1,721,882 research outputs found
Recommended from our members
Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series No. 162 Vol. 3
No full textTHE 1982-1984 EXCAVATIONS AT LAS COLINAS: THE MOUND 8 PRECINCT. David A. Gregory, David R. Abbott, Deni J. Seymour, Nancy M. Bannister. Edited by David A. Gregory. Prepared for The Arizona Department of Transportation, Contract 82-10 Project 1-10-2(86). Cultural Resource Management Division, Arizona State Museum, The University of Arizona. 1988. Archaeological Series 162, Volume 3.The principal focus of this volume is a reconsideration of the construction history and organization of the Mound 8 precinct at Las Colinas. Seven stages of mound construction were identified, with some changes in construction methods and mound configuration over time. As a consequence, Mound 8 provides a record of the transition from an earlier mound form, similar to some stages of the pre-Classic mound at the Gatlin Site, to a later form similar to patterns evident in other Classic period sites. The organization of the Mound 8 precinct as a whole changes with these modifications of the central feature. From these physical changes, shifts in the function and use of Mound 8 have been inferred. Among these is an apparent transition from a predominantly ritual function to one of residence, probably by an elite group within the general population.
A comparison of these aspects of the Mound 8 precinct with characteristics of other known platform mounds is made. Although no precise parallel to Stage VI at Las Colinas is identified, strong similarities of the remaining construction stages to those at other sites indicate that there was a shared concept of the appropriate formal organization of the mounds, which might be presumed to reflect similarities in their function within the society.Figures / Tables / Foreword / Acknowledgements / Abstract / Chapter 1: Introduction / Chapter 2: Stages of Mound Construction and Architectural Details / Chapter 3: The Changing Spatial Structure of the Mound 8 Precinct / Chapter 4: Structures Within the Mound 8 Precinct / Chapter 5: Extramural Pits and Other Features / Chapter 6: The Architectural Development of Hohokam Platform Mounds / ReferencesThis title from the ASM Archaeological Series is made available by the Arizona State Museum and University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions about this title, please contact Jannelle Weakly at the Arizona State Museum, (520) 621-6311, [email protected]
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Dualism and materialism in Gregory David Roberts’ Shantaram
No full textGregory David Roberts, hayatının önceki dönemlerinde pek çok suç eylemlerine karışmış ve bunlardan ötürü ülkesinde mahkûmiyet cezası almış çağdaş Avustralyalı bir yazardır. 2003 yılında yazar, çoğunluğunu Hint şehri Bombay’da yaşadığı deneyimlere dayanan yarı otobiyografik Shantaram romanını yayımlar. Dünya çapında ilgiyle karşılanan ve en iyi satanlar listesine giren roman, batılı bir maceraperestin Hint şehirlerinde deneyimlediği manevi yolculuğun şaşırtıcı hikâyesini anlatır. Shantaram, ahlak’tan şiddete ve iyiyle kötünün mücadelesine kadar pek çok farklı mesele ve temayı ele almaktadır fakat kurgunun odak noktasında yer alan tema ise düalizm ve materyalizm arasındaki ikili karşıtlıktır. Bu anlamda Roberts, bireysel arayışı dualizm ile materyalizm arasındaki karşıtlığı simgeleyen ve açığa çıkaran batılı figürün büyüleyici bir öyküsünü resmediyor. Düalizm, aklın/ruhun beden üzerindeki özerkliğini savunurken, materyalizm ise tüm canlıların maddi yasalara bağlı olduğunu iddia eder. Bu makale, Roberts’ın Shantaram romanını düalizm ve materyalizm ikili karşıtlığı üzerinden, özel anlamda ise düalist bir bakış açısıyla analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Modern felsefe ve düalist düşüncenin kurucusu olarak kabul edilen René Descartes’ın kuramı, onun felsefesi karşısında konumlanan materyalist düşünce ile birlikte metne uygulanacaktır. Bu bağlamda, düalizm, Aristoteles, Plato, Lucretius, Kant ve George Berkeley gibi, antik çağdan modern felsefeye kadar, bu düşünceye katkıda bulunan birçok etkili düşünür referans alınarak, materyalizm ve fizikalizm ile karşılaştırılmaktadır. Böylece, Shantaram romanına Kartezyen analiz uygulanarak Roberts’ın hikâyesinin