scholarly journals «Глыба, нависающая над водой»: виртуальная реконструкция первоначального положения плиты с петроглифами из коллекции Национального музея Республики Карелия на мысе Пери Нос III по архивным данным

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
D. Blyshko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
3D Modeling ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Initial Position ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Archival Studies ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Virtual Modeling ◽  
First Time

The article reconstructs the initial position of the rock slab with carvings from the collection of The National Museum of the Republic of Karelia on the Peri Nos III cape. The reconstruction is based on an interdisciplinary approach. It combines archival studies, archaeological explorations, analyses of museum collections and 3D modeling. The author for the first time introduces some previously unpublished materials from G. Hallström’s and F. M. Morosov’s archives. The feasibility of reconstruction is verified using virtual modeling technologies including photogrammetry, sculpting, projection of archival photographs on a 3D model. The analysis of information contained in biographical literature allows to conclude that the rock slab was extracted and moved away in 1935. It is concluded that the initial position of the rock slab was atypical for the Onega petroglyphs. At the time the petroglyphs were being carved on the surface of the slab it had already been separated from the bedrock. The author assumes that new petroglyphs can probably be found in the future on similar rock slabs.

scholarly journals A first comprehensive inventory of Ascalaphidae, Palparidae, and Myrmeleontidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) of Northeastern Nigeria with description of two new species and an overview of genus Bankisus Navás

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 51-77
Author(s):  
André Prost ◽  
Alexi Popov
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
New Records ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Large Collection ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Plateau State ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
First Time

Investigation of a large collection of Neuroptera from Northeastern Nigeria stored untouched in alcohol for four decades in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, provided the opportunity to examine unpublished specimens and conduct a thorough review of published literature, establishing the first comprehensive inventory of Ascalaphidae, Palparidae, and Myrmeleontidae of Northeastern Nigeria to date. Specimens had been collected between 1976 and 1978 in Northeastern Nigeria, mostly in Jos City and Plateau State. Five species of Ascalaphidae, four of Palparidae, and 26 of Myrmeleontidae were identified. Bankisus beroni sp. n. and Creoleon nigrithorax sp. n. are described. Gymnoleon gaillardi is not considered a synonym of Gymnoleon exilis and a new synonymy is established: Gymnoleon externus (Navás, 1911) (= Gymnoleon gaillardi Navás, 1912, syn. n.). An examination of unpublished specimens in museum collections and an exhaustive literature review were conducted in order to draw up a comprehensive inventory of the fauna of Northeastern Nigeria, which to date comprises 11 species of Ascalaphidae, 12 species of Palparidae, and 34 species of Myrmeleontidae, of which one species of Ascalaphidae, two species of Palparidae, and 16 species of Myrmeleontidae, as well as the genera Brevibarbis, Bankisus, and Capicua, had not been reported to occur in Nigeria. The chorological information on the genus Bankisus is reviewed, the ranges of the species are critically discussed and corrected, and all known localities are indicated on a map. Bankisus oculatus is reported for the first time from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first recording of Centroclisis lineatipennis in West Africa is reported. Palpares cataractae and Palpares radiatus are deleted from the list of Nigerian fauna. With these new records, the known ranges of eight species are extended by more than 1400 km. In the process of assessing the geographical distribution of species present in Northeastern Nigeria, six species, as well as the genera Myrmecaelurus and Cueta and the tribe Nesoleontini, are reported for the first time from Burkina Faso.

scholarly journals Collection of the Buddhist sculptures of Mongolia of the National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia

2021 ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
С.Б. Бардалеева
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Methods ◽  
Scientific Conference ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Buddhist Art ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time ◽  
Late Works ◽  
350Th Anniversary

