Creative Farmers of the Northeast: A New View of Indian Maize Horticulture

Native American maize horticulture in New England has long been studied but often has not been viewed as part of an ongoing process of domestication. This process can be viewed as consisting of the four basic activities of perception of differences, selection for improved varieties, maintenance of genotypes, and dispersal of improved varieties. Information on maize horticulture from Native American informants and the ethnohistoric and archaeological records of the region has been analyzed for placement within these domestication activities. In New England, there is evidence that native peoples actively sought to improve maize and its production to suit their needs during the Contact and Early Historic periods. Native horticulturists developed maize varieties adapted to the New England climate and their maize technology allowed the long-term use of the same locations. Information from the sources of this study has been viewed in light of various theoretical models regarding the domestication of corn.

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Anthropologic Relationships among Prehistoric Northeastern Amerindians

North American Archaeologist ◽

10.2190/6g0g-8pd9-52t7-p0gq ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 145-159

Author(s):

Edward F. Harris ◽

Nicholas F. Bellantoni

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Gene Flow ◽

Material Culture ◽

New England ◽

Cultural Barriers ◽

Group Differences ◽

Phenetic Analysis ◽

Trade Relationships ◽

Good Agreement

Archaeologically defined inter-group differences in the Northeast subarea ate assessed with a phenetic analysis of published craniometric information. Spatial distinctions in the material culture are in good agreement with those defined by the cranial metrics. The fundamental dichotomy, between the Ontario Iroquois and the eastern grouping of New York and New England, suggests a long-term dissociation between these two groups relative to their ecologic adaptations, trade relationships, trait-list associations, and natural and cultural barriers to gene flow.

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ESTUARINE RECORDS OF LONG-TERM HUMAN IMPACTS ON FLUVIAL SEDIMENT DISCHARGE FROM A LARGE NEW ENGLAND RIVER

10.1130/abs/2016se-273677 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Justin L. Shawler ◽

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Christopher J. Hein

Keyword(s):

New England ◽

Human Impacts ◽

Sediment Discharge ◽

Fluvial Sediment

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Emotion Dysregulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder

The Oxford Handbook of Emotion Dysregulation ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190689285.013.20 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 282-298

Author(s):

Emily Neuhaus

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Social Communication ◽

Educational Outcomes ◽

Emotion Dysregulation ◽

Research Priorities ◽

Theoretical Models ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Repetitive Behaviors ◽

Spectrum Disorder

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is defined by deficits in social communication and interaction, and restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests. Although current diagnostic conceptualizations of ASD do not include emotional difficulties as core deficits, the disorder is associated with emotion dysregulation across the lifespan, with considerable implications for long-term psychological, social, and educational outcomes. The overarching goal of this chapter is to integrate existing knowledge of emotion dysregulation in ASD and identify areas for further investigation. The chapter reviews the prevalence and expressions of emotion dysregulation in ASD, discusses emerging theoretical models that frame emotion dysregulation as an inherent (rather than associated) feature of ASD, presents neurobiological findings and mechanisms related to emotion dysregulation in ASD, and identifies continuing controversies and resulting research priorities.

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We’re Not That Choosy: Emerging Evidence of a Progression Bias in Romantic Relationships

Personality and Social Psychology Review ◽

10.1177/10888683211025860 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 108886832110258

Author(s):

Samantha Joel ◽

Geoff MacDonald

Keyword(s):

Romantic Relationships ◽

Mate Selection ◽

Theoretical Models ◽

Romantic Partners ◽

Test Phase ◽

Relationship Development ◽

Cultural Narrative ◽

Relationship Initiation ◽

Relationship Decisions

Dating is widely thought of as a test phase for romantic relationships, during which new romantic partners carefully evaluate each other for long-term fit. However, this cultural narrative assumes that people are well equipped to reject poorly suited partners. In this article, we argue that humans are biased toward pro-relationship decisions—decisions that favor the initiation, advancement, and maintenance of romantic relationships. We first review evidence for a progression bias in the context of relationship initiation, investment, and breakup decisions. We next consider possible theoretical underpinnings—both evolutionary and cultural—that may explain why getting into a relationship is often easier than getting out of one, and why being in a less desirable relationship is often preferred over being in no relationship at all. We discuss potential boundary conditions that the phenomenon may have, as well as its implications for existing theoretical models of mate selection and relationship development.

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Authoritarian resilience through top-down transformation: making sense of Myanmar's incomplete transition

Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica ◽

10.1017/ipo.2019.8 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 193-209 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stefano Ruzza ◽

Giuseppe Gabusi ◽

Davide Pellegrino

Keyword(s):

Political Reform ◽

The Political ◽

Political Transformation ◽

Top Down ◽

Ongoing Process ◽

Making Sense ◽

Divide And Rule ◽

Events Data

AbstractStarting from the imperfect nature of Myanmar's democracy, this paper aims to answer two questions. First, can Myanmar's transition be defined as a case of democratization, or is it, rather, a case of authoritarian resilience? To state this differently: is the progress enjoyed by Myanmar's polity the outcome of an ongoing process that is supposed to lead to a fully fledged democracy, or, rather, an attempt to enshrine elements of authoritarian governance under a democratic guise? Second, if the balance leans towards the latter instead of the former, how did authoritarian resilience work in Myanmar? The transition is analysed from a long-term perspective, moving from the 1988 pro-democracy uprising up to the most recent events. Data were collected from available published sources and from three fieldworks conducted by the authors in Myanmar. The paper concludes that Myanmar's transition is better understood as a case of authoritarian resilience than as democratization and highlights three core traits of Myanmar's authoritarian resilience: first, the very top-down nature of the political transformation; second, the incumbents’ ability to set the pace of political reform through the use of repression and political engineering; and third, the divide-and-rule strategy used as a means to keep contestations separated and local.

