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symbolism and place  

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  • Humans have always used symbols, and archeo-logical evidence suggests that in nearly all societies, including prehistoric ones, particular places have held symbolic significance. Symbols are stand-ins for something, whether material (as in the case of places) or not (as in the case of the dove of peace or the Nazi swastika). [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Symbolism and Place]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JHDR7C9J-J

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