... the remains of a meal into the furthest corner ofthe hut and leave it there They were not nervous about ghosts, since they did not mind having a skeleton sticking out ofthe wall of one of their ... cemeteries, there is little in the way of a general overview ofthe evidence for rural settlements between the collapse ofthe western Empire and the rise ofthe ‘Successor States’.1 Yet the history of ... longhouses, together with the exceptional depth of some ofthe inner posts, have led TheArchaeologyof Buildings 26 the excavator to suggest that a closed-off roof-space over at least part ofthe building...
... against the archaeological record ofthe Town Creek site the remains of a town located at the northeastern edge ofthe geographic extent of Mississippian sites (Figure 1.1) In particular, the archaeological ... interpretation ofthe two concentric patterns is that the outer circle represents the wall ofthe structure and the inner the remains of an interior roof support system Alternatively, the inner patterns ... structure type, the architecture found in three other portions ofthe site the mound area, the eastern area next to the Little River, and the plaza—will be presented separately because most ofthe buildings...
... happening, the world and culture ofthe Apalachee changed dramatically Some ofthe changes were the result ofthe actions of Europeans; others were the result ofthe actions of Apalachee Some changes the ... by the end ofthe day Upon completion of assigned tasks, slaves had the remainder ofthe day to pursue their own goals The gang system, on the other hand, involved groups of slaves working the ... regardless of content, than the same speech carried by the mass media The practice is the same, the circumstances and the scale ofthe historical effects quite different A good example of this is the...
... Ephoreias of Classical Antiquities, members ofthe Archaeological Society, the faculty ofthe University of Athens, the German excavators ofthe Kerameikos, and the American excavators ofthe Agora ... 127, 148), the great theatral area cut from the rock to serve as the meeting place of all the Athenians when they gathered in the assembly (ekklesia) East ofthe Pnyx a rocky outrunner ofthe Acropolis ... 27 kilometers, to the sea at Phaleron To the south, the Ilissos winds along the foot of Mount Hymettos to the southeast of Athens Between them, the Eridanos rises on the slopes of Lykabettos Hill...
... ofthe Presidio of San Francisco for Housing the Troops ofthe Garrison, 1796 184 22 Detail of View ofthe Presidio of San Francisco, watercolor by Louis Choris 187 23 Size-based comparison of ... elision of other kinds of variability These erasures of variations pose an internal threat to the stability of identities, requiring continual “work” (in the sense ofthe multifaceted deployment of ... represented in the archaeological record ofthe Presidio The conclusion considers the articulations between these diªerent aspects of material practice and oªers a synthetic interpretation ofthe ways...
... x The new mouth ofthe Tarawera River The former course ofthe Rangitaiki River is at the left ofthe entrance and the former Te Awa o te Atua estuary, which carried the combined waters ofthe ... side ofthe agricultural drain visible in the background and Square B3 lies on the other side of it The edge ofthe site reveals the effect ofthe flood in Square B4 Fine silt lies around the ... Lake Kohika at the swampy northern end ofthe farm of Mr P Jessop of Sutherlands Rd A digging machine exposed a palisade of kanuka posts in the side of a drain on the eastern side ofthe site, and...
... strand in the theoretical literature takes the interest of one of these groups as paramount and considers the objective function to be either the maximisation of interest income of savers or the minimisation ... + ε The model ofthe credit union that has been presented is one of a monopoly This is reasonable because ofthe nature ofthe common bond However, the consequence is that the values ofthe decision ... If the result ofthe income draw in the second period is negative then the agent will be in receipt ofthe minimum income guarantee and desires to increase consumption then on the expectation of...
... existed during the period ofthe artefacts creation For example, the characterisation ofthe materials of a ceramic artefact, or the analysis ofthe composition of alloys of metallic The Modern Museum ... measurement ofthe widening ofthe distribution ofthe reflected light flux, as the illumination angle varies; the characterisation of glazed layers Study ofthe correlation between optical models of ... materials For example: what are the origins ofthe yellow, red and black pigments of parietal paintings ofthe Magdalenian era in the caves ofthe Pyrenees? How were synthetic Egyptian blue and green...
