Bronze Age About the archaeological culture located in the mountain range other uses of ApennineApennine disambiguation The Apennineculture or Italian Bronze Age is a Archaeological culture technology ... London page 165 ref It is preceded by the Neolithic and succeeded by the Iron Age Villanovan culture . Apennineculture pottery is a black, burnished ware incised and decorated with spirals, meanders ... of the Apennineculture were alpine cattle herdsmen grazing their animals over the meadows and groves ... culture or the Apennineculture have no ethnic or linguistic significance. ref Pallottino 1975 pp. 57 58. ref The Apennine drew to an end with the spread of the Villanovan culture Proto ... during the remainder of the Apennine. The third wave came with the Proto Villanovan Culture ... culture , which was distinct from and parallel to the early Apennine. The Apennineculture ... of the ApennineCulture that was occupied continuously from the late Neolithic through the Eneolithic ... Breci belongs to the ApennineCulture. ref Coles & Harding 1979 page 169. ref This site was excavated ... the pottery and remains of a village of the ApennineCulture in and under sediments from pyroclastic ... ApennineCulture Category European archaeology Category Archaeological cultures of Western Europe ... ISBN 0521086914, 9780521086912 page 720 ref The Apennine has been periodized into Proto , Early, Middle ... and early 20th centuries various theorists made various imputations of ethnicity concerning the Apennineculture. In the 20th century, the Italian scholar, Massimo Pallottino , who specialized in Etruscan ... Kossinna Material culture and ethnicity Kossinna s Law , which states languages and ethnic groups ... occurred in the Middle Neolithic starting with the Square necked Pottery Culture and prevailed for the remaining Neolithic and the Proto and earlier Apennine. The Latin language evolved ultimately ... in the Apennine range also is consistent with an etymology of Italia as land of young cattle ... more details
wiktionary ApennineApennine may refer to TOCright The Apennine Mountains Other places on Earth The Apennine or Italian peninsula Apennins , a department of the first French Empire Astronomical names The lunar Montes Apenninus 10959 Appennino , an asteroid Plants and animals The Apennine sheep , a modern breed of domestic sheep. Apennine Shrew , an insectivore endemic to Italy Apennine Yellow bellied Toad , an amphibian endemic to Italy Appenine deciduous montane forests , an ecoregion of Italy Apennine Brown Bear, the Marsican Brown Bear Apennine wolf, the Eurasian Wolf Apennine Hare, the Corsican Hare South Apennine mixed montane forests Cultural objects Apennine Base Tunnel , a tunnel of Italy The archaeological Apennineculture Giro dell Appennino , a bicycle tour disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
File Toscana Schafe.jpg thumb 300px A flock of Apennine in Italy Apennine also known as Appenninica , Bariscianese , Chietina Varzese , Perugina del piano is a domesticated breed of sheep found in Italy . It was found in the 1970s by cross breeding with local breeds and the Bergamasca sheep Bergamasca and le de France sheep Ile de France . Although this is a medium coarse wool breed, they are raised primarily for their Lamb and mutton meat . ref name OKState cite web url http www.ansi.okstate.edu breeds sheep apennine index.htm title Apennine work Breeds of Livestock publisher Oklahoma State University , Dept. of Animal Science accessdate 2009 05 11 ref Characteristics Both sexes are polled hornless and having semi lopped ears. Mature rams weigh Convert 78 kg lb sigfig 2 abbr on are Convert 77 cm in sigfig 2 abbr on at the withers and has a trunk of Convert 79 cm in sigfig 2 abbr on long. When mature, ewes weigh approximately Convert 56 kg lb sigfig 2 abbr on are Convert 69 cm in sigfig 2 abbr on at the withers and are Convert 73 cm in sigfig 2 abbr on long. The wool has a diameter of 30 to 35 micrometres. Rams provide about Convert 3.5 kg lb sigfig 2 abbr on of wool while ewes provide Convert 2.5 kg lb sigfig 2 abbr on . ref name OKState This breed has been specifically adapted to the Apennine Mountains , Emilia region of Italy Emilia and Abruzzo regions of Italy. From 1993 to 2007, the population of the Apennine has declined from greater than 160,000 to less than 1,400. ref name DADIS cite web url http dad.fao.org title Appenninica Italy work Breed data sheet publisher Domestic Animal Diversity Information System accessdate 2009 05 11 ref References reflist External links http www.sheep101.info breedsA.html ApennineApennine , Sheep101.info Category Sheep breeds Category Sheep breeds originating in Italy sheep stub ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Apennine Shrew image status lc status system IUCN regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Soricomorpha familia Soricidae genus Sorex species S. samniticus binomial Sorex samniticus binomial authority Altobello, 1926 synonyms range map Apennine Shrew area.png range map caption Apennine Shrew range The Apennine Shrew Sorex samniticus is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is Endemism endemic to Italy . References Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 20411 all Sorex samniticus . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007. Soricomorpha S2. Category Sorex Category Mammals of Italy Category Endemic fauna of Italy redtoothed shrew stub br Minoc h an Appennino ca Musaranya dels Apenins es Sorex samniticus eu Sorex samniticus it Sorex samniticus nl Italiaanse bosspitsmuis ... more details
