I have set out to do here is provide an accessible textbook for university students, and a generalized source of current scientific information and opinion for both academics and the interested lay reader. I have myself often found it frustrating that there have been no accessible textbooks on most of the subjects dealt with here, and I hope that this book will fill the gap. My friends and colleagues have provided valuable comment, amongst them David Schwartzman, Axel Kleidon, Alex Guenther, Ellen Thomas, Tyler Volk, Ning Zeng, Hans Renssen, Mary Killilea, Charlie Zender, Rich Norby, Christian Koerner and Roger Pielke Sr. I could not stop myself from adding to the manuscript even after they had sent me their careful advice, and any embarrassing errors that have slipped through are of course a result of my doing this. I am also very grateful to everyone who has generously given me permission to use their own photographs as illustrations in this book, and I have named each one in the photo caption.