alt-metninde vurgulanan düalizm açığa çıkarılmaktadır. Sonuç olarak, bu araştırma, Shantaram romanının, ana karakteri olan Lin’in Bombay’da bulunan varoşlardaki deneyimlerinden yola çıkarak Kartezyen düalizmin tezahürlerini ortaya koyduğu ve Gregory David Roberts'ın anlatısında, zihnin/ruhun, beden ve fiziksel alan üzerindeki özerkliğini savunurken, düalizmin materyalizme baskın geldiği sonucuna varmaktadır.Gregory David Roberts is a contemporary Australian author who had been involved in several criminal activities and was therefore convicted to prison sentence earlier in his life. In 2003, he published the semi-autobiographical novel Shantaram largely based on his experiences in the Indian city of Bombay. The novel, which became a best-seller around the globe is an astounding account of a westerner’s spiritual voyage in the outskirts of India. Shantaram deals with a great many themes and issues such as ethics, violence and good vs. evil, but the theme which lies at the core of the narrative is the binary opposition between dualism and materialism. While dualism defends the autonomy of the mind/soul over the body, materialism affirms that all living beings are bound to material laws. This article aims to analyse Roberts’ Shantaram through the binary opposition of dualism and materialism, and specifically from a dualistic perspective. As the founder of modern philosophy and dualism, René Descartes’ theories will be applied to the text as opposed to the contrasting philosophy of materialism. In this respect, dualism is compared and contrasted with materialism and physicalism with reference to several influential thinkers who contributed to this thought from Greek antiquity to modern philosophy such as Aristotle, Plato, Lucretius, Kant and George Berkeley. Thus, a Cartesian analysis is implemented to Shantaram in order to expose the dualism emphasised in the subtext of Roberts’ narrative. All in all, the study concludes that Shantaram exhibits depictions of Cartesian dualism through the protagonist’s experiences in the slums of Bombay and determines that dualism overcomes materialism in Roberts’ story as the mind/soul asserts its autonomy over the body and its physical sphere
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Anarchy and Atonement: Tracing the Evolution of the Self in Gregory David Roberts\u27 Shantaram
Full text linkMan is a composite of good and evil; occasionally, both aspects of his personality dominate one after the other. The man keeps on oscillating between these two, and for this, sometimes he falls into the abyss of failure and remorse due to his wrongdoings and sometimes reaches to the apex of goodness and reaps the benefits of his positive deeds. These dualities or binary oppositions have existed in man since the advent of human civilization. Human beings gyrate in these two oppositions as per the call of their instincts. In this paper, we shall analyse a fictional work, Shantaram, by an Australian author, Gregory David Roberts. We will trace the theme of how human goodness can be awakened through love and understanding in the novel through the character Lin Shantaram. Lindsay or Lin undergoes the trials and travails of life due to his lawlessness in the initial phase of his life and later strives hard for the path of goodness. In this course, the repercussions of his evil deeds take a toll on him, but he is not disheartened and keeps striving for a better version of himself. In this paper, I will present the life saga of the protagonist, Lin Shantaram, through the trials and tribulations of his wrongdoings and his evolution as a better man, designating peace and calmness in society
Foreign language inclusion as a factor of multilingualism in a literary text (based on the novel by Gregory David Roberts "Shantaram")
Full text linkThe research examines the foreign language inclusion in modern literary text (based on the novel by Gregory David Roberts). Different types of inclusions, their functions and features are analyzed in the report.Рассматриваются иноязычные вкрапления в современных художественных текстах (на материале романа Грегори Дэвид Робертса). Анализу подвергаются различные виды вкраплений. Анализируются функции и особенности употребления данных вкраплений
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
- …