About the Italian mountain range other uses of ApennineApennine disambiguation Geobox Range name Apennine ... border border1 geology Apennine fold and thrust belt period Mesozoic for formation of rock, br Neogene ... map size 320 footnotes The Apennines or Apennine Mountains IPA en p na n lang gr ... typically but not always used mountain in the singular to mean one or a range thus, the Apennine mountain refers to the entire chain and is translated the Apennine mountains . The ending can vary ... Pen or Ben, which means mountain peak. The mountains lend their name to the Apennine peninsula ... Trail begins in Trieste and after winding through the Alpine arc traverses the entire Apennine system ... of the Apennine System. Topographically only the valley of the River Serchio , which running ... . ref The longest is on the Direttissima, the Great Apennine Tunnel, whch at convert 18.5 km mi abbr ... Central Apennine. File Cavalli.png thumb Horses on Monte Nerone Merriam Webster s Geographical Dictionary ... accessdate 5 March 2010 ref simply calls it the Apennine Ridge of the Umbria Region, which it locates ... last Camicia title Umbria Region Apennine Mountain Range publisher LOTO Landscape Opportunities for Territorial ... File Majella001.jpg thumb right Majella The Apennine System forms an irregular arc with centers ... forests north through south Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Biome South Apennine mixed ... . Raunki r plant life form Hemicryptophyte s predominate in the entire Apennine chain. ref name P79 ... were created in the Apennine orogeny beginning in the early Neogene about 20 mya unit mya , the middle ... also created the Apennine orogeny of east central Italy .... This area was brought ... had the same origin as the Alps. Even today some authors use the term Alpine Apennine system. They are not, however ... 77 quote Apennine thrusts move in from the south, and Southern Alps thrust in from the north, but instead ... separated by this trench and were never part of the same system. Formation of rocks Apennine orogeny ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Apennine Yellow bellied Toad image UluloneVG35 Wiki.jpg status EN status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Amphibia ordo Anura familia Bombinatoridae genus Bombina species B. pachypus binomial Bombina pachypus binomial authority Charles Lucien Bonaparte Bonaparte , 1838 synonyms The Apennine Yellow bellied Toad Bombina pachypus is a species of toad in the Bombinatoridae family. It is Endemism endemic to Italy . Its natural habitat s are temperate forest s, temperate grassland , swamp s, freshwater marsh es, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land , pastureland, pond s, open excavations, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is threatened by habitat loss . References Andreone, F. 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 54450 all Bombina pachypus . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007. Category Bombina Category Reptiles of Italy Category Endemic fauna of Italy Category Animals described in 1838 amphibian stub ca Bombina pachypus de Apennin Gelbbauchunke es Bombina pachypus fr Sonneur pieds pais it Bombina pachypus nl Italiaanse geelbuikvuurpad pt Bombina pachypus sv Italiensk klockgroda vi C c b ng v ng Apennine ... more details
good article File AP 15 LS 1.png thumb right Aerial photo of the Hadley Apennine site Apollo 15 landing site is marked with a circle. Hadley Apennine is a region on the Near side of the Moon near side ... . Hadley Apennine is bordered by the Montes Apenninus often referred to as Apennine Front ... the Apennine Front are brown glass breccia s, and approximately 60 70 obtained from the mare surface ... the same. Most of the samples obtained on the Apennine Front are KREEP potassium , rare earth element ... Petrology of the 2 4 mm soil fraction from the Hadley Apennine region of the moon journal Earth ... and sample stations.jpg thumb right Aerial photo of Hadley Apennine with Apollo 15 traverses labeled. Hadley Apennine is located west of the Montes Apenninus and east of Hadley Rille . The Apennine mountains ... Roving Vehicle , landed in an area of the Hadley Apennine region to the west of the Apennine .... This landing site was selected with the objectives of exploring the Apennine Front, Hadley ... On the Moon with Apollo 15 A Guidebook to Hadley Rille and the Apennine Mountains url http www.hq.nasa.gov ... areas. The Hadley Apennine site was chosen with the specific objectives of sampling material ... that a landing on the edge of Mare Imbrium at the Hadley Apennine site would be more scientifically fruitful than the Marius Hills alternative, and placing a seismometer at Hadley Apennine, given the locations ... backdropped by the Swann Range of the Montes Apenninus. Apennine Front see also Montes Apenninus The Apennine ... of the Apennine mountains between Mons Hadley and Silver Spur a mountain just southeast of Mons Hadley ... 15 astronauts from the Apennine Front are, other than KREEP potassium , rare earth element s, phosphorus ... domes at an elongated crater, Mons Hadley Nearby craters B la , and runs on to the North along the Apennine ... 15 Lunar surface Hadley Apennine http www.lpi.usra.edu resources mapcatalog LTO lto41b4 2 LTO 41B4 ... Apollo 2015 Apollo Image Atlas Images of Hadley Apennine http www.lpi.usra.edu resources mapcatalog ... more details
