O pewnym „kazachskim” petroglifie i jego „podróży” w czasie i przestrzeni. Refleksja o społecznej adaptacji przeszłości [PDF]
Author of the paper discusses social implications of the choice of a prehistoric rock art. image as a graphic symbol of the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the Adam Mickiewicz University. The essay is divided into two parts. The first
Rozwadowski, Andrzej
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Disrupting the Norm: Looking for Magical Spaces in Science
ABSTRACT Focused on the discipline of biology, this chapter reports on the author's personal and professional revelations around their approach to their discipline as uncovered through participation in a Disrupting interview.
Sarah Hewitt
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Representations of the Stone Age anglers about the sky (sanctuaries of the Lake Onega) [PDF]
In this report the author views the original symbolic images disc-, crescent- and half-moon-shaped with one-two ray-like lines, directed to one aside. These pictures have been carved on capes rock tips of the eastern coast of the Onega Lake together with
Potemkina, T.M.
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Petroglyphs at the Half Moon Site, Hancock County, West Virginia [PDF]
A little known petroglyph site, originally studied by James McBride, is located at the upper end of the Half Moon site, Hancock County, West Virginia, McBride’s drawing and notes, along with the only previously published drawing (Squier and Davis, 1847 ...
Murphy, James L., 1941-
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In the lower reaches of the Amur, there are several archaeological sites with petroglyphs. Petroglyphs are located along the banks of the Amur channel along the villages of Sikachi-Alyan and Malyshevo.
Lapshina Z.S.
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Mistletoes as Indicators of the Intensity of Browsing by Large Mammals in Kalahari Savanna
ABSTRACT The frequency, size and position of the mistletoe Tapinanthus oleifolius in its dominant host's canopy were strongly correlated with the degree of exposure to herbivory by the kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and especially the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis).
Jeremy J. Midgley +2 more
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IMAGES ON THE PLATES OF TAGAR KURGANS FENCES (TEPSEY ARCHAELOGICAL COMPLEX)
The paper analyzes the petroglyphs on the rocks of Tagar mounds (kurgans) under the mountain Tepsey on the Yenisei, which represent a separate group of pictorial sources on the history of Southern Siberia. The earliest petroglyphs belong to thePodgornovo
O. S. Sovetova, O. O. Shishkina
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Patterns of Style, Diversity, and Similarity in Middle Orinoco Rock Art Assemblages
The area encompassed by the Orinoco river basin is home to some of the largest and most diverse rock art sites in lowland South America. In this paper, we aim to formally describe the spatial distribution and stylistic attributes of rock engravings and ...
Philip Riris, José Oliver
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Chulmun Neolithic Intensification, Complexity, and Emerging Agriculture in Korea [PDF]
Emergence of complex society in prehistoric Korea has long been understood as a socioeconomic corollary of its Bronze Age agriculture (1300–300 b.c. ). Archaeological data accumulated in recent years, however, point to the contrary.
Aikens, C. Melvin +2 more
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Biomechanical Analysis of Mongolian Bronze and Iron Age Four‐Legged Walking Petroglyphs
Top: Photograph (by Krisztián Bécs) of an Iron Age Mongolian rock‐goatpetroglyph. Bottom: ABSTRACT Since the works of Eadweard Muybridge in the 1880s, the characteristics of motion of four‐legged animals are well known for experts of animal locomotion, and the different gaits of many four‐legged species have been investigated in detail.
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