121 research outputs found
David Henry Sterry '78: coming to terms with street life.
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/1031fc4e-b080-4ad5-a41c-6e4972f65676/thumb/128.jpgStory about author Sterry and his work on the sex industry
Garamantian Oasis settlements in Fazzan
No full textThe article presents a long and detailed analysis of the settlements excavated and surveyed in the Fazzan region, Libyan Sahara, in Garamantian times. The Garamantian period is a crucial phase in the history of the Sahara, as the earliest urbanisation and state formation process develop
Multivariate and Spatial Visualisation of Archaeological Assemblages
Full text linkMultivariate analyses, in particular correspondence analysis (CA), have become a standard exploratory tool for analysing and interpreting variance in archaeological assemblages. While they have greatly helped analysts, they unfortunately remain abstract to the viewer, all the more so if the viewer has little or no experience with multivariate statistics. A second issue with these analyses can arise from the detachment of archaeological material from its geo-referenced location and typically considered only in terms of arbitrary classifications (e.g. North Europe, Central Europe, South Europe) instead of the full range of local conditions (e.g. proximity to other assemblages, relationships with other spatial phenomena). This article addresses these issues by presenting a novel method for spatially visualising CA so that these analyses can be interpreted intuitively. The method works by transforming the resultant bi-plots of the CA into colour maps using the HSV colour model, in which the similarity and difference between assemblages directly corresponds to the similarity and difference of the colours used to display them. Utilising two datasets – ceramics from the excavations of the Roman fortress of Vetera I, and terra sigillata forms collected as part of 'The Samian Project' – the article demonstrates how the method is applied and how it can be used to draw out spatial and temporal trends
Old bones, new ideas: 14C-dating of cremated bones from late bronze age and early iron age urnfield cemeteries in Flanders
No full textRecently a method has been developed and tested to date cremated bones using bio apatite. By using the cremated bones the human element is properly dated. From some cremations charcoal dates were also obtained to confirm the validity of the 14C-dates on bone. The traditional chronological framework for this period in Western Belgium was based on the study of the funerary pottery alone, since metalwork was scarce in the cemeteries. The typochronology was worked out in a comparison with the framework of the neighbouring regions and especially Central Europe. At the moment 14C-dates of 5 urnfield cemeteries are available. The dated graves were selected on base of cremation type, position in the cemetery, relation to funeral monuments. The traditional ideas about the urnfield period in the region have been challenged. First the chronological framework based on the pottery studies is open for discussion and needs to be reworked. The occupational history of some of the urnfields can be revised, especially the long term existence of the sites. The transition from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age and the appearance of the urnfield cemeteries starts earlier then expected until now. Also the end of this phenomenon is not limited to the transition of the Early Iron Age – Late Iron Age
The Hackable Condenser: A Prototype for an Ever Changing Architecture
No full textArchitecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Public Buildin
DMP X: survey and landscape conservation issues around the Tāqallit headland
No full textSurvey by the DMP Burials and Identity team around the Tāqallit headland in 2009–2010 has revealed in exceptional detail a well-preserved Garamantian landscape, comprising extensive cemeteries, foggara irrigation systems and numerous oasis settlements. However, this remarkable survival of the Garamantian landscape was found in 2010 to be under direct and imminent threat of destruction. This report describes the landscape features recorded and the steps taken to try to preserve the evidence from obliteration in the face of modern agricultural development. Important new information was recorded about the date and furnishing of some key types of Proto-Urban tombs, linking with a refined view of the relationship of these cemeteries to contemporary foggara construction and the creation of pioneer farming settlement in the Tāqallit region. Significant additional details of the foggara systems were recorded through a combination of satellite image interpretation, surface observation and selective descent into rock-cut shafts. The discovery of an unexpected number of ancient settlements and structures of Garamantian date represents another major achievement of the work. The composite picture of the Garamantian landscape encompassing cemeteries, foggaras and settlements is arguably the most complete yet recorded in the FP/DMP work
Perceptions college-bound seniors at Campbellsport high school have of technology education classes and factors influencing participation in those classes
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House, land and place: A re-evaluation of central Adriatic communities (sixth to first centuries BC).
No full textThis thesis seeks to investigate the diversity and breadth of landscapes as experienced in everyday life in Adriatic central Italy during the sixth to first centuries BC. This was a crucial period of change in central east Italy (modern Abruzzo and Le Marche) with the emergence of states and the expansion of Roman imperial power which led to the annexation and the absorption of Iron Age groups. Through examination of both fieldwalking survey and excavation data this study examines the different aspects of life - the construction of identities, households and communities the relationship between people and the land and the biographies of different places. Four trajectories are pursued: A re-evaluation of household living through synthesis of all available evidence for housing and settlements. A study of changing land-use practices using the data from intensive field-walking projects. Investigation into how cemeteries and sanctuaries were created, used and re-used. A GIS-based study of local patterns of production, distribution and consumpution through detailed analysis of ceramic fabrics and forms collected from survey. New tools for the implementation of Correspondence Analysis in GIS are devloped and existing methods for thresholding are adapted to allow for the analysis of the inherent variability in the data in terms of the pottery forms, fabrics, relationships and associations found in and between survey scatters. The results provide new insights into the declining role of local community structures as a result of the growth of individual households, the development of new attitudes to property, land ownership and ways of farming, and the emergence of more concrete and hierarchical identities
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