43 research outputs found
Monuments in Easter Island [picture] /
No full textPl. no.XLIX of: Voyage towards the south pole / James Cook. London, 1777.; Joppien and Smith, pl. no. 66.; Exhibited:'Cook & Omai: The Cult of the South Seas', NLA 2001; S1711; S1712 trimmed to edge of plate mark; S1713; S1648 proof plate in bound vol. with spine: Atlas to Cook's voyage
Brueghel and Rubens at Work: Technique and the Practice of Collaboration
No full textThis lushly illustrated exhibition catalogue discusses the artists' working methods and offers insights—newly acquired through technical analysis—into their collaborative processes
L'Archaïque maritime à Blanc-Sablon : analyse technologique et comparative de sites côtiers
No full textL’Archaïque maritime est une tradition archéologique présente dans le Nord-Est américain entre 8 000 et 3 200 ans AA. À la suite les travaux de Tuck sur le site de Port au Choix, cette tradition a vite frappé l’imaginaire avec ses artéfacts qui sortent de l’ordinaire. Les chercheurs si étant intéressés ont surtout débattus de la question de la continuité culturelle de ces groupes et du développement in situ de la tradition, principalement à partir des données morpho-typologiques. Toutefois, les typologies bâties à partir des sites de l’Archaïque maritime ne prennent pas en compte les outillages moins standardisés comme le sont la plupart des assemblages retrouvés à Blanc-Sablon. Dans l’optique d’examiner des collections préexistantes, l’analyse technologique a été choisie. Il s’agit d’une approche méthodologique qui examine les procédés techniques en interrogeant l’ensemble des objets lithiques d’une collection. De ce fait, l’analyse technologique permet la relecture de collections archéologique en s’intéressant aux éclats, une catégorie autrement délaissée. Par cette approche, ce sont les systèmes techniques des sociétés passées qui sont mis en relief. Cette recherche a permis d’identifier les techniques et les méthodes de taille sur des sites sélectionnés de Blanc-Sablon. La percussion directe au percuteur tendre est la technique de taille la plus utilisée, mais la percussion directe au percuteur dur et la pression ont également été observé. Les méthodes de taille sont peu élaborées, la taille bifaciale prenant une part plus ou moins importante du façonnage des outils. Les stratégies d’acquisition des matières premières ont également été identifiées pour le quartzite local, le quartz et certains cherts. Ces stratégies diffèrent d’une matière à l’autre et entre les sites. L’analyse technologique a ainsi permis de produire de nouvelles données pour la compréhension des groupes de l’Archaïque maritime.The Maritime Archaic tradition as an archaeological manifestation is found innorth-eastern North America roughly between 8 000 and 3 200 BP. In the wake of Tuck’s work on Port au Choix site, this tradition quickly left its mark in the minds of archaeologists by its unusual material culture. Driven by morphotypological arguments, research on the matter mainly discussed cultural continuity and possible in situdevelopment of the tradition. However, the typological approach is of little help in comprehending less standardised toolkits which comprise most assemblages from Blanc-Sablon. Il this study, already-excavated collections from Blanc-Sablon were re-evaluated with a technological analysis approach. Applied to complete lithic assemblages, this methodological approach is perfectly suited for interpreting past technical processes. Revisiting archaeological collections using the technological approach gives a voice to lithic debris that is otherwise meaningless in cultural interpretation. Technological analysis allows the archaeologist to unfold past societies’ technical systems.This research resulted in the identification of knapping techniques and methods on selected Blanc-Sablon archaeological sites. Direct percussion using soft hammers is the most often used knapping technique, but pressure and direct percussion using hard hammers were also observed. Knapping methods are relatively straight-foward with bifacial knapping composing a considerable portion of produced tools. Raw material acquisition strategies for local quartzites, quartz and cherts were also identified. Finally, the technological analysis of lithic tools and debris provided new data for comprehending cultural groups of the Maritime Archaic tradition
Arada olmanın keyfi: Henry James’in The Ambassadors (Elçiler) eseri
