scholarly journals Arqueología de un lugar de pasaje hacia el inframundo

Revista Trace ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grégory Pereira

Las investigaciones arqueológicas llevadas a cabo en Mesoamérica han puesto de manifiesto que la disposición de los vestigios relacionados con las actividades rituales (monumentos, ofrendas, etc.) estaba estrechamente determinada por la cosmología de las sociedades. En este artículo, el interés se centra más específicamente en la expresión material de la concepción de la muerte y la del inframundo a través del ejemplo del sitio epiclásico de Potrero de Guadalupe (Michoacán). Los trabajos de prospección geofísica y las excavaciones han revelado que el espacio funerario estaba dividido en tres sectores que parecen corresponder a diversas etapas del culto de los muertos. En este trabajo se intentará demostrar que es posible relacionar tanto la configuración de esos espacios como los elementos que los componen con ciertos elementos de la geografía sagrada del inframundo mesoamericano.Abstract: Archaeological research in Mesoamerica has shown that the spatial arrangement of remains linked to ritual activities (monuments, offerings, etc.) was deeply determined by the cosmology of those societies. This article deals specifically with the material manifestation of concepts such as that of death and the Underworld through the case study of the Epiclassic site of Potrero de Guadalupe (Michoacán). Geophysical prospection and excavations have revealed that the funeral space was divided into three sectors, which seem to correspond to the various phases of the cult of the dead. I will try to show that the layout of those spaces as well as the elements they comprise may be related to certain elements of the geography of the sacred of the Mesoamerican Underworld.Résumé : Les recherches archéologiques menées en Mésoamérique ont montré que la disposition des vestiges liés aux activités rituelles (monuments, offrandes, etc.) était étroitement déterminée par la cosmologie de ces sociétés. Dans cet article, nous nous intéresserons plus spécifiquement à l’expression matérielle des conceptions de la mort et de l’Inframonde à travers l’étude de cas du site épiclassique de Potrero de Guadalupe (Michoacan). Les travaux de prospection géophysique et de fouilles ont révélé que l’espace funéraire était divisé en trois secteurs qui semblent correspondre à diverses étapes du culte des morts. Nous tenterons de montrer que la configuration de ces espaces ainsi que les éléments qui les composent peuvent être mis en relation avec certains éléments de la géographie sacrée de l’Inframonde mésoaméricain.

2016 ◽  
Vol 167 (5) ◽  
pp. 294-301
Author(s):  
Leo Bont

Optimal layout of a forest road network The road network is the backbone of forest management. When creating or redesigning a forest road network, one important question is how to shape the layout, this means to fix the spatial arrangement and the dimensioning standard of the roads. We consider two kinds of layout problems. First, new forest road network in an area without any such development yet, and second, redesign of existing road network for actual requirements. For each problem situation, we will present a method that allows to detect automatically the optimal road and harvesting layout. The method aims to identify a road network that concurrently minimizes the harvesting cost, the road network cost (construction and maintenance) and the hauling cost over the entire life cycle. Ecological issues can be considered as well. The method will be presented and discussed with the help of two case studies. The main benefit of the application of optimization tools consists in an objective-based planning, which allows to check and compare different scenarios and objectives within a short time. The responses coming from the case study regions were highly positive: practitioners suggest to make those methods a standard practice and to further develop the prototype to a user-friendly expert software.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Firrean Firrean

Special Economic Zones (SEZ) is a region with certain limits within the jurisdiction of Indonesia which is set to perform economic functions and obtain certain facilities. One SEZ developed in North Sumatra Province and included in the National Strategic Area (KSN) Medan - Binjai - Deli Serdang - Karo is SEZ Sei Mangke. SEZ Sei Mangke is defined in PP 29 of 2012 on 27 February 2012 and is the first KEK in Indonesia which was inaugurated its operation by President Joko Widodo on January 27, 2015. KSN Mebidangro itself is an area of priority spatial arrangement because it has a very important influence nationally against state sovereignty, defense and state security, economic, social, cultural, and / or environment, including areas designated as world heritage. This research is an evaluative research intended to find out the end of a policy program in order to determine recommendation of last policy by using CIPO model which includes four stages: (1) context, (2) input, (3) process, and (4) output. The research method used is case study by applying qualitative research that aims to make an accurate interpretation of the characteristics of the object under study. Findings on the evaluation context indicate that the program is generally running well, but some aspects of synergy and policy optimization as well as financing support from central and local government need to be improved. In the input evaluation, and evaluation process some aspects need to be improved because the findings show the weakness of some aspects is the result of lack of synergy and optimization of policy and support from local government. Interesting from the evaluation of ouput is that with some weaknesses in the input and process components, it turns out the evaluation findings ouput show Seek Mangke SEZ development can still run well. The recommendation of this research is to improve the quality of policy synergy / program of SEZ Seek development by improving several aspects that are categorized in each stage of evaluation


Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 679
Author(s):  
Avi Bar-Massada

The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) is where human settlements border or intermingle with undeveloped land, often with multiple detrimental consequences. Therefore, mapping the WUI is required in order to identify areas-at-risk. There are two main WUI mapping methods, the point-based approach and the zonal approach. Both differ in data requirements and may produce considerably different maps, yet they were never compared before. My objective was to systematically compare the point-based and the zonal-based WUI maps of California, and to test the efficacy of a new database of building locations in the context of WUI mapping. I assessed the spatial accuracy of the building database, and then compared the spatial patterns of WUI maps by estimating the effect of multiple ancillary variables on the amount of agreement between maps. I found that the building database is highly accurate and is suitable for WUI mapping. The point-based approach estimated a consistently larger WUI area across California compared to the zonal approach. The spatial correspondence between maps was low-to-moderate, and was significantly affected by building numbers and by their spatial arrangement. The discrepancy between WUI maps suggests that they are not directly comparable within and across landscapes, and that each WUI map should serve a distinct practical purpose.