В статье впервые рассматривается собранная Национальным музеем Республики Бурятия коллекция буддийской скульптуры Монголии, связанной с именем Г. Дзанабадзара (1635–1723), основоположника монгольской школы в буддийском искусстве. В ходе изучения коллекции использовалась визуальная и сравнительная методика, а также знакомство с авторскими работами Мастера в музеях Монголии. В результате были выявлены три группы буддийских скульптур с характерными особенностями этой школы: цельное толстостенное литье, блестящая позолота, комбинированное золочение, особая техника освящения скульптур. Ярким украшением коллекции является авторская работа самого Дзанабадзара — скульптура Будды долголетия Амитаюса. Кроме того, около тридцати скульптур XVIII–XIX вв. представляют его школу. Третья группа скульптур состоит из поздних работ монгольских мастеров в виде реплик и подражаний. О коллекции монгольской скульптуры музея упоминалось в сообщении автора статьи на научной конференции в Монголии, посвященной 370-летию Дзанабадзара. Целью данной статьи является возможность ознакомить читателей с «эталонными» работами Великого Дзанабадзара и его школы, создавших базу для творчества следующих поколений художников. The collection of the Buddhist sculpture of Mongolia, which is related to the founder of the Mongolian school in the Buddhist art G. Zanabazar (1635–1723), is observed for the first time at this article. The process of research of the collection involved visual and comparative methods as well as conversance with the master’s works in museums of Mongolia. As a result, three groups of the Buddhist sculptures with special features of the school were fetched out: one-piece and heavy-walled casting, lucent gilding, special technic of sculpture consecrating. The collection cherry on top is Zanabazar’s own work — a sculpture of Buddha of longevity Amitayus. Furthermore, about thirty sculptures of 18th – 19th centuries represent his school. The third group of the sculptures consists of late works of Mongolian masters by way of replica and imitating. This collection of the Mongolian sculptures of the museum was mentioned by the article author at scientific conference in Mongolia dedicated to the 350th anniversary of Zanabazar’s birth. The article aim is to introduce to the readers the “reference” works of the great Zanabazar and his school, which prepared a basis for creation for the next generation of artists.

scholarly journals The braincase of Bissektipelta archibaldi — new insights into endocranial osteology, vasculature, and paleoneurobiology of ankylosaurian dinosaurs

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Kuzmin ◽  
Ivan Petrov ◽  
Alexander Averianov ◽  
Elizaveta Boitsova ◽  
Pavel Skutschas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Temperature Control ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
3D Modeling ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Rare Condition ◽  
Physiological Mechanisms ◽  
Valid Taxon ◽  
First Time

We describe in detail three braincases of the ankylosaur Bissektipelta archibaldi from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Uzbekistan with the aid of computed tomography, segmentation, and 3D modeling. Bissektipelta archibaldi is confirmed as a valid taxon and attributed to Ankylosaurinae based on the results of a phylogenetic analysis. The topographic relationships between the elements forming the braincase are determined using a newly referred specimen with preserved sutures, which is an exceedingly rare condition for ankylosaurs. The mesethmoid appears to be a separate ossification in the newly referred specimen ZIN PH 281/16. We revise and discuss features of the neurocranial osteology in Ankylosauria and propose new diagnostic characters for a number of its subclades. We present a 3D model of the braincase vasculature of Bissektipelta and comment on vascular patterns of armored dinosaurs. A complex vascular network piercing the skull roof and the wall of the braincase is reported for ankylosaurs for the first time. We imply the presence of a lepidosaur-like dorsal head vein and the venous parietal sinus in the adductor cavity of Bissektipelta. We suggest that the presence of the dorsal head vein in dinosaurs is a plesiomorphic diapsid trait, and extant archosaur groups independently lost the vessel. A study of two complete endocranial casts of Bissektipelta allowed us to compare endocranial anatomy within Ankylosauria and infer an extremely developed sense of smell, a keen sense of hearing at lower frequencies (100–3000 Hz), and the presence of physiological mechanisms for precise temperature control of neurosensory tissues at least in derived ankylosaurids.

scholarly journals NEW STONE RELIEFS-ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS OF THE 14th – 18th CENTURIES FROM KUBACHI WITH ORNAMENT AND ARABIC INSCRIPTIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-329
Author(s):  
Misrikhan M. Mammaev
Keyword(s):  
Steep Slope ◽  
The State ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Medieval Art ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Religious Buildings ◽  
Satisfactory Condition ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Village

