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Chan An Ancient Maya Farming Community
No full textThe farming community of Chan thrived for over twenty centuries, surpassing the longevity of many larger Maya urban centers. Between 800 BC and 1200 AD it was a major food production center, and this collection of essays reveals the important role played by Maya farmers in the development of ancient Maya society. Chan offers a synthesis of compelling and groundbreaking discoveries gathered over ten years of research at this one archaeological site in Belize. The contributors develop three central themes, which structure the book. They examine how sustainable farming practices maintained the surrounding forest, allowing the community to exist for two millennia. They trace the origins of elite Maya state religion to the complex religious belief system developed in small communities such as Chan. Finally, they describe how the group-focused political strategies employed by local leaders differed from the highly hierarchical strategies of the Classic Maya kings in their large cities. In breadth, methodology, and findings, this volume scales new heights in the study of Maya society and culture.Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introducing the Chan Site: Farmers in Complex Societies -- Part 1. Time, Space, and Landscapes -- 2. A Changing Cultural Landscape: Settlement Survey and GIS at Chan -- 3. Ceramics and Chronology at Chan -- 4. Agricultural Practices at Chan: Farming and Political Economy in an Ancient Maya Community -- 5. Agroforestry and Agricultural Production of the Ancient Maya at Chan -- Part 2. Life in a Farming Community Center -- 6. Ritual in a Farming Community -- 7. Nonroyal Governance at Chan's Community Center -- 8. "Empty" Spaces and Public Places: A Microscopic View of Chan's Late Classic West Plaza -- Part 3. Diversity across the Chan Community -- 9. Recognizing Difference in Small-Scale Settings: An Examination of Social Identity Formation at the Northeast Group, Chan -- 10. Organization of Chert Tool Economy during the Late and Terminal Classic Periods at Chan: Preliminary Thoughts Based upon Debitage Analyses -- 11. Limestone Quarrying and Household Organization at Chan -- Part 4. Bodies, Material Culture, and Meaning -- 12. The Chan Community: A Bioarchaeological Perspective -- 13. Creating Community with Shell -- 14. Obsidian Acquisition, Trade, and Regional Interaction at Chan -- 15. Contextualizing Ritual Behavior: Caches, Burials, and Problematical Deposits from Chan's Community Center -- Part 5. Conclusion -- 16. Learning from an Ancient Maya Farming Community -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- YThe farming community of Chan thrived for over twenty centuries, surpassing the longevity of many larger Maya urban centers. Between 800 BC and 1200 AD it was a major food production center, and this collection of essays reveals the important role played by Maya farmers in the development of ancient Maya society. Chan offers a synthesis of compelling and groundbreaking discoveries gathered over ten years of research at this one archaeological site in Belize. The contributors develop three central themes, which structure the book. They examine how sustainable farming practices maintained the surrounding forest, allowing the community to exist for two millennia. They trace the origins of elite Maya state religion to the complex religious belief system developed in small communities such as Chan. Finally, they describe how the group-focused political strategies employed by local leaders differed from the highly hierarchical strategies of the Classic Maya kings in their large cities. In breadth, methodology, and findings, this volume scales new heights in the study of Maya society and culture.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Atroposelective Chan-Evans-Lam Amination
No full textThe synthetic control of atropoisomerism along C─N bonds is a major challenge, and methods that allow C─N atroposelective bond formation are rare. This is a problem because each atropoisomer can feature starkly differentiated biological properties. Yet, among the three most practical and applicable classical amination methods available: 1) the Cu-catalyzed Ullmann-Goldberg reaction, 2) the Pd-catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig reaction, and 3) the Cu-catalyzed Chan-Evans-Lam reaction, none has truly been rendered atroposelective at the newly formed C─N bond. The first ever Chan-Evans-Lam atroposelective amination is herein described with a simple copper catalyst and new PyrOx chiral ligand. This method constitutes a change of paradigm in the field