Tectonics ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1421-1431 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Ron ◽  
A. Nur ◽  
Y. Eyal

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-33
Author(s):  
Augustin Jomier

For many decades, scholars of gender and women’s history in the Middle East and North Africa have challenged prevailing visions of an unchanged patriarchy, showing how patriarchy was transformed in relation to colonialism, and how some women struggled against it. To the contrary, this article aims to challenge our understanding of women’s agency, taking Mzab as a case study. It explores the ways in which women of this Berber speaking region, inhabited by Ibadi Muslims and conquered by the French in 1882, contributed to the colonial reinforcement of male domination. Reading together works of ethnography, colonial administrative files, legal disputes, and Arabic-language newspapers, this article shows that, together with the colonial legal framework, other informal legal discourses and institutions shaped women’s condition. Down the road, forms of patriarchy and notions of gender shifted.


2017 ◽  
Vol 196 ◽  
pp. 585-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian W. Kembłowski ◽  
Beata Grzyl ◽  
Adam Kristowski ◽  
Agata Siemaszko

Antiquity ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (290) ◽  
pp. 825-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoë Crossland

The landscapes of the central highlands of Madagascar are inhabited by the spirits of the dead as well as by the living. The ancestors are a forceful presence in the everyday world, and the archaeology of the central highlands is intimately entwined with them. This is made manifest both in the on-the-ground experiences encountered during fieldwork, and in archaeological narratives, such as the one presented here. Tombs are a traditional focus of archaeological research, and those that dot the hills of the central highlands are part of a network of beliefs and practices which engage with the landscape as a whole and through which social identity is constructed and maintained. In the central highlands, and indeed elsewhere in Madagascar, there is an intimate relationship between peoples’ understandings of their social and physical location in the world and their understanding of their relationship to the dead.


Zograf ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Ivan Stevovic

Based on the results of the archaeological research of the oldest horizon of the katholikon of Zica Monastery, this paper brings the hypothesis that the initial model for its spatial arrangement was the main church of the Archbishopric of Kalocsa. Documented by the historical arguments that give the indirect validation, this hypothesis is considered from the perspective of cultural interactions which left a mark on the artistic creations of liminal geographical and historical zones of the Christian world during the twelfth and thirteenth century.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Amber Venter

<p><b>This research is an architectural enquiry into how the visibility of local government can mimic the performance of everyday political life. Using the conceptual framework of place and understanding of the collective community. The intention of this design proposal is to encourage the transparency of local authority through an architectural intervention in the city.</b></p> <p>The driver of this research is the reduced physical presence of civic practices, with particular regard to the congregating place of local government. A framework is developed as a precursor to develop an understanding of the traditional civic architype. The aim is to reimagine a contemporary civic architecture which is detached from the corporate functions of local government. Architecture supports the celebration of collective rituals of movement and meeting.</p> <p>An archetype investigation formalises a set design criteria by which the design case study is evaluated against. The background research comprises a critique of the spatial arrangement of the traditional town hall. An additional background task is consisted of a comparative inquiry into today’s local government accommodation.</p> <p>The site is located in Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland City. The site analysis criteria utilised by this thesis is grounded in the research of Jan Gehl and his understanding of architectures impact on peoples’ behaviour in cities.</p> <p>Finally the design case study is driven by dynamic circulation, which establishes a celebration of the formal and informal interactions between the participants of local government. Transparency and hierarchy are used to challenge the spatial and functional qualities of Auckland City Council. The result of the research will contribute to the inclusive understanding of the ordinary rituals of local government through architecture in the city.</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh Kumar ◽  
Dinesh Kumar ◽  
Dinesh Kumar

This paper attempts to deal with the identifying the service centers and calculation of the spatial arrangement with complementary area of service centres in Jaunpur district Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The study area is situated in Eastern Uttar Pradesh of the Middle Ganga Plain. The study is exclusively based on secondary data collected at block level from different offices. The centrality score has been calculated on the basis of three type of indices like functional centrality index, working population index and tertiary population index. There are 31 function or services selected judicially from five sectors (administrative, agricultural and financial, educational, health and transport and communication) to measure the centrality of service centre. The thissen polygon and berry breaking point method has been used for measure the complementary area. Total 88 service centres have been identified as first, second, third, fourth and fifth order service centre. The number of I, II, III, IV, and V order centres accounts for 43, 24, 16, 4, and 1 respectively.


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