Excavaciones en el Tepalcate, Chimalhuacan, Mexico

1943 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Noguera

El Tepalcate, an archaeologic site on a low flat peninsula situated just off the eastern shore of Lake Texcoco and near the town of Chimalhuacan, is the site described by Ola Apenes in the preceding article.The excavations made at the site consisted of fifteen separate pits and trenches by which an attempt was made to find stratified materials and to determine the nature of the circular heaps of stone and the alignments of stone forming large rectangles which are the only architectural features visible on the surface of the site.

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roslan B. Thalib, M. Zailan Sulieman

<p>Jasin is one of the area in the state of Malacca in Malaysia, known for its long winding history. Located in the middle seat of government of the Empire of the famous Melaka Sultanate, Jasin district does have a number of quality historic buildings. One of the old buildings found in one the villages located quite close to the town of Jasin is the unique domeless Air Barok Village Mosque. Its location is situated along the main road, easy to reach. In a study stated in this paper, it  shows how the unique architecture of this mosque of Air Baroque Village can be appreciated. This paper presents a study of the design elements and architectural features that are unique to the mosque around this region. This paper stated on the approach in creating this structure is different compared to most of the existing mosque currently and previously being built around the state. The concept of neo-archipelago idea to have the Chinese Buddha features in a Muslim mosque was unique found on this religious building located at the side of the world. Expectations for this study to reveal the noble efforts of the Government bodies involved in restoring old  buildings such as this mosque can indirectly maintain the cultural arts of the local Malays who are the largest race in Malaysia. Efforts should also be given to maintain old buildings; not only religious buildings but also other building types; in the effort to ensure local arts and culture still exist and can be appreciated by future generations.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>K</strong><strong>e</strong><strong>y</strong><strong>w</strong><strong>o</strong><strong>r</strong><strong>d</strong><strong>s</strong>: Traditional mosque, conservation, mosque history, Melaka mosque</p>


2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
Dalia Dijokienė

The object of investigation is peculiarities of the genesis, development and values of Vilnius historic suburbs. Historic suburbs are the territories of a town which at one stage of their genesis were suburbs and their founding is interrelated with the founding of the town and which were in formation until the mid nineteenth century. The territory under study is the administrative boarders of Vilnius in 1939–1940. Most European towns no longer have such territories: they have lost their uniqueness, gradually disappeared or were destroyed during wars and have been replaced by modern urban structures and parks. In Lithuania the historic kernels of towns are still surrounded by historic suburbs. The investigation includes a chronological table presenting the development of Vilnius town, an analysis of the following urban structure elements of the suburbs: the network of streets; the structure of land holdings; the type of building-up of squares, streets and land holdings; complexes and ensembles of buildings; distinct features of the natural settings; panoramas and silhouettes; compositional links with the town’s kernel; distinctive urban and architectural features of the historic suburbs under study preserved up to date. The reasons of founding of the suburbs are defined and their types are distinguished. It is stated that historic suburbs have historic and cultural value. The values of historic suburbs play a role in the preservation of the town’s uniqueness and supplement the process of the town’s formation.


Tlalocan ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Lockhart

A latter sixteenth-century document from a small town on the eastern shore of Lake Texcoco tells in considerable detail the story of how a married couple, related to a member of the town council, obtained the grant of a house site. The document reports the process from the first feelers put out by the family, through the council's colorful deliberations on the occasion of a meal, to the proceedings at the site and the general embraces at the end. Everything is told in dialogue form, an extreme example of the declamatory tendency of colonial Nahuatl documentation in general. Several aspects of social and political ritual are revealed, including the role of the woman as principal petitioner for a family.


2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 473-504
Author(s):  
Jolanta Młynarczyk

Polish excavations at the site of Beit Ras (ancient Capitolias) in the governorate of Irbid, northern Jordan, investigated an area in the northern part of the ancient town, to the west of the Roman-age theater. Three seasons of fieldwork were conducted, starting in 2014 with a survey using the electric resistivity method to detect ancient structures. The presence of architectural features was noted, dated by surface finds spanning a period from the 1st–2nd through the 12th–13th centuries AD. In the next two seasons, in 2015 and 2016, excavation of three archaeological trenches led to the discovery of the remains of a winery and a section of the city wall, as well as a sequence of floors. This established a chronology of usage from the Roman to the early medieval period and proved that this part of the town was mostly domestic in character, at least during the Byzantine and early Islamic periods. Evidence of destruction of a nearby church was also found, tentatively attributed to a Sassanian raid in AD 614 or soon after.


Archaeologia ◽  
1884 ◽  
Vol 48 (01) ◽  
pp. 185-200
Author(s):  
George Edmund Street

In venturing to lay before the Society of Antiquaries some notes on the architectural features of the church of Saint Augustine, at Hedon, near Hull, I have taken it for granted that I should be excused if I did not try at the same time to go into the archæological history of the town or churches; what is here expected from an architect being, I presume, that he should prepare a simple architectural description of the various parts of the building, such as might be given without any knowledge at all of the men who built it, or of any documentary evidence as to the dates at which they built. The truth is that we architects have not often the leisure necessary for the investigation of this part of the subject, and in this case I doubt whether if I had leisure I could have learnt much beyond what is told by Mr. Poulson in his carefulHistory of Holdernesse.


