BAS’YANOVO ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPLEX OF THE NEOLITHIC IN THE FOREST TRANS-URALS: THE HISTORY OF RESEARCH

The article is devoted to the analysis of the history of exploring the Bas’yanovo archaeological complex of the Neolithic in the forest Trans-Urals. At the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries A. F. Shorin and V. A. Arefiev identified this ceramic complex initially as an independent type of ceramics based on materials from the Koksharovsky hill sanctuary. The authors of the first researches showed the markers of this ceramic complex, its similarity and difference from the vessels of the Boborykino culture. After the excavations of the Vtoroy poselok I site, the features of the stone industry of this new archaeological phenomenon, similar and distinguishing features of it from the Boborykino culture, were highlighted. The data on the relative stratigraphy of Koksharovsky hill, as well as the analysis of the base of radiocarbon dates, made it possible to determine the chronological framework of this cultural phenomenon within the last quarter of the 6th–5th millennium BC, i. e. the late Neolithic of the Trans-Urals. However, at present, based on materials from the excavations of the Beregovaya II site on the Gorbunovsky peat bog, the age of the Bas’yanovo cultural tradition is proposed to be dated to the turn of the 7th–6th millennium BC, i. e. attributed to the very beginning of the Neolithic in the region. The status of this cultural phenomenon in the accepted archaeological definitions can be assessed as a local variant of the Boborykino culture. The assessment of the ratio of the Boborykino and Bas’yanovo complexes of the Trans-Urals can also be interpreted from the standpoint of another culturological approach — the concept of “archaeological continuity”.

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Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy: The Application of the Academic Discipline of Kinesiology

Kinesiology Review ◽

10.1123/kr.2021-0026 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Melinda A. Solmon

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Academic Discipline ◽

Physical Education Teacher ◽

Technical Application ◽

Physical Education Teacher Education ◽

Sport Pedagogy ◽

History Of Research ◽

Research On Teaching ◽

The Status ◽

History Of

Scholarship related to physical education and sport pedagogy is rigorous and should be central to the academic discipline of kinesiology. The goal of this article is to situate physical education and sport pedagogy as an applied field in kinesiology, grounded in the assumption that physical education, as the professional or technical application of the broader academic discipline, is of critical importance to the success of kinesiology. A brief overview of the history of research on teaching physical education is followed by an overview of the streams of research that have evolved. Major tenets of research on effective teaching and curricular reform are discussed. The status of physical education teacher education and school physical education programs is considered, and a rationale for a broader view of pedagogy that has the potential not only to promote physical education and sport pedagogy but also to enrich the academic discipline is offered.

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Archaeology, genetics and a population bottleneck in prehistoric Finland

Antiquity ◽

10.1017/s0003598x00115364 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 88 (342) ◽

pp. 1132-1147 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Tarja Sundell ◽

Juhana Kammonen ◽

Petri Halinen ◽

Petro Pesonen ◽

Päivi Onkamo

Keyword(s):

Population Bottleneck ◽

Genetic Profile ◽

Neolithic Period ◽

Late Neolithic ◽

Finnish Population ◽

Radiocarbon Dates ◽

Combined Use ◽

History Of ◽

Stone Artefact

The long-term history of prehistoric populations is a challenging but important subject that can now be addressed through combined use of archaeological and genetic evidence. In this study a multidisciplinary team uses these approaches to document the existence of a major population bottleneck in Finland during the Late Neolithic period, the effects of which are still detectable in the genetic profile of the Finnish population today. The postglacial recolonisation of Finland was tracked through space and time using radiocarbon dates and stone artefact distributions to provide a robust framework of evidence against which the genetic simulations could be compared.

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The Great Kod of Pulu: Mutual Historical Emergence of Ceremonial Sites and Social Groups in Torres Strait, Northeast Australia

Cambridge Archaeological Journal ◽

10.1017/s095977430900050x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 291-317 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Ian J. McNiven ◽

Bruno David ◽

Goemulgau Kod ◽

Judith Fitzpatrick

Keyword(s):