... number of behaviors that they attribute to chiefdoms ofthe Southeast and by extension to the ancestors ofthe Creek Indians They use the chronicles ofthe De Soto expedition to identify patterns of ... each The seats are made of Canes Split and worked together raised about three feet off the Ground; and half the width ofthe House, the back half being raised above the other about one foot; these ... and burn them in heaps; as the suckers shoot up, they chop them off close by the stump, of which they make ¤res to deaden the roots, till in time they decay” (Williams 1930:435) After the ¤eld...
... sponsors.5 Of course, there is still plenty to once the artifacts are out ofthe ground, and the publication ofthe studies, the display ofthe materials, and the long-term care ofthe artifacts ... examining the re30 the ar r ival ofarchaeology and the shadow of lincoln mains themselves, rather than simply retrieving grave goods One ofthe basic principals of modern archaeologythe controlled ... through the tall grasses ofthe floodplain The plain on the east side ofthe river was known as the American Bottom, a name coined by the French when the Spanish controlled the west side ofthe river,...
... simulations, most ofthe archaeologists enjoyed cups of coffee outside as they absorbed the ambiance ofthe Acropolis When they presented their results, many ofthe earth scientists did the same This ... School ofArchaeology at Athens As we passed through the Lion Gate, she and the other archaeologists focused on the huge, dressed stones, the impressive work of ancient hands They did not know the ... the other hand, immersed as they are in the relics of humankind, in the study ofthe motives, actions, and consequences of human nature, are preconditioned to seek human action as the cause of...
... development of pottery, the introduction ofthe bow and arrow, and the adaptation of corn agriculture This book presents the story of past peoples ofthe Upper Mississippi River Valley from the first ... through the presence of artifacts Even disturbances to the record ofthe past by natural or cultural means are structured and therefore knowable Burial ofthe Dead Throughout the world, there is ... served to bind the macroband together could be held The most important of these would have been burial ofthe dead In some periods, the bodies or bones of persons who died during the winter were...
... validity On the other hand, the validity ofthe Mental Component ofthe Brazilian version ofthe SF-36 (v.2) was lower than reported in other studies in view ofthe lower factor loadings ofthe Social ... calculated as the ratio ofthe largest F-value obtained among scales to the F-value ofthe scale Data from the heads of Page of 10 households and their spouses were weighted to represent the total ... 336 in urban areas ofthe Northeast Region (1,776 households) ; 368 in urban areas ofthe Southeast Region (1840 households ); 260 in urban areas ofthe South Region (1,300 households) ; 60 richest...
... (Table 3), the greatest of which being obtained for the selection ofthe G-48 Analysis ofthe diversity retained in thenested core collections using different descriptors The reference nested core ... and the different G-cores all resembled the Vassal collection (Table 4) Evaluation ofthe capture of unlinked diversity in thenested core collections Next, we assessed the ability ofthenested ... [28] SSR diversity Thenested core collections represented 58% to 100% ofthe total SSR diversity ofthe Vassal collection and 70% to 100% ofthe restricted SSR diversity ofthe Vassal collection...
... investigate effects of each determinant on probability of borrowing In the last step, the paper is aimed at exploring the effects ofthe determinants on probability of credit uptake The probit model ... density function ofthe standard normal Y is measured the result ofthe credit access ofthe farm household Y can be equal or Y = if farm households receive formal credit, and Y = if farm households ... is often used as an instrument of social welfare policy, targeting finance to poorer regions and households, through the activities ofthe Vietnam Bank for the Poor (now, it is called Bank of...
... log-likelihood with the weight given by the inverse ofthe probability of inclusion in either study We also express the contribution of prior controls to the new study in terms of “effective number of controls” ... averaged over the 500 simulations In order to show how the efficiency ofthe analysis ofthe combined data relative to the analysis of only study B changes as a function ofthe number of prior subjects ... of matched controls is selected from among those in the cohort who have not developed the disease by the time of diagnosis ofthe case Because ofthe incidence density sampling, controls in the...
... depends on the packing ofthe detector elements o The overall detection efficiency ofthe detector depends on the packing ofthe pixels, the coupling ofthe array to its amplifiers, and the readout ... pigments of different types used by the artist [The image ofthe painting of an Australian soldier by Ivor Hele was taken with the permission ofthe Australian War Memorial The photograph ofthe original ... the arrangement ofthe atoms within the monochromator In brief, the scattering power of an atom ( f ) is defined, for a given incident photon energy, as the ratio ofthe scattering power of the...