The Apennine Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel 18.507 km, 11.5 miles , long on the Direttissima line Bologna Florence railway line connecting Florence and Bologna , in central Italy . The tunnel was opened on 21 April 1934 shortening the rail connection by 35 km compared to the old railway line over the mountain range. In the middle of the tunnel there is a switch over and a 450m long non public station accessible by an adit . Train 904 bombing see also Train 904 bombing On 23 December 1984 17 people were killed and 250 wounded by a bomb on the Naples Milan Express, Train 904 , which exploded in the tunnel. The attack is attributed to the Mafia . The Italicus Express bombing 1974 Italicus Express bombing in 1974 was on the same line, though not in the tunnel. Literary references The Apennine Tunnel is referred to and used as a plot device in Cabal Dibdin novel Cabal by Michael Dibdin . BR Italy struct stub BR 1984 railway accidents coord 44.1357 N 11.173 E source kolossus dewiki display title Category Tunnels in Italy Category Railway tunnels in Italy Category Transport in Emilia Romagna Category Tunnels completed in 1934 Category Buildings and structures in Emilia Romagna de Apenninbasistunnel it Grande Galleria dell Appennino ... more details
Earthquake title 1703 Apennine earthquakes date Start date 14 January 1703 map2 Location map Italy float none width 250 places Location map Italy label 14 January lat 42.7 long 13.07 mark Cercle rouge 100 .svg marksize 8 position top Location map Italy label 16 January lat 42.62 long 13.1 mark Cercle rouge 100 .svg marksize 8 position right Location map Italy label 2 February lat 42.43 long 13.3 mark Cercle rouge 100 .svg marksize 8 position bottom magnitude 6.7 6.2 6.7 Magnitude Richter Scale Richter depth location Coord 42.7 13.07 display inline br first earthquake in sequence countries affected ITA tsunami casualties The 1703 Apennine earthquakes were a sequence of three earthquake s of Richter magnitude scale magnitude 6 that occurred in the central Apennines of Italy, over a period of 19 days. The epicenter s were near Norcia 14 January , Montereale AQ Montereale 16 January and L Aquila 2 February , showing a southwards progression over about 36 km. These events involved all of the known active Fault geology faults between Norcia and L Aquila. ref name Galli A total of about 10,000 people are estimated to have died as a result of these earthquakes, ref cite web title Seismically Induced Ground Ruptures and Large Scale Mass Movements Field Excursion and Meeting 21 27 september 2001 url http www.apat.gov.it site contentfiles 00037500 37545 atti 2002 04.pdf work archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5k78BOCy9 archivedate 27 September 2009 deadurl no accessdate 25 September 2009 ref although because of the overlap in areas affected by the three events, casualty numbers remain highly uncertain. Tectonic setting The central part of the Apennines has been characterised by extensional ... References Reflist Use dmy dates date August 2010 DEFAULTSORT 1703 Apennine Earthquakes Category Earthquakes in Italy Apennine earthquakes Category 1703 in Italy Apennine earthquakes Category 1703 earthquakes Apennine Earthquakes, 1703 it Terremoto dell Aquila del 1703 no Jordskjelvet i Aquila ... more details
refimprove date February 2011 The Culture is a fiction al interstellar anarchist , socialism socialist ... banks cultnote.htm A Few Notes on the Culture Iain Banks Banks, Iain M. ref society created by the Scotland ... novels and works of short fiction by him, collectively called the Culture series . Overview The Culture ... of force or compulsion, except where necessary to protect others. Mind The Culture Minds , powerful ..., is clear one of the problems with the Culture novels as novels is that the central characters, the Minds, are too powerful and, to put it bluntly, too good. ref name SCLIB The novels of the Culture cycle, therefore, mostly deal with people at the fringes of the Culture diplomats, spies, or mercenaries those who interact with other civilizations, and who do the Culture s dirty work in moving those societies closer to the Culture ideal, sometimes by force. Fictional history In this fictional universe, the Culture exists concurrently with human society on Earth. The time frame for the published Culture stories is from roughly AD 1300 to AD 