Términos

Beginning in the 1980s, sites designated by US Congress and administered by non-profit organizations or state governments where natural, cultural, and historic resources combine to form a nationally important landscape.

Libraries maintained out of federal government funds and serving the nation as a whole. Their broad function is to collect and preserve the books, periodicals, and newspapers published in the country.

Museums that are owned or administered by representatives of a nation, or that specializes in exhibitions from a given nation.

Particular subdivisions of a nation. Examples are in Saudi Arabia and Slovakia.

Generic term for subdivisions under the level of nation.

Artifacts, institutions, persons, literature, and other entities regarded as emblematic and valuable in representing a nation's cultural heritage and identity. The identification of such works may be codified in law or statute.

Identification of a person with a particular state or nation. In a modern sense, the it is the legal status of being a citizen or subject of a particular state, usually involving mutual obligations of support and protection.

Religious beliefs and sacramental practices of the indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada, excluding the Eskimos and Aleuts.

Tracts of land set aside by a government for aboriginal, tribal, or native populations.

Figures representing characters in the Christmas story, including infant Jesus in the manger, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph, sheep, the ox and ass, and other attending figures, such as shepherds, magi, and angels. The term is usually reserved for figures in the round, excluding relief sculptures or paintings. According to legend, Saint Francis of Assisi popularized the Christmas crèche in 1223 when he used live actors to portray the scene. Nativity figures are known in most Christian countries; the height of nativity figure development occurred in 17th-19th-century Naples, when churches competed with grad displays of large figures dressed in clothing, and elaborate village scenes were included.

Culturas y estilos de los pueblos originarios de México, Norte y Centroamérica.

Hydrous sodium carbonate found in nature as evaporative residues. Used widely as a silica source in early glass manufacture; in ancient Egypt used as well as a bleach for linen, a preservative in mummification, and as an ingredient of incense.

Pequeñas cajas que contenían té en polvo utilizadas en la ceremonia del té. Estos recipientes se hacen de una variedad de materiales, incluyendo madera, laca seca, cerámica, metal, y cuarzo negro. Estaban decoradas en una variedad de formas y se utilizaban sólo durante los meses de verano.

Se refiere al período Paleolítico de aproximadamente 10500 al 8000 a.C. en el Levante. El período se caracteriza por un hábil trabajo en piedra y hueso y un interés en la ornamentación personal.

Se refiere al concepto del mundo físico, incluyendo las fuerzas que trabajan en la vida no humana que habitan en el, percibidos por los seres humanos como separados e independientes de ellos mismos, sus actividades y civilización. Para agregados o cosas físicas, condiciones e influencias que rodean y afectan organismos o comunidades de organismos dados, use "ambiente (agrupaciones de objetos)". Para la rama de la biología que trata con las relaciones e interacciones entre organismos y su habitat use "ecología".

Generalmente, tienen una base de constitución normal y operación de cosas como las encontradas en la naturaleza no afectada o minimamente afectada por los humanos. Especificamente con referencia a aerófonos, que no tienen válvulas, llaves u otro medio mecánico de alteración del tono producido por el instrumento.

Any natural aging process and its effects on materials. In conservation science refers to effects on paper and other materials; as opposed to accelerated (or "artificial") aging.

Natural, stone structures that have holes through their centers formed by selective erosion. For similar natural structures that were formed by a current of water, use "natural bridges." Historically, usage of "natural bridges" and "natural arches" has overlapped.

Natural arches that have been formed by a current of water, often leaving a formation that resembles a bridge. For similar structures that were not formed by a current of water, use the broader "natural arches."

Items of the type collected and displayed in a cabinet of curiosities, including many genres of natural objects; examples are animal skulls, rocks, preserved insects, feathers, colorful leaves, birds' eggs, honeycombs, and seashells.