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The time of darkness. Local legends and volcanic reality in Papua New Guinea.
Univ of Washington Press, 1992. linnen, 256 blz, kaartjes, stofomslag., Licht gebruikspoor stofomslag..ISBN: 0295958804 Wij berekenen binnen Nederland 3,95 euro verzendkosten ongeachte gewicht of omvang van de bestelling.
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Catalogue: Nieuw Guinea
Keywords: Nieuw Guinea 0295958804
The Time of Darkness : Local Legends and Volcanic Reality in Papua New Guinea
Seattle, Univ. of Washington Press, 1982. orig. boards, dustwrapper. xi,257 pp, 24x15cm,. Textual graphs,maps & tables. An ink mark to bottom page-edge, VG, in a rubbed dustwrapper.
¶ Contents: Tephra Identification & Characterisation; Chemical Fingerprinting & Distribution of Tibito & Olgaboli Tephras; Potential Sources of Tibito & Olgaboli Tephras; Long Island as the Tephra Source; Some Theoretical Considerations; The Time of Darkness Legends; Tibito Tephra and the Legends; Physical Characteristics of the Tephra Fall According to the Legends; The Effects of the Tephra Fall according to the Legends; Issues Arising from an Analysis of the Legends; The Legends & Reality: The Physical Characteristics of the Tephra Fall; The Legends & Reality: The Effects of the Tephra Fall; Dating the Legend & the Eruption; Some Conclusions & Some Questions; Appendix: Sample Descriptions & Analytical Results; Analysis of Factors Influencing the Spread of Values in Samples Field-Identified as Olgaboli Tephra; The Long Island Legends; Questionnaire distributed in 1976-77.
¶ Contents: Tephra Identification & Characterisation; Chemical Fingerprinting & Distribution of Tibito & Olgaboli Tephras; Potential Sources of Tibito & Olgaboli Tephras; Long Island as the Tephra Source; Some Theoretical Considerations; The Time of Darkness Legends; Tibito Tephra and the Legends; Physical Characteristics of the Tephra Fall According to the Legends; The Effects of the Tephra Fall according to the Legends; Issues Arising from an Analysis of the Legends; The Legends & Reality: The Physical Characteristics of the Tephra Fall; The Legends & Reality: The Effects of the Tephra Fall; Dating the Legend & the Eruption; Some Conclusions & Some Questions; Appendix: Sample Descriptions & Analytical Results; Analysis of Factors Influencing the Spread of Values in Samples Field-Identified as Olgaboli Tephra; The Long Island Legends; Questionnaire distributed in 1976-77.
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Keywords: Papua New Guinea, Anthropology, Volcanoes, Volcanic eruptions, Geochemistry, Folklore, Mythology, Tephra, Tephrostratigraphy, Ecological
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