Judicial deference at work: Some reflections on Chan Kin Sum and Kong Yun Ming
Get PDF"Due deference" - the giving of appropriate weight to the government's judgment in the court's reasoning - is a tool that courts use to maintain the separation of powers in constitutional rights review. This note aims to provide a theoretical framework for understanding the issue of deference, and to analyse the Court of First Instance (CFI)'s approach to deference in two recent cases, Chan Kin Sum and Kong Yun Ming. The author argues that the CFI has adopted a spatial approach that failed to specify the contested issues that called for deference, inappropriately considered democratic legitimacy as a factor for deference and made broad presumptions about the democratic character of primary decisions. This approach may lead to an over-deferential attitude that threatens the separation of powers, and the malleability of the approach may be subject to courts' manipulation. The author argues for a more context-sensitive approach based purely on institutional factors.published_or_final_versio
Marianne Chan: 47th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textMarianne Chan grew up in Stuttgart, Germany, and Lansing, Michigan. She is the author of All Heathens (Sarabande Books, 2020), which was the winner of the 2021 GLCA New Writers Award. Her second collection, Leaving Biddle City, was published from Sarabande Books in July of this year. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Best American Poetry, New England Review, Kenyon Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. She is an assistant professor of creative writing at Old Dominion University and teaches poetry in the Warren Wilson College MFA program for Writers
Inauguración del XXIII Simposio Román Piña Chan. Zonas Arqueológicas en Contextos Urbanos. <p>XXIII Simposio Román Piña Chan.Zonas Arqueológicas en Contextos Urbanos<p>
No full textEl acto inaugural del XXIII Simposio Román Piña Chan “Zonas arqueológicas en contextos urbanos”, tuvo lugar el 6 de noviembre de 2018, en la Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH). El Simposio fue inaugurado por el Antrop. Diego Prieto Hernández, Director General del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, en compañía de otras autoridades del INAH así como investigadores, docentes, alumnos y público en general.</p
Sandy C. Marks Collection: A Finding Aid
No full textThis collection was processed by Lisa Grasso and Kristine Sjostedt, 2023-2024.The Sandy C. Marks Collection chronicles Dr. Marks’s career as a faculty member at UMass Chan Medical School
Coulter, Chan L., June 17, 1996 [Interview]
No full textProfessor of Philosophy Chan L. Coulter was interviewed on June 17, 1996, by Michael Birkner and David Hedrick about his childhood, his education, his time as an ROTC instructor, and aspects of his career at Gettysburg College.Clouse, Danner; Richardson, Norman E.; Schubart, W. Richard; Portmess, Lisa; Glassick, Charles E.; Holder, Leonard I.; Potts, David B.; Paul, Willard S.; Hanson, C. ArnoldWillard S. Paul Years; Carl Arnold Hanson Years; Charles E. Glassick Years; Gordon A. Haaland Year
Coulter, Chan L., July 23, 1996 [Interview]
No full textProfessor of Philosophy Chan L. Coulter was interviewed on June 17, 1996, by Michael Birkner and David Hedrick about his career at Gettysburg College, including memorable colleagues, classes, and controversies.Dunn, Seymour B.; Glatfelter, Charles H.; Hanson, C. Arnold; Crapster, Basil L.; Barnes, Robert D.; Baskerville, Edward J.; Mara, Richard T.; Qually, Ingolf; Bugbee, Bruce W.; Richardson, Norman E.; Bolich, Harry F.; Arms, Richard A.; Mason, Francis C.; Taylor, Kathrine Kressmann; Schmidt, Emile O.; Glassick, Charles E.; Potts, David B.Willard S. Paul Years; Carl Arnold Hanson Years; Charles E. Glassick Years; Gordon A. Haaland Year
In ole Virginia; or, Marse Chan, and other stories,
No full textMarse Chan.--"Unc' Edinburg's drowndin."--Meh lady.--Ole's tracted.--"No haid pawn."--Polly.Mode of access: Internet.Mass deacidificationBelle & Kermit Roosevelt Coll. For C-10 6738 copy
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