scholarly journals Tomorrow’s mundane is today’s extraordinary: A case study of a plastered installation during Neolithization

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leore Grosman ◽  
Timna Raz ◽  
David E. Friesem
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Original Function ◽  
Cultural Innovation ◽  
Gradual Process ◽  
Mixed Sediments ◽  
Ways Of Life ◽  
Rule Out

Abstract For reconstructing past human ways of life we study mundane remains, but in order to detect special worldviews and behaviors we endeavor to observe the extraordinary embedded in those remains. There are many ways to define the ‘extraordinary’. Here we center on early occurrences of phenomena that later become mundane, rendering them ‘extraordinary’ through being rare compared to later frequent appearances. This study explores such extraordinary phenomena with relation to the processes of Neolithization in the Southern Levant, focusing on a round plastered installation (Feature 6) that was unearthed in the Late Natufian village of Nahal Ein Gev II (ca. 12,000 calBP). To investigate the feature’s function, we conducted a micro-geoarcheological analysis of the walls and fill to understand its use and formation processes, using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and micromorphology. Our results show that the walls were not exposed to elevated temperatures and that the interior of the installation was filled with mixed sediments. We therefore rule out the use of the feature as a cooking installation or a kiln. The interior mixed assemblage indicates secondary infilling after the feature was no longer in use for its initial purpose, thus challenging the identification of its original function. To date, there are no parallels for such lime and clay plastered installations in the Natufian culture. Yet, this type of feature becomes increasingly common with the advance of Neolithization where such features served as storage installations, integral to the farming way of life. We conclude that Feature 6 in NEG II is ‘extraordinary’ in the context of the Late Natufian, heralding the development of clay lined storage installations. We argue that this example of ‘extraordinary’ within the long process of Neolithization in the Near East helps to illuminate the gradual process of cultural innovation in which new features appear at first as extraordinary phenomena which later will become mundane.

scholarly journals video Art of “Bannan0gsata Case Study”: Women Muteness

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
I-na Phuyuthanon
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Video Art ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
The World ◽  
Ways Of Life

Video art is conveyance of creation of human emotions from a person who share similar emotions using digital media. It is conveyed through spiritual and emotional movements of the creators with definite aims concerning traditions, customs, beliefs, religions, and local ways of life. A range of issues in three border provinces of southern Thailand: Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat, were brought up. With depiction of separatist terrorism in the area, video art might be able to tell complicated, over-a-decade-long story triggered by two incidents: the Tak Bai Incident and the clash at Krue Sae Mosque, which brought the three provinces to public attention. The video art provides a way to understand the society, human empathy, and conflict of interest in Bannangsata District. These aspects were conveyed through the local’s ways of life with religion as a spiritual keeping by believing that God has determined everything and that they, as human, have to face any test they are given. The end of the video art presented what cannot be narrated by words about the area, and showed more than what the news may offer, which intensifies fear.The researcher studied various aspects of Bannangsata District and has shown them through a type of artistic media called video art, specifically about the issue of women’s suppression as experienced by those who survived series of tragic incidents. The video art aimed to raise awareness about changes of a way of life in the area and to create sympathy for fellow human beings there. The researcher realized that empathy for fellow human beings was significant for the existence of the world and that it cannot be relinquished. Thus, this art media was made to portray the issue of complicated troubles in the area.

scholarly journals video Art of “Bannan0gsata Case Study”: Women Muteness

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
I-na Phuyuthanon
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Video Art ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Southern Thailand ◽  
The World ◽  
Ways Of Life

Video art is conveyance of creation of human emotions from a person who share similar emotions using digital media. It is conveyed through spiritual and emotional movements of the creators with definite aims concerning traditions, customs, beliefs, religions, and local ways of life. A range of issues in three border provinces of southern Thailand: Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat, were brought up. With depiction of separatist terrorism in the area, video art might be able to tell complicated, over-a-decade-long story triggered by two incidents: the Tak Bai Incident and the clash at Krue Sae Mosque, which brought the three provinces to public attention. The video art provides a way to understand the society, human empathy, and conflict of interest in Bannangsata District. These aspects were conveyed through the local’s ways of life with religion as a spiritual keeping by believing that God has determined everything and that they, as human, have to face any test they are given. The end of the video art presented what cannot be narrated by words about the area, and showed more than what the news may offer, which intensifies fear.The researcher studied various aspects of Bannangsata District and has shown them through a type of artistic media called video art, specifically about the issue of women’s suppression as experienced by those who survived series of tragic incidents. The video art aimed to raise awareness about changes of a way of life in the area and to create sympathy for fellow human beings there. The researcher realized that empathy for fellow human beings was significant for the existence of the world and that it cannot be relinquished. Thus, this art media was made to portray the issue of complicated troubles in the area.

