scholarly journals Current Research: Preliminary Survey of the Eastern Half of the Boxed Spring Site (41UR30)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haley ◽  
Dozier
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Preliminary Survey ◽  
East Texas ◽  
Subsistence Strategies ◽  
Mound Construction ◽  
Great Insight ◽  
Trade And Exchange ◽  
Sabine River ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Eastern Half

The Boxed Springs site (41UR30) is an Early Caddo site located in East Texas near the Sabine River. This site covers roughly 15.6 acres and contained at least four mounds, middens, and an extended cemetery. The site's location has been known since the late 1950s, with a series of unconnected avocational and professional archaeological investigations as well as unfortunate looting. As one of the few Early Caddo sites in Texas that contain multiple mounds, the Boxed Springs site is poised to provide great insight into Early Caddo mound construction technologies, settlement patterns, subsistence strategies, and trade and exchange.

Early Caddoan Subsistence Strategies, Sabine River Basin, East Texas

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (99) ◽  
pp. 9-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy K. Perttula ◽  
James E. Bruseth ◽  
Timothy K. Perttula ◽  
James C. Bruseth
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
East Texas ◽  
Subsistence Strategies ◽  
Sabine River

Reevaluating Late Prehistoric Coastal Subsistence and Settlement Strategies: New Data from Grove's Creek Site, Skidaway Island, Georgia

2004 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 671-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah A. Keene
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Atlantic Coastal Plain ◽  
Late Prehistoric ◽  
Subsistence Strategies ◽  
Agricultural Plants ◽  
Atlantic Coastal

This paper tests existing models of coastal subsistence strategies and settlement patterns of the late prehistoric inhabitants of the Southeastern U.S. Atlantic coastal plain. Excavations at Grove's Creek Site (09CH71), Skidaway Island, Georgia were conducted to determine the season of occupation of the site. Paleoethnobotanical and zooarchaeological data were used to determine the subsistence strategies of the inhabitants. Stable isotope analysis of oyster shells is combined with the faunal and botanical data to determine the seasons of occupation of the site. The most notable discovery was the diversity of agricultural plants. Paleoethnobotanical data indicate a spring through autumn occupation, and the stable isotope data indicate winter through summer. Faunal data suggest occupation from spring through early winter. Therefore, the site was occupied year-round. This information, coupled with other data from the Southeastern U.S. Atlantic Coast, suggests a revision to existing subsistence and settlement pattern models. Coastal peoples lived in permanent villages and relied on a mix of agriculture, hunting, fishing, and gathering. Short trips were likely made to procure some resources, but there was not an extensive seasonal round.

Professionals freaking out: the case of accreditation in Dutch higher education

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 473-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Everard van Kemenade ◽  
Teun W. Hardjono
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Iso 9000 ◽  
Preliminary Survey ◽  
External Evaluation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
System A ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
Insight Into

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to define what factors cause willingness and/or resistance among lecturers in universities towards external evaluation systems, especially accreditation.Design/methodology/approachA model has been designed to describe possible factors of willingness and/or resistance towards accreditation based on Ajzen and Metselaar. A literature review has been undertaken on the effects of external evaluation like ISO 9000 as well as accreditation systems such as Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and European Quality Improvement System. A questionnaire has been administered to a group of 63 lecturers from three departments at Fontys University in The Netherlands. The results of this preliminary survey have been presented to 1,500 academics in The Netherlands and Flanders to collect empirical data.FindingsResistance to accreditation can be found in the consequences of accreditation for the work of the lecturer (workload), negative emotions (stress and insecurity); the lack of knowledge and experience (help from specialists is needed); and lack of acceptance (other paradigm).Originality/valueThe paper provides more insight into the difficulties that organizations, especially universities, have to commit their employees to external evaluation. It might be possible to generalize the findings to other professionals in other organizations. Little research in this field has been undertaken so far.

Filling in the holes: The reproductive biology of the understudied Mahali mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus mahali)

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 (9) ◽  
pp. 801-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.W. Hart ◽  
K. Medger ◽  
B. van Jaarsveld ◽  
N.C. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Breeding Strategy ◽  
Arid Environments ◽  
Reproductive Suppression ◽  
Mole Rat ◽  
Evolution Of Sociality ◽  
Great Insight ◽  
Cooperatively Breeding ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Insight Into

African mole-rats have provided great insight into mammalian evolution of sociality and reproductive strategy. However, some species have not received attention, and these may provide further insights into these evolutionary questions. The cooperatively breeding Mahali mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus mahali (Roberts, 1913)) is one such species. Body mass, reproductive-tract morphometrics, gonad histology, and plasma reproductive hormone concentrations were studied for breeding and non-breeding males and females over 1 year. This study aimed to discern if this species exhibits a seasonal or aseasonal breeding pattern and whether there is a relaxation of reproductive suppression at any point in the year in non-breeding animals. The pattern of reproductive relaxation during the wetter months is similar to other African mole-rat species. Interestingly, births and pregnant breeding females were recorded throughout the year, thus indicating an aseasonal breeding strategy, despite inhabiting a region that experiences seasonal rainfall. However, there were periods of the year favouring increased reproduction to enable an increased likelihood of offspring survival. This suggests that the Mahali mole-rat may be an opportunistic breeder possibly brought about by the benefits of living in a cooperatively breeding group and potentially moving into more arid environments that were previously unexploited by the genus Cryptomys Gray, 1864.

scholarly journals On the effects produced upon the air cells of the lungs when the pulmonary circulation is too much increased