The paper describes stone reliefs of the architectural decor of the 14th – 18th centuries with floral ornaments and Arabic inscriptions, discovered by the author in different years of the 20th – 21st centuries in the villages of Kubachi and Shiri, which are currently stored in museum collections. This paper is a continuation of a previous study of the stone reliefs from the village of Kubachi. The author provides the description of 20 reliefs, of which one (№ 12) is stored in the State Hermitage, seven others (№ 13–18, 20) – in the National Museum of the Republic of Dagestan (NMRD); eleven reliefs (№ 1–11) were revealed by us in Kubachi, and one relief (№19) – in the village of Shiri. The Kubachi reliefs are inserted in the structure of various residential or cult buildings (mosques) of the upper, middle and lower livings districts of the village. The reliefs had been obtained from the ruins of old buildings and installed into walls of new ones during their construction for decorative purpose. The integrity of the reliefs varies: some remained in a satisfactory condition, some have defects (break-offs, splits, etc.), others are incomplete, i.e. in fragments. Most of the reliefs considered in the article were drawn with estampage prints, which were then transferred to A1 paper sheets with the use of ink. The restoration of the broken-off details of the decoration of the reliefs № 7 and 16 was carried out by us. The Arabic inscriptions of some reliefs (№ 13–14), which are kept in the National Museum of the Republic of Dagestan, have not been translated into Russian due to the difficulty of reading or poor integrity. Many reliefs of the 14th – 18th centuries with floral ornaments and Arabic inscriptions, found in the masonry of the walls of some residential and religious buildings, especially the quarter mosque in the lowest part of Kubachi, are still not included in the article. The location of the reliefs in the upper parts (third floor) of buildings erected on a very steep slope makes it impossible to photograph them properly. The dating of some reliefs (№ 1–4, etc.) is preliminary. It can be further clarified on the basis of analogies after the publication of unpublished reliefs preserved in the village of Kubachi and those stored in museums – the State Hermitage and NMRD. Accurate dating of medieval art monuments in Kubachi without dates is one of the challenges in studying them. Description of the reliefs revealed in Kubachi is given in the order of recording them at different times and in different districts of the old part of the village.

scholarly journals Materials from the Vicinity of Lake Lop Nor in the Funds of the Central National Museum of Korea and Their Understanding in the Context of Contemporary Archaeological Studies in Xinjiang

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 69-86
Author(s):  
V. I. Molodin ◽  
S. A. Komissarov ◽  
A. L. Nesterkina
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Burial Ground ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Ceramic Vessels ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Human Faces ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lop Nor ◽  
The Bronze Age

Purpose. The article introduces and analyzes in detail the materials of the Bronze Age from the vicinity of Lake Lop Nor (Xinjiang, China), which are stored in the funds of the National Museum of Korea. The artifacts were obtained by the expedition to Xinjiang under the general guidance of the Japanese explorer and religious public figure, count Otani Kodzui. They are part of a special section of the famous “Otani Collection”. The Korean segment of this collection was completely described in the Republic of Korea in 2016, and now its analysis is presented in Russian for the first time. The materials of the Bronze Age constitute the most archaic part of the Xinjiang collection. This group includes 12 items: 4 woven baskets, 3 wooden masks with carvings of human faces, 2 ritual staves, 2 felt hats and one boot from a pair of leather footwear. Results. Analysis of the artifacts demonstrates analogies with the eponymous and most famous site of Xiaohe culture on the territory of Xinjiang – the Xiaohe burial ground at Lake Lop Nor. However, there were other complexes like Xiaohe which existed in ancient Xinjiang (for example, Beifang burial ground on the Keriya River). The authors note that the ornamental composition on the surface of woven baskets demonstrates similarity to the decor of the Andronovo culture’s ceramic vessels, and the iconography of wooden carvings of human faces is close to the images on the steles and plates of the Okunevo culture of Southern Siberia. Separate objects similar to both Andronovo and Okunevo cultures are also known to have been found on other sites of Xinjiang. Conclusion. The closest analogy to the described items from the funds of the National Museum of Korea is the Xiaohe culture materials. The question about the exact location of the site where the items of Xinjiang collection in Korea come from is still open. It requires additional research.

scholarly journals Distribution of Onthophagus vacca and O. medius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) in Romania

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Andreea-Cătălina Drăghici ◽  
Adrian Ruicănescu ◽  
Gabriela Cuzepan-Bebeșelea ◽  
Cornelia Chimișliu ◽  
Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Elevation Data ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
First Time

Morphological and molecular data indicate that two valid species exist in Europe within the O. vacca group of species, O. vacca (Linnaeus, 1767) and O. medius (Kugelann, 1792) (Roy et al., 2015). This is supported also by the fact that they are widely sympatric (Rössner et. al., 2010). The research of Rössner et. al. (2010) mentions for the first time the species O. medius for Romania. The aim of our study is to check specimens from major museum collections and some personal collections from the country and to assign them to O. medius or O. vacca.We have examined 417 specimens belonging to the following collections: National Museum of Natural History ''Grigore Antipa'' Bucharest, Brukenthal National Museum- Natural History Museum Department from Sibiu and the personal collections of authors. We have extracted elevation data for each specimen and we have created distribution maps.The biogeographic distribution for Romania shows the ranges of O. vacca and O. medius overlap and they are found in all the country's bioregions. Our study shows a high ecological plasticity in both species. Our data apparently indicate a preference for altitudes below 500 meters, possibly influenced by non-random sampling.

