scholarly journals Haunted by the ghost of the Beaker folk?

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Neil Carlin
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Genome Study ◽  
The Media ◽  
Ways Of Life

A recent Europe-wide study of ancient DNA (aDNA) has exploded some of the preconceptions regarding a long-standing archaeological problem, otherwise known as the Beaker phenomenon. The study's results seemed to indicate that large numbers of people had migrated from continental Europe into Britain around 2500 BCE. In the course of this migration, the newcomers brought their belongings, including Beaker pottery, with them and replaced the pre-existing population and their ways of life. Or at least, this was how the research was presented in the media, e.g., ‘Ancient-genome study finds Bronze Age ‘Beaker culture’ invaded Britain’ or ‘Did Dutch hordes kill off the early Britons who started Stonehenge?’. While the study's conclusions were actually more complex than the headlines suggested, its findings surprised many archaeologists; but had genetics actually solved the Beaker problem?

Using graphics editors as a means of developing students' creative abilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 384-393
Author(s):  
Olga Viktorovna Gavrilova
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Technology Program ◽  
Brain Functioning ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Prior Art ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Media

This article discusses a very well-known and frequently used technique for an implementation of a variety of artistic projects - a collage created by means of information technology. The article tells about using collage in higher education for teaching graphics, in particular, raster editors. Graphics editors such as Adobe Photoshop or GIMP are included in the Computer Science and Information Technology program. Students get the opportunity to create graphic images regardless of their prior art education. The introduction of the topic "Creating a collage by means of a raster editor" introduces a creative element into IT disciplines and develops the student's associative thinking at the level of brain functioning. As a rule, raster editors are used to edit an image, not to create it. Therefore, preparation for these classes encourages students to search for the necessary visual material on the Internet. In order to obtain more personal images, a deep study of photography techniques is required. It is also useful to study the history of photo and film collages, their texture and structure. The scope of the collage use is various. This is psychology, teaching foreign languages and, of course, fine arts. Advertising posters that we see in large numbers in the media and transport are also collages. The article traces the history of collage creation from ancient Egyptian history to modern advertising products. It is especially interesting to study the time when collage became a conscious technique. This is a great layer of avant-garde art.

scholarly journals Dating the Media: Participation, Voice, and Ritual Logic in the Disability Dating ShowThe Undateables

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 720-738
Author(s):  
Balázs Boross ◽  
Stijn Reijnders
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Media ◽  
Television Formats ◽  
Depth Interviews

Interventional television formats centering around the ritual transformation of “ordinary people” are not only followed by sizable audiences worldwide but also attract large numbers of aspiring candidates. Although the benefits and consequences of participating in such shows have long been debated within academia and beyond, research into actual experiences of participating in such television productions remains scarce. Based on in-depth interviews with participants of the disability dating show The Undateables, this article focuses on how contributors deal with their position in the production and how their experiences reflect the emancipatory claims of the program. By presenting the production process through the story and from the perspective of three participants, different modes of participation will be discussed, revealing how instances of submission, appropriation, and contestation of the production logic are linked to ideals of representation, notions about empowerment and voice, and to strategies of negotiating normalcy and difference.

Ancient DNA analysis of desiccated wheat grains excavated from a Bronze Age cemetery in Xinjiang

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunxiang Li ◽  
Diane L. Lister ◽  
Hongjie Li ◽  
Yue Xu ◽  
Yinqiu Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Wheat Grains ◽  
Ancient Dna Analysis

Travelling for an Idea

2019 ◽  
pp. 425-434
Author(s):  
Johusa Meservey
Keyword(s):  
Host Countries ◽  
The West ◽  
Somali Diaspora ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Foreign Fighters ◽  
Ways Of Life

This chapter considers Al-Shabaab's Western foreign fighters. Members of the Somali diaspora in the West were the major source of Al-Shabaab's Western foreign fighters. Previously, a considerable number of members of the diaspora joined or attempted to join Al-Shabaab (referred to as ‘travellers’), and while the group's attractiveness for potential travellers has waned, the risk remains that it could revive. The chapter suggests that alienation plays a role in radicalization, such that travellers' acceptance of Al-Shabaab's violently anti-Western rhetoric demonstrates they were not deeply assimilated into the mainstream values of their host countries. However, it was Al-Shabaab's ideology that primarily attracted travellers. Thus, governments must try to delegitimize Al-Shabaab's worldview while promoting the attractions of their own ways of life in order to ensure travellers will not again seek out Al-Shabaab in large numbers.

