The Middle Palaeolithic Site of Karabi Tamchin (Crimea, Ukraine): 1999–2001 Excavation Seasons

2003 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 137-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Yevtushenko ◽  
A. Burke ◽  
C.R. Ferring ◽  
V. Chabai ◽  
K. Monigal
Keyword(s):  
Mountain Range ◽  
Middle Palaeolithic ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Eastern Crimea ◽  
Crimean Mountain ◽  
First Time ◽  
Faunal Exploitation ◽  
Regional Land

The Middle Palaeolithic site of Karabi Tamchin is presented here for the first time. Karabi Tamchin is a collapsed rock-shelter in Eastern Crimea (Ukraine), and is the only known, stratified Palaeolithic site in the highland regions of the First Crimean mountain range. Preliminary results of three excavation seasons indicate that the site differs fundamentally from Middle Palaeolithic sites excavated at lower altitudes, in terms of both lithic and faunal exploitation. The site, therefore, provides essential information regarding regional land-use patterns in Crimea. Karabi Tamchin was probably repeatedly occupied by relatively small, mobile groups during short-term, possibly seasonal hunting forays into upland regions.

Modelling the impacts of payments for biodiversity conservation on regional land-use patterns

2007 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.H.J. de Koning ◽  
P.C. Benítez ◽  
F. Muñoz ◽  
R. Olschewski
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Regional Land

Numerical responses of red-winged blackbird populations to changes in regional land-use patterns

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 1944-1950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Clark ◽  
Patrick J. Weatherhead ◽  
Hamilton Greenwood ◽  
Rodger D. Titman
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Season ◽  
Landscape Heterogeneity ◽  
Breeding Habitat ◽  
Crop Damage ◽  
Agelaius Phoeniceus ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Corn Production ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Regional Land

The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) population in southwestern Quebec more than doubled between 1966 and 1981, apparently in response to increased corn production. In southwestern Ontario less pronounced increases in blackbirds and corn production also occurred. Although larger blackbird populations have been responsible for greater crop damage, it is the waste corn left in fields by mechanical harvesters that supports the increased blackbird population. The increased availability of waste corn during the spring and summer (breeding season) was likely most important in allowing the blackbird population to grow. This conclusion is supported by our census of blackbird populations in 38 counties in southwestern Quebec during the breeding season, which indicated a strong positive correlation between blackbird abundance and corn production in a county. Although corn production explains much variation in the size of blackbird populations, other factors such as the availability of breeding habitat and the spatial distribution of habitats (landscape heterogeneity) may be responsible for additional variation.

scholarly journals Estimating Local Daytime Population Density from Census and Payroll Data

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Boeing
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Travel Diaries ◽  
Gps Traces ◽  
Us Census ◽  
Regional Land

Daytime population density reflects where people commute and spend their waking hours. It carries significant weight as urban planners and engineers site transportation infrastructure and utilities, plan for disaster recovery, and assess urban vitality. Various methods with various drawbacks exist to estimate daytime population density across a metropolitan area, such as using census data, travel diaries, GPS traces, or publicly available payroll data. This study estimates the San Francisco Bay Area's tract-level daytime population density from US Census and LEHD LODES data. Estimated daytime densities are substantially more concentrated than corresponding nighttime population densities, reflecting regional land use patterns. We conclude with a discussion of biases, limitations, and implications of this methodology.

Tamils and the Haunting of Justice

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Willford
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law And Justice

In 2006, dejected members of the Bukit Jalil Estate community faced eviction from their homes in Kuala Lumpur where they had lived for generations. City officials classified plantation residents as squatters and questioned any right they might have to stay. This story epitomizes the dilemma faced by Malaysian Tamils in recent years as they confront the collapse of the plantation system where they have lived and worked for generations. Foreign workers have been brought in to replace Tamil workers to cut labor costs. As the new migrant workers do not bring their whole families with them, the community structures need no longer be sustained, allowing more land to be converted to mechanized palm oil production or lucrative housing developments. Tamils find themselves increasingly resentful of the fact that lands that were developed and populated by their ancestors are now claimed by Malays as their own; and that the land use patterns in these new townships, are increasingly hostile to the most symbolic vestiges of the Tamil and Hindu presence, the temples. This book is about the fast-approaching end to a way of life, and addresses critical issues in the study of race and ethnicity. It demonstrates which strategies have been most “successful” in navigating the legal and political system of ethnic entitlement and compensation. It shows how, through a variety of strategies, Tamils try to access justice beyond the law-sometimes by using the law, and sometimes by turning to religious symbols and rituals in the murky space between law and justice.

Conducting “Siteless Survey”: Results from Coastal New England

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan E. Kerber
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
New England ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Statistical Validity ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Survey Strategy

Selecting an effective archaeological survey takes careful consideration given the interaction of several variables, such as the survey's goals, nature of the data base, and budget constraints. This article provides justification for a “siteless survey” using evidence from a project on Potowomut Neck in Rhode Island whose objective was not to locate sites but to examine the distribution and density of prehistoric remains to test an hypothesis related to land use patterns. The survey strategy, random walk, was chosen because it possessed the advantages of probabilistic testing, as well as the ease of locating sample units. The results were within the limits of statistical validity and were found unable to reject the hypothesis. “Siteless survey” may be successfully applied in similar contexts where the distribution and density of materials, as opposed to ambiguously defined sites, are sought as evidence of land use patterns, in particular, and human adaptation, in general.

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