Social Groups ◽

Structural Basis ◽

Emergent Properties ◽

Radiocarbon Dates ◽

Dynamic Relationship ◽

The Status ◽

Island Communities ◽

History Of ◽

Torres Strait

Communal ceremonial sites and social groups often share mutually reinforcing and structuring properties. As a result of this dynamic relationship, ceremonial sites and social groups exhibit ever-emergent properties as long-term works-in-progress. Ceremonial kod sites featuring shrines of trumpet shells and dugong bones were central to the communal ritual life of Torres Strait Islanders. Continuously formed over the generations by ritual additions, these shrines were linked to ongoing maintenance, legitimization and cohesion of totemic clans and moieties that formed the structural basis of island communities. As such, understanding the history of kod sites provides an opportunity to investigate the historical emergence of ethnographically-known social groups in Torres Strait. This mutual emergence is investigated archaeologically at the kod on Pulu islet which is owned and operated by the Goemulgal people of nearby Mabuyag island. Multiple radiocarbon dates from shell and bone shrines and an underlying village midden indicate that the kod, and by association the Goemulgal and their totemic clan and moiety system, emerged over the past 400 years. Aided by local oral history and ethnography, it is argued further that establishment of the kod saw the status of Pulu change from a residential to a ceremonial and sacred place.

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The Position of Women in the Society of Gortyna (7th–5th Centuries B.C.)

Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki ◽

10.26907/2541-7738.2021.3.116-125 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 163 (3) ◽

pp. 116-125

Author(s):

A.A. Pochernina ◽

Keyword(s):

Research Interest ◽

Men And Women ◽

Property Relations ◽

History Of Research ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

The Status ◽

History Of ◽

Shed Light ◽

Status Of Women

The paper is devoted to the status of women in the society of Gortyna during the period from the 7th to the 5th centuries B.C. Owing to the growing popularity of the gender approach, this problem is thought to be of particular research interest. It is often believed that the Cretan society was matriarchal, because the women of Crete, Gortyna in particular, enjoyed their full rights. In order to verify this hypothesis, the laws of Gortyna that shed light on the social position of women among other important issues were thoroughly investigated. As a result of the analysis of the sections concerning the family and property relations in Gortyna, it was found that the above-said hypothesis does not apply to the society of Crete and Gortyna in the 7th–5th centuries B.C. It was revealed that men and women in Gortyna had different rights. Changes in this situation were traced. The general history of research on the laws of Gortyna and the position of women over the period under consideration was reconstructed.

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A History of Creole Studies

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.387 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Silvio Moreira de Sousa ◽

Johannes Mücke ◽

Philipp Krämer

Keyword(s):

20Th Century ◽

Academic Research ◽

History Of Research ◽

The Social ◽

The Status ◽

History Of ◽

European Colonialism ◽

Creole Languages ◽

The 19Th Century

As an institutionalized subfield of academic research, Creole studies (or Creolistics) emerged in the second half of the 20th century on the basis of pioneering works in the last decades of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century. Yet its research traditions—just like the Creole languages themselves—are much older and are deeply intertwined with the history of European colonialism, slavery, and Christian missionary activities all around the globe. Throughout the history of research, creolists focused on the emergence of Creole languages and their grammatical structures—often in comparison to European colonial languages. In connection with the observations in grammar and history, creolists discussed theoretical matters such as the role of language acquisition in creolization, the status of Creoles among the other languages in the world, and the social conditions in which they are or were spoken. These discussions molded the way in which the acquired knowledge was transmitted to the following generations of creolists.

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JAPANESE GARDENS OUTSIDE OF JAPAN: FROM THE EXPORT OF ART TO THE ART OF EXPORT

Journal of Architecture and Urbanism ◽

10.3846/tpa.2011.22 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 212-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Gintaras Stauskis

Keyword(s):

