The BaKxatlaBaxa Kxafêla. Preliminary Report of Field Investigations

Africa ◽  
1933 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 402-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Schapera
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Main Body ◽  
The South ◽  
Field Investigations

The BaKxatla baxaKxafêla belong to the Sotho cluster of Southern Bantu peoples. They lived originally in the Rustenberg district of the Transvaal, where many of them are still found; but in 1869 the main body of the tribe, owing to trouble with the local Dutch authorities, crossed the border into what is now Bechuanaland Protectorate. Here they are now settled in a proclaimed reserve approximately 3,600 sq. miles in extent. Much of their land, however, is arid, poorly watered, and of little practical value. Their population inside the Reserve may be estimated at about 12,000 souls. Two-thirds of them live in the large central town of Mochudi. The rest are distributed over nearly a dozen much smaller villages to the south and west, at distances of six to thirty miles from Mochudi.

scholarly journals Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900. Preliminary report of the expedition to the south limit of totality to obtain photographs of the flash spectrum in high solar latitudes

1901 ◽  
Vol 67 (435-441) ◽  
pp. 370-385 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
The South ◽  
Astronomical Society ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
The Government ◽  
Flash Spectrum ◽  
Government Grant

This expedition was one of those organised by the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society, funds being provided from a grant made by the Government Grant Committee. The following were the principal objects which I had in view in arranging the expedition:— To obtain a long series of photographs of the chromosphere and flash spectrum, including regions of the sun’s surface in mid-latitudes, and near one of the poles.

The Date of the Mosaics of the Rotunda at Thessaloniki

1970 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 183-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Vickers
Keyword(s):  
Eighth Century ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Main Body ◽  
The South ◽  
East And West ◽  
The City ◽  
The Church

In a recent important article on the mosaics of the basilica of St. Demetrius at Thessaloniki, R. S. Cormack proposes a list of churches in the city with mosaics ‘for which a late fifth century date must be considered.’ The list comprises the Acheiropoietos basilica, the first phase of the basilica of St. Demetrius, and Hosios David. The purpose of this article is to show that the mosaics of the second phase of the Rotunda (now known as the church of St. George) should be included in Cormack's list.The first thing to note about the Rotunda mosaics is that there has been less than unanimity concerning the date of their construction. Volbach, Lazarev and Cormack, amongst others, follow Dyggve and Torp in dating the mosaics to c. 400 or slightly earlier; Diehl and Dalton dated them to the fifth century, Weigand to the sixth and Holtzinger to the seventh or eighth century, all on largely stylistic grounds. What are obviously needed are some objective dating criteria, and these are to be found, not so much in the mosaics themselves, but rather in the building fabric and the furniture of the converted Rotunda. The conversion of the Rotunda, incidentally, consisted of the blocking of an opaion in the cupola and the addition of an ambulatory, a monumental entrance to the south, an apse to the east (Plate XXIII) and various subsidiary buildings to east and west. The mosaics were placed in the cupola and in the niches which connected the main body of the Rotunda with the ambulatory.

Coins of the Lower Danube Region in a Hoard of the Late 14th Century — a Source for the Initial History of Moldovan Statehood (Preliminary Report)

2021 ◽  
pp. 139-145
Author(s):  
Pavel Petrov ◽  
◽  
Nicolai Russev ◽  
Vladimir Isaev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
The South ◽  
14Th Century ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
History Of ◽  
Preliminary Communication ◽  
Danube Region ◽  
The Republic

The scientific literature has been enriched with new very interesting information about the hoards of the late 14th century found in the Republic of Moldova. The purpose of this preliminary communication is to offer for scientific discussion several types of Juchid coins found in a large treasure hoard in the south of Moldova. One type of coins is dirhams of Kilia 770/1368—1369, the second type is dirhams without indication of a mint and anonymous, with the year 1371. The article contains photos of coins, their catalog description, as well as classification. In addition, the authors offer a brief historical reference and a retrospective of the finds of treasures from the end of the 14th century on the territory of Moldova and in neighboring lands.

Euesperides (Benghazi): Preliminary report on the Spring 2002 season

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 85-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Wilson ◽  
Paul Bennett ◽  
Ahmed Buzaian ◽  
Ted Buttrey ◽  
Kristian Göransson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
The South ◽  
City Wall ◽  
Transport Amphorae ◽  
The City ◽  
Courtyard House

AbstractThe fourth season of the current project at Euesperides (Benghazi) took place in Spring 2002. Excavations continued in Areas P, Q and R, accompanied by limited augering work to determine the limits of surviving archaeology to the south of the Sidi Abeid mound. Excavations in Area P revealed part of a courtyard house from the penultimate phase of the site, with a probableandronandgunaikon. Its destruction is dated to after 261 BC. In Area Q work concentrated on the dismantling of street deposits and associated flanking houses from the later phases of the city's life; a soakaway drainage feature under the street was also investigated. The sequence of city wall circuits and their post-abandonment robbing was clarified. In Area R excavations established the structure of the mound of deposits deriving from the production of purple dye fromMurex trunculusshellfish, and its relationship to the robbed-out walls of the courtyard building within which this activity occurred. The processing of ceramic finds underlines the active trading contacts enjoyed by Euesperides, with most of the fine pottery and a fifth of the coarse pottery being imported from overseas, and transport amphorae ranging in origin from the Straits of Gibraltar to the northern Aegean. The coin finds confirm that the city was abandoned after the death of Magas (258/250 BC); and it appears that the Herakles types, common at the site, were minted there under Thibron (323–322/322 BC).