1833 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 321-321
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Circulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Great Insight ◽  
Morbid Anatomy ◽  
Air Cells ◽  
Insight Into

In examining the air cells of the lungs of a hare that had been coursed, the author found the superficial large cells filled with colourless coagulable lymph, forming white specks, and the smaller, more interior ones filled with coagula of red blood. No such appearance was seen in the lungs of hares, snared or shot. A run of fifteen minutes with greyhounds so exhausts the hare, that it is frequently known to die from over exertion before the dogs are able to reach it. To examine the state of the lungs, in which the white specks were seen, they were injected with mercury through the bronchiæ, and then immersed in rectified spirits to prevent them from collapsing, and in this state examined microscopically and drawn by Mr. Bauer. The drawings accompany the paper. The white specks appear to be portions of coagulable lymph, separated from the circulating blood in consequence of its disturbed state, and the author considers them as giving great insight into the nature of that destructive disease called tubercles in the lungs; and in support of this idea quotes Dr. Baillie’s description, and refers to his plates of them in his Morbid Anatomy.

scholarly journals The History of Archaeological Investigations at The Jamestown Mound Site (41SM54), An Archaeological Conservancy Preserve in Smith County, Texas

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy K. Perttula
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
East Texas ◽  
Open Area ◽  
Circular Pattern ◽  
Pine Tree ◽  
History Of ◽  
Clay Cap ◽  
Sabine River

The Jamestown Mound site (41SM54) is an Archaeological Conservancy (TAC) preserve in northern Smith Country, Texas in the northeastern part of the state. The Jamestown site is one of the largest Caddo mound centers in East Texas, with seven recorded mounds and an associated village area of unknown extent and internal complexity. It is also one of the four premier mound centers in the Sabine River basin, the other three being Hudnall-Pirtle (41RK4), a TAC preserve, Pine Tree Mounds (41HS15), also a TAC preserve as of 2006, and Boxed Springs (41UR30), and was obviously an important civic and ceremonial center for the prehistoric Caddo peoples that lived there and in surrounding communities. Unfortunately, at the present time very little is known about the archaeological record preserved at the Jamestown site, or the exact locations of several of the smaller mounds on the preserve. Here, I summarize the history of archaeological research at the Jamestown site. This article is intended to be a companion piece to the report to be submitted to the TAC on the results of on-going remote sensing activities at the Jamestown preserve. The Jamestown preserve covers approximately 18 acres of pasture divided into two tracts by a north-south running fence. It is a large prehistoric Caddo mound center, with multiple mounds, roughly arranged in a circular pattern, with an open area (or plaza) between the mounds. The largest mound (Md. A) (measuring ca. 43 m in diameter and 4 m in height, is situated in the southwestern side of the circle of mounds. Mounds B-E (15-20 m in diameter and 40 cm-1 m in height) are probably mounds built over houses with a clay floor and a clay cap. The exact locations of Mounds D and E within the TAC preserve are not currently known. Md. A is known to have two levels of burned structural remains in the upper mound fill.

scholarly journals Arne Noe-Nygaard 30/7/1908 – 3/6/1991

1991 ◽  
Vol 152 ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
K Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Geological Museum ◽  
Great Insight ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into

Arne Noe-Nygaard died on June 3rd 1991, almost 81 years old; he had then been active as a geologist for 64 years. From 1942 until his retirement in 1978 Noe Nygaard was attached to the University of Copenhagen, as Director of the Mineralogical Museum (now Geological Museum), 1969–77 as Professor of Mineralogy, 1942–69, and as Professor of Dynamic Geology, 1969–78. Noe-Nygaard's great insight into the multifarious world of geology, combined with his friendly, sincere and extrovert nature, made him many influential contacts.

The Pen and the Spade: Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger Movement

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Colwell
Keyword(s):  
Civil Wars ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Great Insight ◽  
English Society ◽  
Communal Living ◽  
Religious Sects ◽  
Gerrard Winstanley ◽  
Insight Into

In the wake of the English Civil Wars of the 1640s, increased religious tolerance gave rise to unprecedented religious radicalism. While most emerging religious sects adopted unorthodoxinterpretations of the Bible, some sects were more radical than others. The Diggers, led by Gerrard Winstanley, were unique in that their biblically inspired focus on private property’s inherent corruption drove them to establish an agricultural commune in Surrey in 1649. By setting an example for the rest of the world and encouraging others to adopt their methods, they hoped to ultimately restore the Earth to a state of ‘Common Treasury.’ Drawing on scriptural precedent and personal interpretation of the Bible, Winstanley offered an eloquent, politically charged justification for the Diggers’ program of communal living in The True Levellers Standard (1649), which became the Digger manifesto. It pointedly critiquedseventeenth-century English society, had both a positive and negative impact on the Diggers’ reception at the time, and survived the movement’s violent suppression and subsequent collapse. Today, it continues to offer great insight into the origins, development and fate of the Digger movement, while at the same time inspiring modern scholars to delve deeper into the movement’s significance, and raising questions about property and equality that remain highly relevant in this day and age. 

Access to Micro Enterprise Financing in Nigeria

2013 ◽  
pp. 318-329
Author(s):  
Atsede Woldie ◽  
John C. Nzekwu ◽  
Brychan C. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Survey ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Micro Enterprises

This study outlines a preliminary survey into access to finance, as experienced by micro enterprises (MEs) in Nigeria. It also aims to gain insight into the financing behaviour of ME enterprise owner/managers in Nigeria and factors that constrain access and create a lack of co-operation between firms and banks.

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