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Fire Histories and Rainforest Aboriginal Archaeology in the Wet Tropics Bioregion, North Queensland
Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Unlike the dominant Australian savanna‐sclerophyll vegetation, tropical rainforests do not burn easily. Any evidence of fire in Australian rainforests therefore invites explanations of its source. Analysis of 187 radiocarbon dates that include selected charcoal fragments from 23 soil pits and 7 archaeological sites from the Wet Tropics ...
Richard Cosgrove +9 more
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Thermal‐Infrared Measurements of the North‐East Tower at Ardrossan Castle
Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Thermal‐infrared imaging of buildings is used to investigate a range of phenomena including the accumulation of moisture. In general, the presence of moisture poses a direct danger to historic structures and must be characterized prior to any intervention.
Michael Bowry +15 more
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Globalization, 1870-1914 [PDF]
This paper surveys the causes and consequences of late 19th century globalization, as well as the anti-globalization backlash of that period.
Guilllaume Daudin, Matthias Morys and Kevin H. O'Rourke
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Europe's ecological backbone: recognising the true value of our mountains [PDF]
Europe's mountain areas have social, economic and environmental capital of significance for the entire continent. This importance has been recognised since the late 19th century through national legislation; since the 1970s through regional structures ...
Hazeu, G.W. +2 more
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper tackles one key limitation in the analysis of Iron Age communities in the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula: the limited exploration of areas beyond the fortified settlements known as castros (hillforts). The vast majority of archaeological studies have focused exclusively on the areas inside the walls of these settlements, which are ...
César Parcero‐Oubiña +7 more
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Coupling instrumental and geological records of sea‐level change: Evidence from southern New England of an increase in the rate of sea‐level rise in the late 19th century [PDF]
, 2004 Jeffrey P. Donnelly +3 more
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R&D, Implementation and Stagnation: A Schumpeterian Theory of Convergence Clubs [PDF]
We construct a Schumpeterian growth theory consistent with the divergence in per-capita income that has occurred between countries since the mid 19th Century, and with the convergence that occurred between the richest countries during the second half of ...
David Mayer-Foulkes, Peter Howitt
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Enter the Anthropocene : an epoch of time characterised by humans [PDF]
, 2009 In the first years of the 21st century Earth was being influenced by forces greater than our own and yet as vulnerable. With infinite complacency men and women went to and fro over this globe about their affairs, serene in their assurance of their ...
Williams, Mark, Zalasiewicz, Jan
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Preliminary geophysical investigations are a cost‐effective and efficient way to screen archaeological sites and locate buried structures. Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) is one of the most widely used methods for archaeological prospection, but in some sites, it cannot be employed effectively due to the presence of clay or other electrically ...
Andrea Vergnano +5 more
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Roles of science in eugenics [PDF]
, 2014 The relationship of eugenics to science is intricate and many-layered, starting with Sir Francis Galton’s original definition of eugenics as “the science of improving stock”.
Wilson, Robert A.
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