Soil and humanity: Culture, civilization, livelihood and health

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 603-615

  Minami, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Etymology; Living soil; Religion; Soil culture theory; Spirits

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349512024     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00401.x     Document Type: Review

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