: Cultural Resource Overview of BLM Lands in Northwestern Oregon: Archaeology, Ethnography, History . Rick Minor, Stephen Dow Beckham, Phyllis E. Lancefield-Steeves, Kathryn Anne Toepel. ; Prehistory and History of BLM Lands in West-Central Oregon: A Cultural Resource Overview . Stephen Dow Beckham, Rick Minor, Kathryn Anne Toepel. ; A Prehistoric Culture Sequence in the Portland Basin of the Lower Columbia Valley . Richard M. Pettigrew.

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The intent of this paper is to demonstrate the cultural value that Virtual Heritage experiences can generate. As a proof of concept, game resolution assets were optimized from high polygon image based models (IBMs) and rendered in real-time, within a Head Mounted Display (HMD). The case study of lot 3317 was chosen to facilitate heuristic explorations pertinent to the history of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Canada. This case study explores methods in creating and validating heritage values, while valourizing assets as a cultural resource for use in the future. While at the same time, challenging the current spatial dynamics by conceptually reducing the distance between the viewer and the flooded landscape. In addition to demonstrating the cultural values generated through the veneration of lot 3317, the paper aims to provide a model for optimizing and post processing meshes produced through Under-Water Image-Base Modelling.</p>

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It Never Happened: Kinguri's Exodus and its Consequences

History in Africa ◽

10.2307/3172195 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

pp. 387-403 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jan Vansina

Keyword(s):

Central Africa ◽

West Central ◽

History Of ◽

Radical Revision ◽

Vast Area

The later precolonial history of a vast area in west central Africa between the Kwango and the Lubilash rivers starts with—and is dated by—the tradition of exodus of Kinguri and his companions from the heartland of the Lunda commonwealth. For the last two decades, however, several scholars have claimed that this tradition is merely a later addition to the older body of the traditions told by a dozen or so different peoples in west central Africa. Yet so far no one has examined where and when and how the Kinguri exodus tradition could have grafted itself onto the traditions of so many peoples over such a vast area. If true, this claim also requires a radical revision of the accepted history of western Lunda expansion. To examine the claim and its consequences is the aim of this article, which begins with the earliest written report of the Kinguri's exodus story.

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Puelchesia gracilis, a new genus and species of Pachydemini endemic to the Monte biogeographic province in Argentina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1349.1.5 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1349 (1) ◽

pp. 53 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

FEDERICO C. OCAMPO ◽

ANDREW B.T. SMITH

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

New Genus ◽

Scarab Beetle ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Biogeographic Province ◽

Central Argentina ◽

West Central ◽

Current Classification ◽

History Of

A new scarab beetle genus and species, Puelchesia gracilis, is described based on specimens collected in the Monte biogeographic province of west central Argentina. This genus is placed in the tribe Pachydemini based on an evaluation of the characters within the context of the current classification of the subfamily Melolonthinae. The distribution and natural history of the taxon is also discussed.

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