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Prehistory of Transit Searches

open access: yes, 2018
Nowadays the more powerful method to detect extrasolar planets is the transit method. We review the planet transits which were anticipated, searched, and the first ones which were observed all through history. Indeed transits of planets in front of their
A Helden Van   +36 more
core   +2 more sources

Songs of the Stones: An Investigation into the Acoustic History and Culture of Stonehenge

open access: yesIASPM Journal, 2010
This paper investigates the acoustic culture of Stonehenge, an iconic British prehistoric stone circle. It addresses references to the structure within popular music culture, as well as Thomas Hardy’s discussion of the site.
Rupert Till
doaj   +1 more source

'Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose'?

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2023
An evolutionary approach on the study of the funerary systems in Late Prehistory allows recognizing diverse contexts of social crises in the north of Iberia. The analysis of the radio-chronological data that we have compiled indicates five phases of use—
Alfonso Alday-Ruiz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Prehistory of n-Categorical Physics

open access: yes, 2008
This paper traces the growing role of categories and n-categories in physics, starting with groups and their role in relativity, and leading up to more sophisticated concepts which manifest themselves in Feynman diagrams, spin networks, string theory ...
Baez, John C., Lauda, Aaron
core   +2 more sources

Build n burn: using fire as a tool to evoke, educate and entertain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The visceral nature of fire was exploited in the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in Britain by the burning down of timber buildings and monuments, as well as the cremation of the dead. These big fires would have created memories, perhaps even ‘flashbulb
Brophy, Kenneth   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Inflation, Race, and Legislation—The Erosion in the Real Value of Monetary Compensation for Miners' Occupational Lung Disease in South Africa, 1973–2024

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background For much of the 20th century, the South African mining industry had a statutory compensation system for pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis characterized by gross racial inequality. This study examines the impact of inflation over the period 1973–2024 on the real value of miners' lung disease compensation, including the effect of the ...
Martin Nicol   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ta moko: Maori tattoo [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
The author examines the history, technique and meaning of ta moko (Maori tattoo) from prehistory to modern ...
Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia
core   +1 more source

Generalized synchronization in discrete maps. New point of view on weak and strong synchronization

open access: yes, 2013
In the present Letter we show that the concept of the generalized synchronization regime in discrete maps needs refining in the same way as it has been done for the flow systems [PRE, 84 (2011) 037201].
Hramov, Alexander E.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
wiley   +1 more source

Mesa Redonda Complex (Villaverde del Río, Seville): a tell above the Lower Guadalquivir Valley

open access: yesTrabajos de Prehistoria
The archaeological site of Mesa Redonda (Villaverde del Río, Seville) was the subject of archaeological research at the end of the 1970s, and only recently has new research been carried out.
Marta Diaz-Zorita Bonilla   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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