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Tell el-Retábí- život sídliska a pevnosti vo Wádí Tumilát // Tell el-Retaba - the life of a settlement and a fortress in Wadi Tumilat [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2016 This paper presents the results of ni ne seasons of the joint Polish-Siovak archaeological mission in Tell ei-Retaba in Wadi Tumilat, conducted since 2007. The results of the excavation have been published so far in several preliminary reports.
Veronika Dubcová, Lucia Hulková
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Documentation of Ceramic Vessels and Projectile Points from the C. D. Marsh Site (41HS269) in the Sabine River Basin [PDF]
, 2014 A total of at least eight Caddo burials were excavated at the C. D. Marsh site on Eight Mile Creek, a southward-flowing tributary to the Sabine River, by Buddy C. Jones in 1959-1960. This includes Burial 1, an historic (dating after ca. A.D. 1685) Nadaco
Nelson, Bo +2 more
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Animal Conservation, EarlyView.The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), a keystone species and ecosystem engineer, has declined by ~80% over the past century due to primarily habitat loss. In a 28‐year resurvey of federally protected Mobile County and state‐protected Baldwin County, we found tortoise populations persisted at ~59% and ~31% of sites, respectively, with significant ...
Robin B. Lloyd Jr. +4 more
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, 2018 The fast speed of urbanization in Vietnamese big city like Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has pushed a large number of longstanding cemeteries deep into the inner city.
Trang Nguyen, L. Nguyen
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The McKinleys of Punch: Politics and the Press in Melbourne, 1870s to 1920s
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.This article re‐examines the Melbourne Punch (1855–1925; known simply as Punch from 1900) as a political weapon in the cut‐and‐thrust of Victorian, local, and national politics, in the hands of its longest‐serving, but least‐known proprietor, Alexander McKinley (1848–1927).
Richard Scully
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Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.The siege of Tobruk is one of the most well‐known Australian actions of the Second World War, enjoying special attention on Anzac Day. Its elevation within Australian national memory is by no means accidental. Rather, it is the result of decades of lobbying by the Rats of Tobruk Association (ROTA), which positioned veterans of the siege as the ...
Nicole Townsend
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Phantasmic Encounters in the Arctic: Haunting Materialities Beyond the Ghosts of War
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the vast north, ghostly experiences are common for locals and outsiders alike. Here, we explore how cultural‐natural attributes, like remoteness and extreme seasonal variation, compound experiences of the haunting in visceral ways. This provides the Arctic region with an unusually pronounced baseline of other‐than‐human agency, which in the
Aki Hakonen, Oula Seitsonen
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Interpretive Urban Cemeteries: Urban Cemeteries Reinterpreted
, 2022 Cemeteries - the oldest repositories of architecture and society - have until recently, 'quitely' been undergoing a technological as well as cultural revolution that is creating new opportunities for interacting not just with memorialisation but history and and our built environment as well.
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My life after death: connecting the field, the findings and the feelings [PDF]
, 2007 This paper is an account of an emotional journey that took place alongside an ethnographic study of the contemporary cemetery landscape. It seeks to highlight the importance of conducting empirical research as a 'rite of passage', leading to the role of ...
Woodthorpe, Kate
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A CREATIVE IDEA OF AN UNDERGROUND TOWER CEMETERY
Journal of Industrial Design and Engineering Graphics, 2019 One of the biggest problems of nowadays society regarding burial sites is the lack of space and, at the same time, the huge areas that cemeteries occupy.
Oana NECULAI, Ana – Maria TOMA
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