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Indagini di archeologia urbana a Lecce. Scavi nel Convento di Santa Maria del Carmine: la fase messapica (G. Mastronuzzi è autore delle pp. 52-54, 57-62)
No full textEdizione dei contesti relativi alle fasi di età messapica individuati nel corso delle indagini nel chiostro di Santa Maria del Carmine a Lecce. Insieme ad una dettagliata presentazione della stratigrafia e dei materiali vengono proposte anche le analisi antropologiche relative ad un campione di individui proveniente da tre tombe con fenomeno del riuso delle strutture funerarie. I dati vengono esaminati alla luce delle conoscenze sulle dinamiche insediativo e sui sistemi rituali nel Salento messapico del IV-III sec. a.C
Radiological tooth/pulp ratio in canines and individual age estimation in a sample of adult neolithic skeletons from Italy
No full textThe estimation of an individual's age at the time of death is one of the most important components in anthropological studies and is the basis for demographic studies on ancients. However, the different methods commonly used in anthropology for adult age estimation at death provide results with a high level of uncertainty. The consequence is the inability to develop demographic studies with a good degree of reliability. A non-destructive method currently available is the analysis of the apposition of secondary dentine on which Cameriere's method is based
La necropoli sannitica di San Gregorio Matese (Ce), loc. Serra Santa Croce
No full textSulla base dei risultati della campagna di scavo condotta dall’Università del Salento e dalla Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici di Salerno, Avellino, Benevento e Caserta nell’anno 2010, l’articolo illustra le pratiche funerarie che caratterizzarono nel corso dell’età tardo arcaica il settore esplorato della necropoli sannitica in loc. Serra Santa Croce (San Gregorio Matese, Caserta, Italy). Lo studio dei corredi funerari e l’analisi antropologica dei resti scheletrici evidenziano gli usi funerari e la cultura materiale della locale comunità, così come il ricorrente riscontro di traumi sui resti uman
La necropoli sannitica di San Gregorio Matese (CE), loc. Serra Santa Croce
No full textSulla base dei risultati della
campagna di scavo condotta dall’Università
del Salento e dalla Soprintendenza
per i Beni Archeologici di Salerno, Avellino,
Benevento e Caserta nell’anno
2010, l’articolo illustra alcuni aspetti delle
pratiche funerarie che caratterizzarono
nel corso dell’età tardo arcaica il settore
esplorato della necropoli sannitica
in loc. Serra Santa Croce (San Gregorio
Matese, Caserta, Italy). Lo studio dei
corredi funerari e l’analisi antropologica
dei resti scheletrici evidenziano gli usi
funerari e la cultura materiale della locale
comunità, così come il ricorrente riscontro
di traumi sui resti umani
The Bibliographic Concept of Work in Cataloguing and its Issues
No full textThis report explores the IFLA’s document Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR). It discusses the notion of work in cataloguing as it was built since the 1950s, inasmuch this notion constitutes the conceptual framework for the proposal. Also, the entity-relationship database modeling (ERDM) system is described as far as such model provides to FRBR the operative elements that make it functional. ERDM gives to FRBR a user-centered approach as well. In its third chapter, the report tests the FRBR model through its application to a set of items belonging to the novel Rayuela, by Julio Cortázar, held at the Benson Latin American Collection of the University of Texas at Austin. Finally, some critical issues are raised along with general conclusions regarding the functionality of the mode
The mass burials from the western necropolis of the Greek colony of Himera (Sicily) related to the battles of 480 and 409 BCE
No full textThroughout the ancient Greek world mass burials are rare. Of the 10,000 excavated burials in
the western necropolis of the Greek colony of Himera (649-409) only 16 contained more than
one individual; seven of these can in all possibility be traced back to the two battles fought by
Himera against the Carthaginians in 480 and 409 BCE. Written sources (Diod. 11.20ff.) state
that the Himerans, accompanied by numerous Greek allies, defeated the Carthaginian forces
in the first conflict whereas the loss of Greek allied support in the second battle resulted in
the city’s defeat and subsequent destruction.
The anthropological and taphonomical study of the human remains aims at testing the
archaeological hypothesis that individuals interred in the seven mass graves can be related to
the two battles.
Skeleton density (skeletons/m2), position, orientation and conservation levels of the
individuals in the mass burials were analyzed and compared to a larger sample of 1,000
single burials from the same necropolis along with mass graves in other forensic and
archaeological contexts. Sex, age-at-death, presence of skeletal stress indicators and
perimortal traumas were recorded using standard anthropological methods. In the case of
poorly preserved remains, sex was estimated using site-specific discriminant functions.
