The complex construction history of Poverty Point’s timber circles and concentric ridges

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Michael L. Hargrave ◽  
R. Berle Clay ◽  
Rinita A. Dalan ◽  
Diana M. Greenlee
Keyword(s):  
History Of ◽  
Complex Construction

scholarly journals Construction of the Irkutsk-Baikal section of the trans-Baikal railway: state of research

2021 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 00037
Author(s):  
Valery V. Tretyakov ◽  
Yuri A. Petrushin ◽  
Anastasia V. Nekludova ◽  
Elena A. Yakovleva
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Rail Transportation ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Railway Construction ◽  
Historical Literature ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complex Construction ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Available Information

The article considers the problems of railway construction in Russia in the 19th and early 20th centuries and finds out the available information on one of the fragments of this grandiose construction in the historical literature. Attention is focused on the construction history of one of the important sections of the Trans-Siberian railway – the Irkutsk-Baikal branch railway, which became the foundation of the Circumbaikal railway. This part of the Great Siberian Railway proved to be a very technically complex construction facility and required significant investments from the state. However, it was not easy to approach to its construction. Its creation was preceded by the work of numerous research teams, selfless labour of designers, engineers, technicians and workers. Thanks to their efforts, our country ultimately managed to establish a continuous rail transportation service and unite the western and eastern parts of Russia, which made it possible to maintain the country’s defense capability during the sudden outbreak of the Russian-Japanese War of 1904–1905. The authors specify the main problems that arise when studying the history of the construction and operation of the Irkutsk-Baikal line. They define the range of sources put into circulation by researchers of the designing and construction processes of this road. It is emphasized that the largest number of sources relate to the creation of the line, while the sources which deeply reflect the line operation are few and fragmented.

A Tale of Two Mosques: Marrakesh’s Masjid al-Jamiʿ al-Kutubiyya

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Abbey Stockstill
Keyword(s):  
Urban History ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
The South ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Physical Evidence ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complex Construction ◽  
Legal Arguments

Abstract The Kutubiyya Mosque, the hallmark monument of the Almohad dynasty (1121–1269) in their capital city of Marrakesh, has resisted scholarly interpretation due to its unique plan, featuring two prayer halls wedged apart by the monumental minaret. The south-facing qibla and the architectural use of a prior dynasty’s palatial remains further complicate the narrative surrounding the function of the mosque within the urban fabric and the Almohads’ dynastic self-concept. This article argues that such idiosyncrasies are indicative of the Almohads’ sensitivity to the intellectual, religious, and legal arguments of the day, expressed through a deliberate adaptation or repudiation of the architectural precedents in the Islamic West. The Kutubiyya must be understood as a monumental record of the dynastic shifts in ideology and identity as the Almohads struggled to define themselves against their predecessors and competitors. The site’s unique plan and complex construction history are the physical evidence of this struggle, which makes the role of the Kutubiyya in the urban history of Marrakesh all the more significant.

scholarly journals Pop up books, or «Fun books», yesterday and today

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Елена Олеговна Романова
Keyword(s):  
Technological Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complex Construction ◽  
Modern Russian

Прошедшие в Москве в 2018 году выставки книг в технике pop up (поп-ап) пробудили интерес к бумажной детской книге со сложной конструкцией и высокохудожественными иллюстрациями. Обратившись к истории развития этого жанра в искусстве книги, автор статьи рассматривает книги в технике pop up в конце XIX – начале XX веков в Европе, а также в России в начале XXI столетия. Раскрывается технологический процесс создания книги поп-ап на примере работ современных российских художников-иллюстраторов. Exhibitions of pop up books being hold in Moscow in 2018 have sparked an interest to a children's paper book with a complex construction and highly artistic illustrations. Having looked over the history of this genre in the art of books, the author takes a close look on pop up books of the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries in Europe as well as in Russia in early 2000s. Technological process of making such a book is demonstrated and is based on samples created by the modern Russian artists.

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