The Archaeological Record

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manjil Hazarika
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Site Formation ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Site Formation Processes ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Site Structure ◽  
Reserve Forest ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Ways Of Life

This chapter elaborates the data and results of the explorations conducted in the Garbhanga Reserve Forest. The area has been intensively surveyed for the location of potential archaeological sites and the collection of ethnographic data in order to draw direct historical analogies. An ‘area-approach’ study has been conducted in order to formulate a general model for archaeological site structure, locations, geomorphic situations, and site formation processes that can be used for archaeological study in the hilly landscape of Northeast India. Present-day agricultural implements have been analysed and compared with Neolithic implements in order to reconstruct ancient farming culture by way of undertaking systematic study of modern peasant ways of life in the study area. The ideological significance of stone artefacts as ‘thunderstone’ in Northeast India and among the Karbis has also been discussed.

Varieties of Worldly Wisdom

1957 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. W. Manning
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Ways Of Life ◽  
Natural Way

The English and American ways of life have more than a little in common. Except however when “Rhodes Scholars in reverse,” Englishmen do not “major.” Instead, they “specialize”—a very, very few in International Relations. Some of these do it in London. This article is on what that means.In cricket—a staple, incidentally, of the English way of life—there are broadly two techniques for bringing a ball to “turn from the off.” One, the less usual, is the “googly.” Fifty years ago it was a rarity indeed. Yet the writer knew in those days a fellow-schoolboy who, bowling googlies, was unaware that not everybody did. To him, they seemed the natural way to have a ball “turn from the off.”

The Interpretation of Archaeological Floor Assemblages: A Case Study from the American Southwest

1998 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Diehl
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Functional Differences

Analyses of the assemblages from the floors of Upland Mogollon pithouses show that variation in artifact frequencies may be attributed to differences in the intensity of abandonment and post-abandonment formation processes, such as caching, scavenging and trash dumping. The proportion of pithouses that contain caches or de facto assemblages is provocatively constant across sites—roughly 18 percent. This observation may be useful for refining estimates of the populations of sites or regions, for recognizing the size of social groups, or for identifying the abandonment sequences of pithouse villages. Prior studies that attribute variation in the frequencies of different classes of artifacts to functional differences in the uses of pithouses are rejected on the grounds of methodological inadequacy.

scholarly journals Twisting of the Tail Rotor Shaft - A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 778 ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shahzad ◽  
Tanveer Manzoor ◽  
Qanita Tayyaba ◽  
Ammad Hussain Qureshi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Strain ◽  
Microstructural Analysis ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
Rotor Shaft ◽  
Ansys Simulation ◽  
Strain Rate Loading ◽  
Rule Out

Presented results report the findings of a case study carried out to determine the possible factors that lead to the twisting of tail rotor shaft. The structural materials of the shaft was evaluated in terms of microstructural analysis and mechanical properties to rule out any material fault. The SEM images showed that the localized fractures at twist ends occurred without any significant plastic deformation. Moreover, there was no evidence of fatigue. Such behavior suggests that twist occurred under impact / high strain rate loading. Such loading conditions are not possible during the event to ground hitting. The Ansys simulation confirmed that the observed twisting can increase the stress at localized point in excess of UTS and cause fracture.

scholarly journals Case study: use of Rapid Ethnographic research for participatory urban design

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
City Center ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Historic City ◽  
Ways Of Life

This article analyzed the use of rapid ethnographic methodologies to assess community concerns for urban design practices. Rapid Ethnographic Assessment Process (REAP) is a compilation of methodologies that produce ethnographic knowledge in a short time frame and is constantly used for public health and sustainability. The article is about a participatory case-study conducted in the historic city center of Santiago de Los Caballeros, in the Dominican Republic. REAP was used to understand its application for urbanism. The case-study revealed a spectrum of cultures from different groups within the study area, and how the project would impact their ways of life. It also depicted a gap between the pre-existing proposals and the aims and challenges of the community groups. If appropriately applied, REAP can produce valuable results, and help inform urban design practices while assuring that they are respectful to the populations they will influence.

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