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To enter caves is to venture beyond the realm of the everyday. From huge vaulted caverns to impassable water-filled passages, the karst topography of Guilin in China and the lava tubes of Hawaii, from tiny remote pilgrimage sites to massive tourism enterprises, caves are places of mystery. Dark spac...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Reaktion Books,
2015.
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| Series: | Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
- 1. What is a Cave?
- 2. Speaking of Speleology
- 3. Troglodytes and Troglobites: Living in the Dark Zone
- 4. Cavers, Potholers and Spelunkers: Exploring Caves
- 5. Monsters and Magic: Caves in Mythology and Folklore
- 6. Visually Rendered: The Art of Caves
- 7. `Caverns measureless to man': Caves in Literature
- 8. Sacred Symbols: Holy Caves
- 9. Extraordinary to Behold: Spectacular Caves.