2970, with Earth being Contact The Culture contacted around AD 2100, though the Culture had covertly visited the planet in the 1970s in The State of the Art . The Culture itself is described as having been created when several humanoid species and machine ... evolution into their own hands. In The Player of Games , the Culture is described as having existed as a space faring society for eleven thousand years. Society and culture Capability The Culture ..., or by people who take on the work out of free choice . As such, the Culture is also a post scarcity .... As a consequence, the Culture has no need of economic constructs such as money as is apparent when it deals with civilizations in which money is still important . The Culture rejects all forms of economics ... in the Culture. Language Marain is the Culture s shared language. Designed by early Minds, the Culture ... form, Marain is also regarded as an aesthetically pleasing language by the Culture. The symbols of the Marain ... more details
About Culture as used in the Social science social sciences and Humanities humantities uses in the Natural sciences natural sciences Cell culture and Tissue culture other uses File gyptischer Maler um ... Hasht Behesht Hasht Behesht Palace When Culture lang la wikt cultura cultura , lit. cultivation ref Harper, Douglas 2001 . http www.etymonline.com index.php?term culture Online Etymology Dictionary ref ... the term culture to refer to a universal human capacity. For the German nonpositivist sociologist Georg Simmel , culture referred to the cultivation of individuals through the agency of external forms ..., culture emerged as a concept central to anthropology , encompassing all human phenomena that are not purely results of human genetics. Specifically, the term culture in American anthropology had two ... the physical artifacts created by a society , its so called material culture and everything else ... such as language, customs, etc. that are the main referent of the term culture . Etymology The etymology of the modern term culture has a classics classical origin. In English, the word culture is based on a term used by Cicero in his Tusculan Disputations , where he wrote of a cultivation ... after Rousseau Philosophy and Culture in Question last Velkley first Richard year 2002 chapter The Tension in the Beautiful On Culture and Civilization in Rousseau and German Philosophy pages 11 ... As described by Velkley ref name velkley blockquote The term culture, which originally meant the cultivation ... modern liberalism and Age of Enlightenment Enlightenment . Thus a contrast between culture and civilization is usually implied in these authors, even when not expressed as such. Two primary meanings of culture emerge from this period culture as the folk spirit having a unique identity, and culture as cultivation ... of the term culture, although the second still plays a large role in what we think culture should ... a universal model of culture. The German philosopher Immanuel Kant 1724 1804 formulated an individualist ... more details
The South Apennine mixed montane forests is an Ecoregion , in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Biome , located in southern Italy and Sicily . This ecoregion is restricted to the high mountain massifs of the regions of Basilicata , Calabria and the island of Sicily. Altitudinal forest zones Wide altitudinal range results in several forest zones. Lowest elevations At lowest elevations the forests are characterized by the dominance of sclerophyll ous evergreen oak Quercus ilex and Quercus suber , coniferous Stone Pine Pinus pinea Italian Stone Pine , and deciduous Quercus pubescens , Fraxinus ornus , Ostrya carpinifolia forests. Medium elevations At medium elevations the mixed deciduous forests of Quercus cerris , Quercus pubescens , Quercus frainetto , Castanea sativa , Ostrya carpinifolia predominate. High elevations At high elevation altitudes there is a north south slopes gradient of plant communities South facing plant communities On south facing slopes with cold and dry climate European Black Pine Pinus laricio is the dominant species. Pinus laricio is also found on Mount Etna up to the timberline along with the Etna birch Betula aetniensis . Pinus heldreichii leucodermis is found only Pollino Mountains . North facing plant communities On north facing slopes Silver fir Abies alba and beech Fagus sylvatica mix with Pinus laricio . Relict stands of the endemic Nebrodi fir Abies nebrodensis appear in the Madonie Mountains . The Etna summits is characterized by a shrub community of Astragalus siculus , Berberis Berberis aetnensis , Juniperus communis alpina and the Etna tree broom Genista aetnensis . See also Category Environment of the Mediterranean Index Environment of the Mediterranean External links http www.worldwildlife.org wildworld profiles terrestrial pa pa1218 full.html WWF Wildworld the South Apennine Mixed Montane Forests Ecoregion DEFAULTSORT South Apennine Mixed Montane Forests Category Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Category ... more details
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