Anti-landscapes: Caves and apophasis in the Christian east

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 761-779

  della Dora, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CHRISTIANITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; CULTURAL TRADITION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

EID: 80052778142     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d3810     Document Type: Article

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