Sacred Places and Their Natural Environment as an Index for Landscape Preservation

The article is aimed at presentation of archaeological evidence from Kujavia in relation to reconstruction of religious sphere of the Lusatian and Przeworsk culture communities. In particular, the article explores various features along with their cultural and functional context as well as their natural environment. They are significantly supplemented by accompanying artifacts, which shed some light onto the past customs. Presented cultural facts refer both to the earthly life as well as to the posthumous existence. Additionally, available archaeological evidence contributes to better understanding of various rules responsible for selection of the sacred places and their layout as well as use of various ritual norms in the consecutive periods. The available evidence contributes also to the recognition of the far-reaching contacts between local communities and foreign groups and their mutual relationships.

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Random isn't real: How the patchy distribution of ecological rewards may generate “incentive hope”

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18002005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Author(s):

Laurel Symes ◽

Thalia Wheatley

Keyword(s):

Natural Environment ◽

Random Distribution ◽

Spatiotemporal Distribution ◽

Patchy Distribution ◽

Distribution Of Resources

AbstractAnselme & Güntürkün generate exciting new insights by integrating two disparate fields to explain why uncertain rewards produce strong motivational effects. Their conclusions are developed in a framework that assumes a random distribution of resources, uncommon in the natural environment. We argue that, by considering a realistically clumped spatiotemporal distribution of resources, their conclusions will be stronger and more complete.

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Extreme self-sacrifice beyond fusion: Moral expansiveness and the special case of allyship

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18001620 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Daniel Crimston ◽

Matthew J. Hornsey

Keyword(s):

General Theory ◽

Biological Markers ◽

Natural Environment ◽

Relevant Dimension ◽

Special Case

AbstractAs a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice, Whitehouse's article misses one relevant dimension: people's willingness to fight and die in support of entities not bound by biological markers or ancestral kinship (allyship). We discuss research on moral expansiveness, which highlights individuals’ capacity to self-sacrifice for targets that lie outside traditional in-group markers, including racial out-groups, animals, and the natural environment.

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