scholarly journals The Significance of Megalithic Monuments in the Process of Place Identity Creation and in Tourism Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 504-516
Author(s):  
Alicja Edyta Krzemińska ◽  
Anna Dzikowska ◽  
Anna Danuta Zaręba ◽  
Katarzyna Rozalia Jarosz ◽  
Krzysztof Widawski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Sacred Sites ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Identity Creation ◽  
Positive Elements ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Vital Element

Abstract All over the world and for thousands of years, megaliths have been significant cultural elements, as well as sacred sites and places of power. Nowadays megaliths act as a strong magnet for tourists, who appreciate their history, esoterica and magic. Some megaliths were used for astronomical observations, so vital to maintain the continuity of harvest and crop. Other megalithic constructions were erected for funerary purposes, and served as individual or collective burial chambers. Megalithic structures are usually referred to as belonging to the European Neolithic but it has to be stressed that some megalithic constructions date back to the Bronze Age, and some were also built on other continents. Megaliths are a vital element of landscape and for historical reasons they are a sui generis monument, commemorating prehistorical cultures. At the same time, along with the remaining elements of the natural and cultural environment, they create a unique image of place identity, attracting large numbers of tourists. Interestingly, despite the strong attraction exercised by megaliths, there are still many places where tourism does not develop as rapidly as might be assumed. For the above-mentioned reasons, a comparative analysis of several megalithic sites has been conducted in Poland, Sweden, Portugal and Denmark. The following elements have been analysed: the megaliths immediate surroundings, the existing and planned or under-construction tourist and communication infrastructure, as well as architectural and spatial technical solutions and development. Also the key negative and positive elements have been defined which influence the tourist potential of the places in question, and constitute the tourism attractiveness factors of a region.

Fear and loathing in the community: sexual offenders and desistance in a climate of risk and ‘extreme othering’

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacky Burrows
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
The Public ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Master Status ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Mainstream Society

This chapter focuses attention on sex offenders who, perhaps more than any other 'type' of offender, have been systematically vilified, demonised, and ostracised from mainstream society. The author argues that, for once, the public, the media, the government, and – worryingly – large numbers of professionals seem to be in agreement that such 'othering' is entirely right and proper in what are seen to be the larger interests of public protection. The author explores the implications of this deeply entrenched culture for ‘would-be desisters’ and suggests ways forward that offer individuals opportunities to uncouple from the ‘master status’ of sex offender and to build positive social networks.

scholarly journals Genome‐wide SNP typing of ancient DNA: Determination of hair and eye color of Bronze Age humans from their skeletal remains

2020 ◽  
Vol 172 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Schmidt ◽  
Katharina Schücker ◽  
Ina Krause ◽  
Thilo Dörk ◽  
Michael Klintschar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Skeletal Remains ◽  
Eye Color ◽  
Snp Typing ◽  
Genome Wide

Social memory and battle names: Exploring links between travel, memory and the media

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Winter
Keyword(s):  
Social Memory ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Great War ◽  
Past Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Great War

The profile of five battles fought by Australians in the Great War (1914–1918) was traced over the past century using the frequency by which they were cited in the popular media. The pattern of these frequencies appeared to remain much the same from 1915 until the 1990s with battles involving very large numbers of casualties at Pozières and Passchendaele having a higher media frequency than smaller battles at Fromelles and Villers-Bretonneux. Gallipoli's status as Australia's best known battlefield has been consistent from 1915 until the present day. Over the past decade however, the media frequencies suggest that there has been a re-prioritization in the importance of these five battles. The discovery of lost graves at Fromelles and the introduction of a Dawn Service at Villers-Bretonneux has elevated the importance of these two sites, with the result that tourist visitation to them has also increased.

Preservation of ancient DNA in human bones from the eneolithic and Bronze Age kurgan cemeteres in Yampil region, Ukraine

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-63
Author(s):  
Maciej Chyleński ◽  
Anna Juras ◽  
Danuta Żurkiewicz ◽  
Michał Jankowski ◽  
Piotr Włodarczak
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Dna Molecules ◽  
Genetic Analyses ◽  
Human Dna ◽  
Human Bones ◽  
Southern Ukraine

Abstract Ancient DNA was analyzed in altogether 28 Late Eneolithic and Bronze Age human skeletons form 4 sites in southern Ukraine. More than 0,3% of human DNA was preserved only in 13 skeletons. The results of our analyses provide evidence that recovery of DNA molecules suitable for genetic analyses is more dependent on the specificity of the archaeological site and is not strongly correlated with particular environmental factors.

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