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A Genome-Wide Scan for Evidence of Selection in a Maize Population Under Long-Term Artificial Selection for Ear Number

Genetics ◽

10.1534/genetics.113.160655 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 196 (3) ◽

pp. 829-840 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

Timothy M. Beissinger ◽

Candice N. Hirsch ◽

Brieanne Vaillancourt ◽

Shweta Deshpande ◽

Kerrie Barry ◽

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Keyword(s):

Artificial Selection ◽

Maize Population ◽

Genome Wide ◽

A Genome ◽

Selection For ◽

Ear Number ◽

Genome Wide Scan

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Digital curation: the development of a discipline within information science

Journal of Documentation ◽

10.1108/jd-02-2018-0024 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 74 (6) ◽

pp. 1318-1338 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sarah Higgins

Keyword(s):

Information Science ◽

Theoretical Models ◽

Digital Information ◽

Content Type ◽

Digital Curation ◽

The Usa ◽

The Uk ◽

Financial Ecology

Purpose Digital curation addresses the technical, administrative and financial ecology required to ensure that digital information remains accessible and usable over the long term. The purpose of this paper is to trace digital curation’s disciplinary emergence and examine its position within the information sciences domain in terms of theoretical principles, using a case study of developments in the UK and the USA. Design/methodology/approach Theoretical principles regarding disciplinary development and the identity of information science as a discipline are applied to a case study of the development of digital curation in the UK and the USA to identify the maturity of digital curation and its position in the information science gamut. Findings Digital curation is identified as a mature discipline which is a sub-meta-discipline of information science. As such digital curation has reach across all disciplines and sub-disciplines of information science and has the potential to become the overarching paradigm. Practical implications These findings could influence digital curation’s development from applied discipline to profession within both its educational and professional domains. Originality/value The disciplinary development of digital curation within dominant theoretical models has not hitherto been articulated.

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Origins of the Eighteenth-Century Evangelical Revival: England and New England Compared

Journal of British Studies ◽

10.1086/385896 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 361-397 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Michael J. Crawford

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

New England ◽

Reform Movement ◽

Western Society ◽

Great Awakening ◽

Cultural Contexts ◽

First Great Awakening ◽

Revival Movements ◽

British Colonies

Current interpretations of North America's first Great Awakening present a paradox. Historians commonly interpret the Great Awakening as part of the revival of evangelical piety that affected widely scattered elements of the Protestant world in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; however, studies of the Great Awakening have almost exclusively focused on the particular local circumstances in which the revival movements developed. Since historians of the Great Awakening have emphasized the peculiar circumstances of each of the regional manifestations, the Revival often appears in their writings to have been composed of several distinct movements separated in time, character, and cause and united only by superficial similarities. In contrast, to say that the local revival movements, despite their distinctive characteristics, were manifestations of a single larger movement is to imply that they shared the same general causes. If we suppose that the Great Awakening was part of the Evangelical Revival, our attempts to explain its origins should take into account those general causes.Two recent reconsiderations of the eighteenth-century revival movements in their broader context come to opposite conclusions. Jon Butler underscores the span of time over which the revivals occurred across the British colonies, their heterogeneous character from one region to the next, and the differences in cultural contexts in which they appeared. He concludes that “the prerevolutionary revivals should be understood primarily as regional events.” Although he sees the eighteenth-century American revivals as part of the long-term evangelical and pietistic reform movement in Western society, he denies any common, single, overwhelmingly important cause.

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Algonquian Diasporas

Memory Lands ◽

10.12987/yale/9780300201178.003.0008 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Christine M. DeLucia

Keyword(s):

Native American ◽

Native Americans ◽

New England ◽

Atlantic World ◽

Indigenous Populations ◽

Community Members ◽

King Philip's War ◽

Native Communities ◽

History Of ◽

Native American Tribes

This chapter examines how King Philip’s War gave rise to a significant but often ignored or misperceived history of bondage, enslavement, and diaspora that took Native Americans far from their northeast homelands, and subjected them to a range of brutal conditions across an Atlantic World. It focuses on Algonquians’ transits into captivity as a consequence of the war, and historicizes this process within longer trajectories of European subjugation of Indigenous populations for labor. The chapter examines how Algonquian individuals and families were forcibly placed into New England colonial as well as Native communities at the war’s conclusion, and how others were transported out of the region for sale across the Atlantic World. The case of King Philip’s wife and son is especially complex, and the chapter considers how traditions around their purported sale into slavery in Bermuda interact with challenging racial politics and archival traces. Modern-day “reconnection” events have linked St. David’s Island community members in Bermuda to Native American tribes in New England. The chapter also reflects on wider dimensions of this Algonquian diaspora, which likely brought Natives to the Caribbean, Azores, and Tangier in North Africa, and propelled Native migrants/refugees into Wabanaki homelands.

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