Antiquity ◽  
1940 ◽  
Vol 14 (55) ◽  
pp. 272-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. O. Skilbeck
Keyword(s):  
The Town ◽  

The wonderful find at Trelleborg: near Slagelse in Denmark is all too little known in this country. In fact the name of Trelleborg itself is practically unknown, or confused with the town of the same name in Sweden.The site is one of the most important earthworks in Denmark. The rampart measures 25 metres in thickness. It lies on the eastern shore of the Great Belt, and as Herr Poul Nörlund, the explorer of the site, himself says of it: ‘Trelleborg lies even now so much out of the way that there are few places in the much built-up coast of Vestsjæland which are so difficult to find, with no direct road leading to it’.


Antiquity ◽  
1929 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 60-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Talbot Rice

Nicaea is now known to us only as a name, a somewhat illusionary place connected with synods, bishops and councils of the Church and, more usually, with the creed which takes its name from it. But in reality it is more than a name. Some fifty miles from Brusa, or a good day's journey from Constantinople with the aid of all the conveniences of modern travel, what remains of this city that was once so important stands on the borders of the lake of Isnic. To reach it several ranges of hills have to be crossed by the worst of roads, intended only for the old Turkish araba or high carriage but now gaily used by motors and lorries. But the country is delightful and the view from the various foot-hills which surround Mount Olympus is superb. These hills, together with those of a second range further to the north, hem in the lake and so afford a natural protection for the town on its eastern shore, the walls of which can just be distinguished from the hills as brown patches amongst the exuberant green of the coastal fringe.


Author(s):  
Софья Михайловна Белокурова ◽  
О.Ч. Ханда

Статья посвящена описанию и краткому анализу истории, архитектурных особенностей и содержательной составляющей храма, посвященного богине Бимакали, в г. Сарахан штата Химачал Прадеш (Индия). Это один из крупнейших культурно-религиозных центров Западных Гималаев, а кроме того – яркий образец традиционной индуистской архитектуры данного региона. Авторы поставили цель ввода нового материала в российский научный оборот, так как данный храм не был описан в русскоязычной историографии и искусствоведении. В статье дается архитектурное описание храма, его значение в контексте развития Бушарского княжества, рассматриваются его религиозные функции в связи с образом богини, которой он посвящен. Отдельно авторы обращают внимание на эстетико-семантические аспекты деревянной резьбы, украшающей храм. В ходе исследования подтверждается высочайшее значение храма в качестве объединяющего центра гималайского индуизма. The article is devoted to the description and brief analysis of the history, architectural features and the religious content of the temple in the town of Sarakhan, Himachal Pradesh (India), dedicated to the goddess Bhimakali. This is one of the largest cultural and religious centers of the Western Himalaya as well as a bright example of the traditional Hindu architecture of this region. The authors set the goal to introduce new material into the Russian scientific sphere, as this temple was not described in Russian-language historiography and art history. The article gives an architectural description of the temple, its role in the context of development of Bushar principality, its religious functions are considered in connection with the image of the goddess to whom it is dedicated. Besides, the authors pay attention to the aesthetic and semantic aspects of the wooden carvings that adorn the temple. The study confirms the highest importance of the temple as the unifying center of Himalayan Hinduism.


The U.S. Army occupations at Fort McKavett from 1853 until 1859 and from 1868 until 1883 were part of Texas's frontier defense. During the Civil War and from 1883 until the present, civilians have inhabited and used the fort buildings, creating the small town of Fort McKavett. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department developed part of the town as a state historical park, restoring this property to its appearance during the second military occupation. Archeological investigations at the park between 1978 and 1990 focused on recovering architectural data and artifacts to support restoration, stabilization, and interpretation of the military occupations. The archeological work varied from surface collection to large-scale excavations, the latter generally confined to Officers' Quarters 4, but the most common approach was limited testing in building foundations and suspected architectural features. Work took place in 16 structures. Most of the archeological work focused on officers' quarters, although a few enlisted mens' barracks and other buildings also were tested. Relatively few temporally diagnostic artifacts were recovered in the vicinity of walls, fireplaces, and other architectural features, and only sparse military and military-period artifacts were found. The 372 military and military-period artifacts recovered from the post-1977 work at Fort McKavett and described in this report represent less than 0.01 percent of the total artifact assemblage and likely represent only a small proportion of the trash generated by the military occupations. Much of that trash probably was disposed of and possibly burned off-site or, if on-site, in pit latrines or other deep features not excavated during the 1978-1990 work. Military conduct, discipline, and policing may have functioned in keeping public spaces at this frontier military fort relatively litter free and thus artifact poor.


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