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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
Dzieje kościoła rzymskokatolickiego w Temir-Chan-Szurze (Bujnaksk)
No full textW artykule zaprezentowano dzieje kościoła katolickiego w Temir Chan Szurze (obecny Bujnaksk) w Dagestanie, który został on wybudowany w pierwszej połowie XIX w. przez żołnierzy wyznania katolickiego, przede wszystkim pochodzenia polskiego, służących w wojsku carskim. Oparto się przy tym głównie na materiałach archiwalnych przechowywanych w Centralnym Archiwum Państwowym Republiki Dagestan w Machaczkale oraz wspomnieniach Polaków. W artykule poza tym przedstawiono pokrótce dzieje Polaków i katolicyzmu na Kaukazie.The article lays out the history of a Catholic church in Temirkhan-Shura (present-day Buynaksk), Dagestan, built in the first half of the nineteenth century by Catholic soldiers, mainly of Polish origin, serving in the tsarist army. The author relies primarily on the archival materials stored in the Central State Archive of the Republic of Dagestan in Makhachkala and on memories of Poles. The article also briefly presents the history of Poles and Catholicism in the Caucasus.В статье представлена история католического костела в Темир-ХанШуре (ныне Буйнакск) в Дагестане, построенного в первой половине XIX века солдатами-католиками, преимущественно польского происхождения, служившими в царской армии. В её основе лежат архивные материалы, хранящиеся в Центральном государственном архиве Республики Дагестан в Махачкале, и воспоминания поляков. В статье, кроме этого, кратко описана история поляков и католицизм на Кавказе
Pustka jako kategoria estetyczna. W kręgu tuszowego malarstwa buddyzmu chan
No full textEMPTINESS AS AN AESTHETIC CATEGORY. IN THE SPHERE OF THE BUDDHIST CHAN INK PAINTINGThe author of the article outlines a new interpretation of the Chinese monochromatic painting which had gained considerable fame and almost religious significance, within the sphere of meditative Buddhism of the Chan school. This type of painting was associated in the Chan school with the practical method leading to the attainment of enlightenment and a liberation from the Spinning Wheel of Incarnations. In the above interpretation, the author tries to justify the hypothesis which holds forth that the new techniques introduced into Mahayana Buddhism by the masters of Chan, among which one finds landscape ink painting, should be researched and understood in the context of aesthetic conceptions which originated in the ontologically interpreted Taoist philosophy. Such concepts as: wang (oblivion), wu (non-existence), kong (emptiness), xu (wilderness), xiaoyao you (carefree wanderings), in combination with the ancient, pragmatic theory of names and “signs without an echo”, allow one to interpret correctly the so called science of “direct instruction”, which this painting was to become for the students of the Chan theories
Xenosinelobus Chim & Tong 2019, n. gen.
No full textGenus Xenosinelobus n. gen. Diagnosis. Four free pleonites; pleonites 1 and 2 each with a complete dorso-transverse row of feather setae; pleonite 5 fused with pleotelson to form an anterior bulge. Antennule terminal article with two or three aesthetascs. Antenna article-5 as short as article-6. Labium outer lobe without terminal process. Left mandible lacinia mobilis with one seta at base; right mandible similar but with a smaller lacinia mobilis. Maxillule palp with three long setae. Epignath with long terminal seta. Pereopods scattered with very fine setae. Pereopod 1 coxa without anterior bulge, but with one spiniform seta; propodus with pinnate inner seta; dactylus with simple inner seta, together with unguis slender and almost straight. Pereopods 2 and 3 dactylus and unguis not fused but claw-like. Pereopod 6 propodus distal margin with row of three flattened denticulate and one setulose setae. Pleopod basis outer and inner margins each with one seta; endopod inner margin with two or three feather setae. Uropod with three articles, and the final article much longer than preceding article. Sexual dimorphism weak, males having longer antennule, longer fourth article of antenna and small denticles on cutting edge of cheliped dactylus. Remarks. Within the subfamily, Xenosinelobus n. gen. is more closely affiliated to Sinelobus as compared to Parasinelobus by the smaller body size, absence of setal tuft on antennal articles-2 and -4, the lower number of spiniform setae on the carpus of pereopods 2–6, and the lower number of setae on the maxillule palp and pleopod basal article, exopod and endopod (Table 1). Etymology. The genus name refers to its morphological similarity to Sinelobus Sieg, 1980 and to the unusual characteristics that distinguish this species from other genera in the same subfamily, from the Greek “xenos” meaning “stranger”. Gender: masculine. Type species. Xenosinelobus balanocolus n. sp., by original designation.Published as part of Chim, C. K. & Tong, Samantha J. W., 2019, Xenosinelobus balanocolus, a new tanaidid genus and species (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from barnacles on intertidal rocky shores and seawalls in the Singapore Strait, pp. 413-427 in Zootaxa 4629 (3) on pages 414-415, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/327107
LAUREN M. CHAN, JAMES W. ARCHIE, ANNE D. YODER & LEE A. FITZGERALD (2013) Review of the systematic status of Sceloporus arenicolus Degenhardt and Jones, 1972 with an estimate
No full textChan, Lauren M., Archie, James W., Yoder, Anne D., Fitzgerald, Lee A. (2013): LAUREN M. CHAN, JAMES W. ARCHIE, ANNE D. YODER & LEE A. FITZGERALD (2013) Review of the systematic status of Sceloporus arenicolus Degenhardt and Jones, 1972 with an estimate. Zootaxa 3686 (1): 99-100, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.1.
Elevational range size and climatic variaiblity. Chan et al.
No full textData for reproducing the results published in Chan, W.-P., Chen, I.-C., Colwell, R.K., Liu, W.-C., Huang, C.-y. & Shen, S.-F. (2016) Seasonal and daily climate variation have opposite effects on species elevational range size. Science, 351, 1437-1439
The sutras as a source of verification of a direct insight within the tradition of chan budhism
No full textThe article discusses the connection between Chan Buddhism and the study of the Sutras and Śastras. The first part shows the prevalent view according to which Chan negates the value of texts, focusing only on the direct experience. The author then shows the historical dependence of this view and its lack of compatibility with many Chan Buddhist schools. In the later part, the author discusses the Wenzi Chan current and, based on its postulates, carries out an analysis of the texts belonging to the early Chan tradition. This aims to prove that, contrary to the view presented at the beginning of the article, one can demonstrate the existence of a highly influential movement in which the Sutras are valued equally to the direct insight
Robert W. Finberg Papers: A Finding Aid
No full textThis collection was processed by Kristine M. Sjostedt, 2024.The Robert W. Finberg Papers chronicle Dr. Finberg’s career as a physician, researcher, teacher, and administrator at UMass Chan Medical School
Xenosinelobus balanocolus, a new tanaidid genus and species (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from barnacles on intertidal rocky shores and seawalls in the Singapore Strait
No full textChim, C. K., Tong, Samantha J. W. (2019): Xenosinelobus balanocolus, a new tanaidid genus and species (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from barnacles on intertidal rocky shores and seawalls in the Singapore Strait. Zootaxa 4629 (3): 413-427, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.3.
W. Chan Kim, Renne Mauborgne: "Strategija plavog oceana"
No full textPrikaz knjige "Strategija plavog oceana" autora W. Chan Kima i Renne Mauborgne
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