No full textÇok sayıda eseriyle, Amerika’nın sürgün roman ve deneme yazarı Henry James, hem 19. yy sonu hem de 20. yy başlarına tanıklık eden bir yazar olarak, ABD’de modernizme geçiş süreci hakkındaki algımızın zenginleşmesine önemli ölçüde katkıda bulunmuştur. Uzun bir süre püriten düzeni yaşayan ve katı bir şekilde kurulmuş ahlaki kurallara saplanıp kalmış olan Amerika’nın New England toplumu yeni yüzyılın gelişiyle birlikte eski muhafazakar kabuğunu kırıyordu. James bu geçiş sürecine, The Ambassadors, Bostonians ve Transatlantic Sketches gibi birçok eseriyle ışık tutmuştur. Bu çalışmada, James’in Avrupa tecrübelerinin bir izdüşümü sayılabilecek olan The Ambassadors eseri, Paris ve Woollett, daha büyük eksende Eski Dünya ve Yeni Dünya’nın karşılaştırmalı temsilleri üzerinden ele alınıyor. Hayatının büyük bir kısmını Eski ve Yeni Dünya arasında gidip gelerek geçiren James, burada ele alınan eserinde okuyucularına, romanın başkarakteri, Strether’in gözünden, bu yerler hakında eşsiz bakış açıları sunmaktadır. Woollett ve Paris arasında yapılan önemli ayrımlar üzerinden, James’in modern Amerikan kimliğini, Atlantik’in iki yakasına dayanarak nasıl yeniden inşa ettiğinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.With his numerous works, the well-known prolific American expatriate novelist and essayist, Henry James considerably contributed to enriching our perception of the transition process in the USA to modernism as an author witnessing both late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. After experiencing a long period of puritanical order and remaining stuck in the strictly established moral rules, American New England society was breaking its earlier conservative crust with the advent of the new century. James shed light on this transition process with many of his works such as The Ambassadors, Bostonians and Transatlantic Sketches. In this study, The Ambassadors, which can be seen as the projection of James’s European experiences, is scrutinized with respect to the comparative representations of Paris and Woollett, and in a bigger scope, Europe and America. Spending most of his time by commuting between the Old and New World, James provided his readers with unique perspectives about these places in hereby-handled fiction through the eye of his protagonist, Strether. Drawing on the distinctions made between Woollett and Paris, this article examines how James reconstructs modern American identity hinging upon the two sides of Atlantic
Elusive sel sites: the geoarchaeological quest for Icelandic shielings and the case for Þorvaldsstaðasel, in northeast Iceland
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Risky Business: Constructing the ‘choice’ to ‘delay’ motherhood in the British press
No full textOver the last few decades the number of women becoming pregnant later on in life has markedly increased. Medical experts have raised concerns about the increase in the number of women having babies later, owing to evidence that suggests that advancing maternal age is associated with both a decline in fertility and an increase in health risks to both mother and baby (Nwandison & Bewley, 2006). In recognition of these risks, experts have warned that women should aim to complete their families between the ages of twenty and thirty-five (Bewley, Davis and Braude, 2005). As a consequence, women giving birth past the age of thirty-five have typically been positioned as ‘older mothers.’ In this paper we used a social constructionist thematic analysis in order to analyse how ‘older mothers’ are represented in newspaper articles in the British press. We examined how the topics of ‘choice’ and ‘risk’ are handled in discussions of delayed motherhood, and found that the media position women as wholly responsible for choosing the timing of pregnancy and, as a consequence, as accountable for the associated risks. Moreover, we noted the newspapers also constructed a ‘right’ time for women to become pregnant. As such, we discuss the implications for the ability of women to make real choices surrounding the timing of pregnancy
The effect of age on cognitive performance of frontal patients
No full textAge is known to affect prefrontal brain structure and executive functioning in healthy older adults, patients with neurodegenerative conditions and TBI. Yet, no studies appear to have systematically investigated the effect of age on cognitive performance in patients with focal lesions. We investigated the effect of age on the cognitive performance of a large sample of tumour and stroke patients with focal unilateral, frontal (n=68), or non-frontal lesions (n=45) and healthy controls (n=52). We retrospectively reviewed their cross sectional cognitive and imaging data. In our frontal patients, age significantly predicted the magnitude of their impairment on two executive tests (Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices, RAPM and the Stroop test) but not on nominal (Graded Naming Test, GNT) or perceptual (Incomplete Letters) task. In our non-frontal patients, age did not predict the magnitude of their impairment on the RAPM and GNT. Furthermore, the exacerbated executive impairment observed in our frontal patients manifested itself from middle age. We found that only age consistently predicted the exacerbated executive impairment. Lesions to specific frontal areas, or an increase in global brain atrophy or white matter abnormalities were not associated with this impairment. Our results are in line with the notion that the frontal cortex plays a critical role in aging to counteract cognitive and neuronal decline. We suggest that the combined effect of aging and frontal lesions impairs the frontal cortical systems by causing its computational power to fall below the threshold needed to complete executive tasks successfully
