Stories in Stone
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Stories in Stone: Travels through Urban Geology
By David B. Williams237 NOTES TO PAGES 42-54 S. Willard, Plans and Sections of the Obelisk on Bunker's Hill (Boston: Clias. Cook's Lith., 1843), 9. ... “Winged Rock,” The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers (New York: Random House, 1937), 361. 2 .
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Stories in Stone: Memorialization, the Creation of History and the Role of Preservation
By Emily WilliamsAs Laurajane Smith has pointed out, values-based typologies and measurements of significance are often utilized by archaeologists and other heritage professionals to reinforce their authority and their place within the heritage ...
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Stories in Stone: Memories from a Bygone Farming Community in North Carolina
By Thomas C. Weber, Uli GratzlThe scope of Stories in Stone stretches from the footsteps of Native American hunters centuries ago to a description of William B. Umstead State Park today.
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Stories in Stone
By Douglas KeisterThis thought is reflected in Walt Whitman's “Song of Myself”: “... a morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.” Adding to its otherworldly mystique, folks who are in charge of naming plant varieties ...
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Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography
By Douglas KeisterStories in Stone The Complete Illustrated Guide to Cemetery Symbolism The language of symbols is one that has been with us from the beginning of recorded history. Our everyday life is full of symbols.
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Stories in Stone: The Enchanted Gem Carvings of Vasily Konovalenko
By Stephen E. NashPart art catalogue and part life history, Stories in Stone tells the tale of Konovalenko’s impressive works, explaining their conception, creation, and symbolism.
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Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa : Masterpieces from the National Museums of Tunisia
By Aïcha Ben Abed Ben KhaderStories in Stone is structured around four principal themes--Nature, Theater and Spectacle, Myths and Gods, and Technique--and includes extensive material on mosaic conservation.
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Stories in Stone: How Geology Influenced Connecticut History and Culture
By Jelle Zeilinga de BoerIlluminated by 50 illustrations and 12 color plates, Stories in Stone describes the marvel of Connecticut's geologic diversity and also recounts the impact of past climates, earthquakes, and meteorites on the lives of the people who made ...
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Stories in Stone: The Sdok Kok Thom Inscription & the Enigma of Khmer History
By John BurgessA personal and historic account of Sadok Kok Thom Temple, weaving in the archaeology of Angkor with the political turmoil of Cambodia during the 1960s-70s.
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Stories in Stone: How Geology Influenced Connecticut History and Culture
By Jelle Zeilinga de BoerExploring the many facets of Connecticut’s unique geology
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Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography
This book, filled with detailed colored photographs, acts as a field guide to a variety of common, and not so-common, images on tombstones and mausoleums.