Cultural Context ◽

Design System ◽

Cultural Tradition ◽

Cultural Phenomenon ◽

Planning And Design ◽

Japanese Garden ◽

History Of ◽

Japanese Gardens ◽

The 19Th Century ◽

Emotional Effects

Since the 19th century, a Japanese garden as a cultural phenomenon with a millennium-old history of religion and philosophy-based landscaping art has been exported to different regions of the globe and built in countries far from the land of its origin. The article focuses on two aspects of Japanese gardens: the basic and more specific principles of planning and design of a traditional Japanese garden, and the related discourse of a tradition of exporting its planning and design cultural tradition outside of Japan. Based on analysed international examples of Japanese-style gardens, the specific traits of planning the landscape of these gardens were identified. The narrative of multiple psycho-emotional effects that these gardens have on their users and visitors is disclosed in correlation with the specific aspects of their planning and design. The culture of exporting a Japanese garden tradition overseas is discussed and the important principles for introducing a Japanese garden to a remote cultural context are spotlighted. The concluding remarks on the user-oriented culture of exporting a Japanese garden as a complete planning and design system of landscape architecture, reflect author’s aspiration to open a wider cross-professional discussion and research on the topic. Santrauka Japonijos sodai – tai tūkstantmetes tradicijas turintis filosofija ir religija grįstas kraštovaizdžio architektūros kultūrinis reiškinys, kurio pavyzdžiai nuo XIX a. yra eksportuojami ir įrengiami skirtinguose pasaulio regionuose. Kraštovaizdžio architektūros požiūriu straipsnyje nagrinėjami du Japonijos sodų aspektai: esminiai šių sodų suplanavimo ir įrengimo principai bei specifiniai bruožai, taip pat Japonijos sodų meninės tradicijos eksporto ir sklaidos užsienyje klausimai. Visame pasaulyje garsių Japonijos sodų pavyzdžių apžvalga ir pasirinktų Baltijos jūros regiono pavyzdžių tyrimas atskleidžia esminius šių sodų suplanavimo principus, kurie sietini su lankytojams formuojamu psichologiniu emociniu poveikiu. Aptariant Japonijos sodų eksporto į kitus etninius ir geografinius regionus klausimus iškeliama jų integravimo į skirtingą kultūrinį kontekstą problema. Straipsnis apibendrinamas baigiamosiomis nuostatomis, kurios apibrėžia tolesnio Japonijos sodų meno diskurso lauką nuo vartotojo poreikių iki vientisos kraštovaizdžio sistemos eksporto galimybių, išreiškia autoriaus siekį atverti šia tema platesnį tyrimų ir diskusijų lauką.

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CONSIDERATIONS ON THE CURRENT STATE OF ART AND PRIORITIES IN THE STUDY OF THE CHIŞINĂU—CORLĂTENI CULTURE OF THE CARPATHIAN-DNIESTER AREA (the 12th—10th Centuries BC)

Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine ◽

10.37445/adiu.2018.02.35 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 458-468

Author(s):

O. G. Levitski ◽

L. V. Sîrbu

Keyword(s):

Final Part ◽

History Of Research ◽

Current State ◽

Local Variant ◽

Culture Bearers ◽

History Of ◽

State Of Art ◽

Hallstatt Period

The study gives a brief presentation of the history of research of grooved Hallstatt culture of the Carpathian-Dniester area represented by a local variant called Chişinău—Corlăteni, and the current state of art of knowledge of the main cultural. A special attention is paid to the achievements in studying of general issues of the Early Hallstatt period in the Carpathian-Dniester region. The final part of the study proposes more specified directions of research in the present domain taking in consideration the actual debated questions on Chişinău—Corlăteni culture, among which problems of genesis, evolution, and historical destiny of the culture bearers could be mentioned.

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The Scripture on Tiles: Dutch Tiles as an Example of the Biblical Culture of Everyday in the Republic

Werkwinkel ◽

10.1515/werk-2015-0012 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 67-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Piotr Oczko

Keyword(s):

Sixteenth Century ◽

Social Factors ◽

Social Background ◽

Cultural Tradition ◽

Cultural Phenomenon ◽

Dutch Revolt ◽

History Of ◽

The Republic ◽

The Given ◽

The City

Abstract The history of Dutch tiles started in the sixteenth century Antwerp in the workshops of the Italian potters who had settled in the city upon the Scheldt. Due to the political and social factors (i.e. huge wave of refugees during the Dutch Revolt), tile production was moved to the Northern Netherlands, where it was fully developed and the offer of the Republic’s tile works began to enjoy greatest fame and a huge commercial success all over Europe. The given article deals mostly with Dutch tiles representing the biblical scenes (bijbeltegels) and discusses their numerous contexts, such as confessional and social background, iconographical origin of their designs (engravings, illustrated Bibles, stencils), the taste and status of the potential buyers. Moreover, the artistic and cultural phenomenon of Dutch biblical tiles has been interpreted in terms of a much wider tradition, namely the ‘biblicisation’ of everyday life in the Dutch Republic and its interiors. Finally, the issue of Dutch tiles, being the symbols of the national cultural tradition, has been brought up.

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