While representing catastrophic samples, the results from the seven mass burials all lead to
the assumption that the graves can be associated with the interment of warriors fallen in
battle. Moreover, burial differences have permitted to distinguish the mass burials dating to
480 BCE from those attributed to 409 BCE
Norma Coverdale, B.A.: the treatment of women in selected works of Henry de Montherlant
No full textThe aim of this thesis is to determine how women are treated in selectedworks of Henry de Montherlant. This is explored by examining their relationshipswith other women as well as with men. Inevitably, this leads to an analysis ofthe multifaceted area of love. Part I researches Montherlant's prose work and included in this section is the investigation of the importance of 'l'ordre male' to the author and the influence this exerts over his early prose work in the areas of tauromachy, war and sport, and where the male adherence to this concept leaves women. The 'syncretisme et alternance' which is central to Montherlant's thinking is explored in this section.Part 2 is concerned with Montherlant's theatre in which the psychological development of the main characters is of great importance. It is in this section that a comparative study is made of the influence of Mme. Elisabeth Zehrfuss' written contribution to La Reine morte. Her unpublished notes are set out in full in the Appendix. The thesis also draws on the unpublished correspondence between Henry de Montherlant and Elisabeth Zehrfuss between the years 1934 and 1945. An investigation is made as to whether or not there are any differences between the way women are treated in Montherlant's prose and in his theatre and the conclusion is drawn that there are
Representative Bureaucracy and the Willingness to Coproduce: An Experimental Study
No full textRelying on the theory of representative bureaucracy—specifically, the notion of symbolic representation—this article examines whether varying the number of female public officials overseeing a local recycling program influences citizens’ (especially women's) willingness to cooperate with the government by recycling, thus coproducing important policy outcomes. Using a survey experiment in which the first names of public officials are manipulated, the authors find a clear pattern of increasing willingness on the part of women to coproduce when female names are more represented in the agency responsible for recycling, particularly with respect to the more difficult task of composting food waste. Overall, men in the experiment were less willing to coproduce across all measures and less responsive to the gender balance of names. These findings have important implications for the theory of representative bureaucracy and for efforts to promote the coproduction of public services.This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Riccucci, Norma M., Van Ryzin, Gregg G. & Li, Huafang. (2015). Representative Bureaucracy and the Willingness to Coproduce: An Experimental Study. Public Administration Review, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/puar.12401. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.Peer reviewe
I resti scheletrici umani rinvenuti nelle necropoli in località Tempa Cagliozzo, San Martino d’Agri (PZ)
No full textThe Western (Buonfornello) necropolis (7th to 5th BC) of the Greek colony of Himera (Sicily, Italy): site-specific discriminant functions for sex determination in the common burials resulting from the battle of Himera (ca. 480 BC)
No full textThe Western (Buonfornello) necropolis of Himera, dating from the 7th to 5th c. BC, has yielded 10,096 burials, among which are six common burials (n=2-22). Based on the archaeological and historical evidence, these are presumed to be the result of the Battle of Himera, fought in approximately 480 BC, or some other warfare episode taking place in the same period and it is hypothesized that all the individuals are male. A reliable morphological sex determination is impossible in most cases due to the bad state of preservation of the pelves. The present paper aims to establish whether sex dimorphism in diaphyseal dimensions allows for the calculation of site-specific Discriminant Functions (DF) that are useful for sex determination and to verify the archaeological hypothesis that all individuals in the six common burials are male. DF computation was conducted for sex determination based on the diaphyseal dimensions recorded for a sample of 89 pelvis sexed individuals (57 males, 32 females). The DF were selected by taking into account the large number of m/f samples (n>30) and the accuracy (>90%).
DF was tested on a sample of male/female Himeran pelvis sexed individuals not used for computing DF (n=17, 11 males, 6 females) and 27 skeletons from common burials. In the first case, pelvis and DF sex determination are concordant in 16 cases (94.1%). In the second case, 3 out of 27 individuals were discarded as DF produced conflicting sex determinations. The remaining 24 individuals were sexed as males by means of DF in 95.8% of cases. The archaeological hypothesis that all individuals in these common burials are male cannot be rejected as site-specific DF diagnose the male sex in a percentage that is higher than their accuracy in a sample of pelvis sexed individuals
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