The Aftershock Sequence of the 2011 Mineral, Virginia, Earthquake: Temporal and Spatial Distribution, Focal Mechanisms, Regional Stress, and the Role of Coulomb Stress Transfer

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (5) ◽  
pp. 2521-2537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qimin Wu ◽  
M. C. Chapman ◽  
J. N. Beale
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Stress Transfer ◽  
Aftershock Sequence ◽  
Focal Mechanisms ◽  
Coulomb Stress ◽  
Temporal And Spatial Distribution ◽  
Regional Stress ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Virginia Earthquake

Cattle Cultures in Ancient Nubia

2021 ◽  
pp. 907-926
Author(s):  
Jérôme Dubosson
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
The Other ◽  
East African ◽  
Temporal And Spatial Distribution ◽  
Funerary Rituals ◽  
Animal Remains ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
The One

This chapter presents an overview of archaeological findings testifying to the ritual and cultural role of cattle in Nubian pre- and protohistoric societies. On the one hand, these consist of animal remains found in various cemeteries along the Nile, such as cattle skulls or horns, which were placed inside graves or next to them on the surface. On the other hand, these consist of painted and engraved figures of cattle in Nubian rock art, discovered mainly from the First to Fourth Cataracts and showing animals with deliberately shaped horns, marked or decorated hides as well as pendants hanging from the neck. The temporal and spatial distribution of these findings suggest a millennial continuity of practices and possibly common ideas in connection with cattle among Nubian cultures. Anthropological data from contemporary East African pastoral societies, which share similarities in funerary rituals and in attitude towards cattle with these past cultures are presented, in order to widen the interpretative horizon.

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