scholarly journals Longhorn beetles in the entomological collections of the Republic of Moldova (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 43-72
Author(s):  
Svetlana Bacal ◽  
Daniela Burduja ◽  
Galina Buşmachiu ◽  
Cristina Cebotari ◽  
Ottó Merkl
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
The State ◽  
Capital City ◽  
National Museum ◽  
State University ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Longhorn Beetles ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time

The first inventory of Cerambycidae species kept in the collections of the Republic of Moldova is presented. A total of 121 species belonging to 60 genera and 6 subfamilies is listed, of them 5 are cited for the first time in the country. The specimens were collected between 1912 and 2019 and are kept in four entomological collections in the capital city Chişinau: the Museum of Entomology, the Institute of Zoology, the Museum of the Institute of Genetics, Physiology and Plant Protection, the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History and the Museum of the State University of Moldova. The list of Cerambycidae species known to occur in Moldova has been expanded to 148 species.

The Sayan borderlands: Tuva’s ethnocultural landscapes in changing natural and sociocultural environments

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
D. A. Dirin ◽  
Paul Fryer
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
Population Migrations ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Sociocultural Processes ◽  
First Time

The paper is devoted to ethno-cultural landscapes of the Republic of Tuva. Ethnocultural landscapes (ECLs) are specific socio-environmental systems that developed as a result of the interaction of ethnic groups with their natural and social environments and are in a constant process of transformation. An attempt is made to identify the mechanisms of the formation, functioning and dynamics of ethnocultural landscapes in the specific conditions of the intracontinental cross-border mountain region, as well as to establish the main factors-catalysts of their modern changes. For the first time an attempt is made to delimit and map the ethnocultural landscapes of Tuva. For this, literary sources, statistical data and thematic maps of different times are analyzed using geoinformation methods. The results of 2014-2018 field studies are also used, during which interviews with representatives of different ethno-territorial, gender, age and social groups were taken. It is revealed that the key factors of Tuva’s ethnocultural landscape genesis are the natural isolation of its territory; the features of its landscape structure; the role of government; population migrations from other regions and the cultural diffusion provoked by them. 13 ethnocultural landscapes are identified at the regional level. Their modern transformation is determined by the shift of climatic cycles, aridisation, globalisation of sociocultural processes, changes in economic specialisation and ethnopsychological stereotypes.

The Legal Status of Local Government in South Africa under the New Constitutional Dispensation

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mbuzeni Mathenjwa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time

The history of local government in South Africa dates back to a time during the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. With regard to the status of local government, the Union of South Africa Act placed local government under the jurisdiction of the provinces. The status of local government was not changed by the formation of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 because local government was placed under the further jurisdiction of the provinces. Local government was enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa arguably for the first time in 1993. Under the interim Constitution local government was rendered autonomous and empowered to regulate its affairs. Local government was further enshrined in the final Constitution of 1996, which commenced on 4 February 1997. The Constitution refers to local government together with the national and provincial governments as spheres of government which are distinctive, interdependent and interrelated. This article discusses the autonomy of local government under the 1996 Constitution. This it does by analysing case law on the evolution of the status of local government. The discussion on the powers and functions of local government explains the scheme by which government powers are allocated, where the 1996 Constitution distributes powers to the different spheres of government. Finally, a conclusion is drawn on the legal status of local government within the new constitutional dispensation.

The revision of lichens, lichenicolous and non-lichenized fungi from the Vodlozersky National Park (Republic of Karelia, Russia) in the Herbarium of the Botanical Museum, University of Helsinki

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-348
Author(s):  
V. N. Tarasova ◽  
T. Ahti ◽  
O. Vitikainen ◽  
A. V. Sonina ◽  
L. Myllys
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Lichenized Fungi ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Lichenicolous Fungi ◽  
Biogeographic Province ◽  
Botanical Museum ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lichen Flora

This is a report of a revision of 565 herbarium specimens of lichens, lichenicolous or non-lichenized fungi and additional locality records of common species produced from a visit of the Russian-Finnish expedition to Vodlozersky National Park right after its foundation in 1991. The analyzed collection and field records represent the earliest information about the lichen flora of the territory of the park. In total, 177 species are listed including 173 lichens, 3 non-lichenized and 1 lichenicolous fungi. Xylographa rubescens is new to the Republic of Karelia. Twenty two species are reported for the first time for biogeographic province Karelia transonegensis; 47 species for the Karelian part of Vodlozersky National Park; and 17 species for the whole territory of the park.

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