On the typology and the worship status of sacred trees with a special reference to the Middle East

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dafni, Amots ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RELIGION; TREE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; TREES;

EID: 34250694786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-2-26     Document Type: Review

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