A line through the sacred lands of the Altai mountains: Perspectives on the Altai pipeline project

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 372-379

  Plets, Gertjan ^a   Gheyle, Wouter ^a   Plets, Ruth ^b   Dvornikov, Eduard Pavlovich ^c   Bourgeois, Jean ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GORNO ALTAISK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Altai Mountains; Altai pipeline; archaeology; Cultural heritage; heritage management; landscape

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DATA ACQUISITION; FIELD SURVEY; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MONUMENT; PIPELINE; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ALTAY [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 82655183665     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00065.1     Document Type: Article

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