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Author : Hubert Feiglstorfer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Building, Clay
ISBN : LCCN:2020718853
Author : Hubert Feiglstorfer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783110591330
Mineral building materials and regionally related methods of processing are an essential part of building culture throughout the Himalayas. Based on transregional knowledge transfer, raw materials have been able to find an ecologically and economically optimised destiny in particular local applications. For this study, samples were collected as raw material or originated from certain building components. Samples were analysed according to their material properties and architectural application. Traditional building techniques were examined and their correlation with traceable material qualities studied. Clay-specific properties such as colour, grain size distribution, grain shape, hardness, plasticity, organic additives, or bulk and clay mineral properties were used as comparative parameters. This study gives fresh insight into the interaction between technical requirements, environmental resources and material implementation. It is the first scientific approach in studying the Himalayan earthen heritage in a wide scope and connecting material research and cultural heritage from various perspectives - in particular archaeology, architecture, research on materials and building techniques.
Author : Hubert Feiglstorfer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783110590111
Mineral building materials and regionally related methods of processing are an essential part of building culture throughout the Himalayas. Based on transregional knowledge transfer, raw materials have been able to find an ecologically and economically optimised destiny in particular local applications. For this study, samples were collected as raw material or originated from certain building components. Samples were analysed according to their material properties and architectural application. Traditional building techniques were examined and their correlation with traceable material qualities studied. Clay-specific properties such as colour, grain size distribution, grain shape, hardness, plasticity, organic additives, or bulk and clay mineral properties were used as comparative parameters. This study gives fresh insight into the interaction between technical requirements, environmental resources and material implementation. It is the first scientific approach in studying the Himalayan earthen heritage in a wide scope and connecting material research and cultural heritage from various perspectives - in particular archaeology, architecture, research on materials and building techniques.
Author : Pankaj Gupta,Vijay Kumar Sharma,Sushma Sharma
Publisher : Springer
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9788132219255
This book discusses the perception of disease, healing concepts and the evolution of traditional systems of healing in the Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh, India. The chapters cover a diverse range issues: people and knowledge systems, healing in ancient scriptures, concept of sacredness and faith healing, food as medicament, presumptions about disease, ethno-botanical aspects of medicinal plants, collection and processing of herbs, traditional therapeutic procedures, indigenous Materia medica, etc. The book also discusses the diverse therapeutic procedures followed by Himalayan healers and their significance in the socio-cultural life of Himalayan societies. The World Health Organization defines traditional medicine as wisdom, skills, and practices based on theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness and maintenance of health. In some Asian and African countries, 80% of the population depends on traditional medicine for primary health care. However, the knowledge of these conventional healing techniques and traditions associated with conveying this knowledge are slowly disappearing. The authors highlight the importance of safeguarding this indigenous knowledge in the cultural milieu of the Himachal Himalayas. This book will be an important resource for researchers in medical anthropology, biology, ethno-biology, ecology, community health, health behavior, psychotherapy, and Himalayan studies.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN : UIUC:30112077143029
A monthly inventory of information from U.S. Government Foreign Service offices and other sources that may not otherwise be made available promptly.
Author : United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN : UOM:39015068575268
Author : Gabriela Krist
Publisher : Böhlau Verlag Wien
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783205202677
The Nako temple complex from the 12th century is an extraordinary testimony of early Tibetan Buddhism not anymore preserved in today’s Tibet. Endangered by the rough environment, improper treatment and frequent earthquakes, the outstanding monuments were re-discovered by scholars from Austrian universities in the 1980s. The transdisciplinary research project carried out over more than 20 years led to in-depth studies, preservation and model-like conservation of the temples and their artworks.
Author : Disha Experts
Publisher : Disha Publications
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789390486724
Author : Shibani Kinkar Chaube
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : UOM:39015012878990
Papers presented at the Seminar on "Modernization and Adaptation in the Himalayas, with Special Reference to Eastern Himalayas", held at the Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal, 1981.
Author : M. G. Chitkara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 8176481858
Author : Raj Kumar Gupta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : UOM:39015018003940
Author : Vineeta Hoon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020161589
This Study Descibes The Traditional Lifestyles Of The Bhotiyas And How, Despite The Intrusion Of The Forces Of Modernization, History And Global Politics, They Are Still Able To Maintain Their Identity, Cultural Values And Subsistence Practices. Refuting The General Belief That Pastoral Nomadism Is Environmentally Destructive, The Author Demonstrates That Transhumant Lifestyles And Strategies Are Environment.
Author : P.G. DeCelles,B. Carrapa,T.P. Ojha,G.E. Gehrels,D. Collins
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813725475
"Spanning eight kilometers of topographic relief, the Himalayan fold-thrust belt in Nepal has accommodated more than 700 km of Cenozoic convergence between the Indian subcontinent and Asia. Rapid tectonic shortening and erosion in a monsoonal climate have exhumed greenschist to upper amphibolite facies rocks along with unmetamorphosed rocks, including a 5-6-km-thick Cenozoic foreland basin sequence. This Special Paper presents new geochronology, multisystem thermochronology, structural geology, and geological mapping of an approximately 37,000 km2 region in midwestern and western Nepal. This work informs enduring Himalayan debates, including how and where to map the Main Central thrust, the geometry of the seismically active basal Himalayan detachment, processes of tectonic shortening in the context of postcollisional India-Asia convergence, and long-term geodynamics of the orogenic wedge"--Publisher's website
Author : Robert Oberst
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429973406
This book describes the countries of South Asia, and examines the reason for their successes and failures. It addresses the interrelationships among the states in the region and their roles in the international system, and discusses the political development of the region.
Author : Robert C Oberst
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429974847
This comprehensive but accessible text provides students with a systematic introduction to the comparative political study of the leading nations of South Asia: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. The seventh edition is extensively revised and updated, benefiting from the fresh perspective brought on by adding a new author to the team. New material includes discussions of political parties and leaders in India, the Zardari regime and changes to the Pakistani constitution, the rocky relationship between Pakistan and the Obama administration, new prospects and dangers facing Bangladesh, continuing political violence in Sri Lanka, and the troubles facing Nepal as it attempts to draft a new constitution. Organized in parallel fashion to facilitate cross-national comparison, the sections on each nation address several topical areas of inquiry: political culture and heritage, government structure and institutions, political parties and leaders, conflict and resolution, and modernization and development. A statistical appendix provides a concise overview of leading demographic and economic indicators for each country, making Government and Politics in South Asia an invaluable addition to courses on the politics of South Asia