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Traces of Fremont: Society and Rock Art in Ancient Utah
No full textFremont is a culture (ca. 300-1300 A.D.) first defined by archaeologist Noel Morss in 1928 based on characteristics unique to the area. Intially thought to be a simple socio-political system, recent reassessments of the Fremont assume a more complex society. This volume places Fremont rock art studies in this contemporary context. Author Steven Simms offers an innovative model of Fremont society, politics, and world-view using the principles of analogy and current archaeological evidence.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usufaculty_monographs/1023/thumbnail.jp
Steven Johnson Author Talk Poster
No full textK-State Book NetworkA poster advertising an author talk by Steven Johnson at Kansas State University on September 3, 2014. Steven Johnson's book "The Ghost Map" was the 2014-2015 common book
Imagining the Swamp Fox: William Gilmore Simms and the National Memory of Francis Marion
No full textWilliam Gilmore Simms\u27s Unfinished Civil War measures the effects of the Civil War and its aftermath on one of the Old South\u27s foremost intellectuals. Simms\u27s mid-nineteenth-century poems, novels, and essays and the personal and societal trauma and destruction Simms experienced are all portrayed here. This collection of essays by historians and literary scholars first explores William Gilmore Simms\u27s antebellum treatment of the role of warfare in America\u27s past and the South\u27s future. The contributors then consider the impact of the secession crisis, the Civil War, and the Confederate defeat on Simms\u27s and other white and black Southerners\u27 perceptions of their much-changed world. Next Simms\u27s life, published writings, and thoughts during the war and its aftermath are examined. Finally Simms\u27s late poetry and fictions, especially explicit and implicit commentaries on the postwar South, are analyzed. His last oration, The Sense of the Beautiful, published shortly before his death in 1870, is the subject of several essays. William Gilmore Simms\u27s Unfinished Civil War reconstructs from both published writings and private letters the conscious and unconscious effects of the Civil War upon the writer and Southern patriot. Drawing on the fields of history, literature, and even archaeology, this interdisciplinary volume demonstrates that the anticipation, course, and consequences of the war were central in shaping Simms\u27s writings from the 1840s to 1870.
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Steven Bialer and Patti Smith, July 1978
No full textMusician, poet, and author Patti Smith sits on a bed in a hotel room in July 1978. The photograph was taken by Don Hamerman as part of a session for "Unicorn Times," an alternative performing arts periodical in Washington, D.C. Steven Bialer, the Design Director for "Unicorn Times," is seated on the bed next to Smith
Steven Garber
No full textSteven Garber speaks on the importance and value of truth.
Steven Garber is the principal of The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation & Culture, which is focused on reframing the way people understand life, especially the meaning of vocation and the common good. A consultant to foundations, corporations and educational institutions, he is a teacher of many people in many places. The author of The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior, and Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good, he is also a contributor to the books, Faith Goes to Work: Reflections from the Marketplace, and Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalogue. He lives with his wife Meg in Virginia
Steven Yedinak Interview
No full textLTC (RET) Steven M. Yedinak commissioned in the U. S. Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-67 & 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam (Random House, 1998). He retired from the Army in 1989
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Memories of Robert F. Heizer (1915ñ1979)
No full textThe Pioneers section of the Journal features personal reflections on major figures in the study of the indigenous
cultures of the region. Neither obituary nor memorial, Pioneers shares candid recollections that convey insight into the
personalities and the cultural context of anthropology that shaped the scholarship of these pioneers.
Pioneers began with the 2015 issue, and in these first few years the focus has tilted toward the Great Basin rather
than interior and coastal California. This decision was based on the existence of a similar effort, ìSands of Time,î in
the journal California Archaeology that does an admirable job of remembering some of the early scholars of California
anthropology. Perhaps it is time to broaden our geographic range for the JCGBA Pioneers section, and to also remind
readers that the subject matter is anthropology, not just archaeology. The Pioneers sections in the 2016 issues of the
Journal featuring Isabel Kelly and Julian Steward remind us of the intellectual breadth of these pioneers. If you have
suggestions regarding a potential Pioneer, and the names and contact information for those who may wish to share a
recollection, please contact Steven Simms ([email protected])
Gamification is broken. An interview with Steven Poole
No full textSteven Poole is the author of Trigger Happy (2000. New York, NY: Arcade Publish), Unspeak (2006. New York, NY: Grove Press), and You Aren’t What You Eat (2012. In press). He has written extensively on books, culture, and videogames for The Guardian and other publications
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Acquisition Costs and Nutritional Data on Great Basin Resources
No full textAs part of an earlier study (Simms 1984), data on the costs and benefits of obtaining native food resources in the Great Basin were generated for use in foraging models developed from evolutionary ecology. Portions of these data are presented here for the benefit of researchers interested in the acquisition costs and nutrition of wild foods
Steven Pinker on language and thought
No full textEducação Superior::Linguística, Letras e Artes::LinguísticaThis video presents an exclusive preview of Steven Pinker's book: the stuff of thought. The author looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize. For Steven Pinker, the brilliance of the mind lies in the way it uses just two processes to turn the finite building blocks of our language into infinite meanings. The first is metaphor: we take a concrete idea and use it as a stand-in for abstract thoughts. The second is combination: we combine ideas according to rules, like the syntactic rules of language, to create new thoughts out of old one
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