Términos

Describe obras de arte de varios tipos de los aborígenes de Nueva Guinea, localizados en Sepik. El arte Sepik es creado utilizando una gran variedad de materiales, técnicas y formas que son montados de una vez. Los aborígenes de Sepik poseen variados estilos arquitectónicos. Las casas para el culto masculino son las estructuras más distintivas y contienen elementos estructurales tallados, ornamentación y muebles.

Language family of the Sepik and Ramu river basins of northern Papua New Guinea.

Order of small marine cephalopod mollusks having eight suckered arms and two tentacles; they are closely related to cuttlefish but differ in having a rounder mantle than cuttlefish and lacking an internal cuttlebone. In some classifications, they are a family of Sepiida.

Material de color blanco a gris o amarillo claros, extremadamente liviano, absorbente y compacto que se encuentra en Asia Menor y se utiliza para fabricar pipas de tabaco y tallados ornamentales.

Concreción grande y en general esferoidal formada casi siempre de caliza impura o hematita arcillosa, con bloques poliédricos internamente cementados por minerales cristalinos.

The ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, containing 30 days and falling between August and October. Its name is derived from septem, Latin for “seven,” an indication of its position in the early Roman calendar.

Natural or artificial caves used as a burial places for one or multiple deceased, often with carved or constructed elements.

General term for secure chests or arks intended to contain the remains of the deceased, used particularly for such chests from ancient Greek, Etruscan, and Egyptian cultures.

Cavidades en altares o retablos para contener reliquias.

Construcciones elaboradas sobre o alrededor de los lugares de enterramiento. Para entierros simples en la tierra, use "tumba".

El estado o condición de tener bajo contenido de humedad.

Un periodo de tiempo anormalmente seco y suficientemente prolongado que produce un desequilibrio hidráulico serio, tal como daño en cultivos o reducido abastecimiento de agua.

Genus of conifers of the cypress family, comprising one living species, Sequoia sempervirens. The giant sequoia was formerly included in this genus. The sequoia is native in the fog belt of the Coast Ranges from southern Monterey county, California, to southern Oregon, U.S., and the big tree occurs in scattered groves on the westerly slopes of the Sierra Nevada from Placer to Tulare counties in California. Fossil remains of Sequoia as old as the Jurassic Period (about 200 to 145.5 million years ago) are widely dispersed in the Northern Hemisphere. The bald cypress and dawn redwood are closely related to Sequoia. The name for the genus commemorates the great Cherokee Indian Sequoyah (or Sequoya).

Wood from any of species of the Sequoia genus or related genera.

Madera de los Sequoia sempervirens, que se encuentran a lo largo de la costa de California.

Species of coniferous evergreen timber tree of the cypress family, found in the fog belt of the coastal range from southwestern Oregon to central California, at elevations up to 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) above sea level. They are the tallest living trees, often exceeding 90 m (300 feet) in height. Trunks reach typical diameters of 3 to 6 m (10 to 20 feet) or more. The coast redwood tree takes 400 to 500 years to reach maturity, and some trees are known to be more than 1,500 years old. The leaves on the main shoots are spirally arranged, scalelike, and closely appressed to the branches; those of the lateral shoots are spreading, needlelike, and arranged in two rows. As the tree ages, the lower limbs fall away, leaving a clear, columnar trunk. When a tree is cut, sprouts arise from the sapwood below the cut surface. Natural reproduction occurs through seed production, although only a small percentage of the seeds germinate unless exposed to fire.

Genus containing one species of giant sequoia.