scholarly journals V. Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thomson, F. R. S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on crustacea observed during the cruise of H. M. S. 'Challenger' in the Southern Sea

1876 ◽  
Vol 24 (164-170) ◽  
pp. 585-592
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
The South ◽  
Short Account ◽  
Prince Edward Islands ◽  
Scientific Staff ◽  
Large Island ◽  
The Antarctic

In the following paper it is intended to give a short account of the Crustacea found at the bottom as well as on the surface of the sea during the antarctic cruise of H. M. S. ‘Challenger.’ Our expedition, as is probably well-known to most readers, left the Cape on Decem­ber 17, proceeded towards the Prince-Edward Islands, and landed on one of them. Between these islands and the Crozets, on which landing was impossible, we had several successful deep-sea dredgings. From the Crozets we sailed to Kerguelen, where we stayed nearly a month, and where a great deal of shallow-water dredging was done. Proceeding from this large island to the south, we penetrated beyond the antarctic circle, and had four successful deep-sea dredgings near the ice-barrier. On our way to Australia we were able to trawl five times. The surface animals were generally collected by the towing-net at every station by lowering the net to a depth of 50-100 fathoms, where, as experience has shown us, nearly the same quantity of animals are found during the day which at night are to be got from the very surface. In fine nights, when the ship»was gliding very slowly through the water, the net was of course always put out, and its contents were carefully preserved; but during our antarctic cruise such nights were rare, so that in most cases we had to lower the net in the daytime, during the manipulations of dredging and sounding.

scholarly journals Total solar eclipse, 1905, August 29-30. Preliminary report of the observations made at Guelma, Algeria

1906 ◽  
Vol 77 (514) ◽  
pp. 56-76
Keyword(s):  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Total Solar Eclipse ◽  
The South ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
The North ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Grant

The expedition to which this report refers was one of those organised by the Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society; it was supported by a grant made by the Government Grant Committee. Guelma was chosen for the site of the observations, as being an inland station between Sfax, which was selected for an expedition from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and Philippeville, which it was at first expected Sir Norman Lockyer would occupy. Guelma is 58 kilometres from Bona, 65 kilometres from Philippeville, 55 kilometres from the nearest coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it lies at a height of about 1200 feet above sea-level on the south side of the Valley of the Seybouze, amongst hills which range in height from about 3100 feet at 13 kilometres to the north, to about 4700 feet at 11 kilometres on the south, where lies the celebrated mountain, Mahouna, “the sleeping lady,” so called from the resemblance of its silhouette to the form of a woman. (For the position of the observing hut, see p. 59.)

Percy Sladen Memorial Fund Excavations. Grimes' Graves, Norfolk, 1924

1924 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Leslie Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Long Bones ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Southern Slope ◽  
The South ◽  
Deer Antler ◽  
South Side ◽  
Memorial Fund

The excavations described in the Preliminary Report were, through the generosity of the Trustees of the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund, and with the co-operation of Dr. R. V. Favell, resumed in 1924 and further efforts made to discover evidence of the earliest mining activities at Grimes' Graves. Summarised briefly the work of 1923 had already established the following facts:—(1) The existence on the southern slope of the valley, north of the Graves, of primitive flint mines roughly circular in shape and sunk to the Floor-stone, at that point 12 feet 6 inches deep.(2) That the two pits examined were devoid of galleries, the shafts being belled out at the base to obtain as much flint as possible.(3) That Hand Picks of a form not hitherto recognised and formed of the long bones of animals, had been used for excavation purposes assisted by wedges and choppers of flint.(4) That Deer-antler picks, or fragments of deer antler were entirely absent.(5) That access had been gained to the pits by rude staircases cut in the shaft walls.(6) The nature of the valley deposits was established by a series of sections and the almost complete erosion there of the Floor-stone, by glacial agencies, proved.(7) The limits within which Floor-stone exists in situ on the south side of the valley was defined and an outcrop of contorted Floor-stone discovered.

scholarly journals Glaciological observations in the south-western Scoresby Sund region. A preliminary report

1973 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
O.B Olesen ◽  
N Reeh
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
The South ◽  
East Greenland ◽  
Fjord System ◽  
Ice Production ◽  
Rate Of Movement

The glaciological work on the 1972 geological expedition to Scoresby Sund, East Greenland, was an expansion of the observations made on the expedition in 1968 (see Olesen & Reeh, 1969). In 1968 observations on rate of movement and estimations of the calve-ice production in the northern parts of the Seoresby Sund fjord complex were carried out. A natural continuation of this study was to observe the remainder of the major glaciers, draining the lnland lce into the southern parts of the same fjord system.

scholarly journals A plutonic diorite complex in the north of the Fiskenæsset region

1976 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 72-80
Author(s):  
W.R Fitches
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Main Body ◽  
The South ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
South West ◽  
West Part ◽  
Preliminary Account ◽  
East End

A thick diorite-monzodiorite sheet over 2 km in length and up to 600 m in width (fig. 35) is exposed at 50°25'E and 63°55'N, about 7 km south of Qeqertaussaq by Kangerdluarssûngûp taserssua. Several diorite dykes, some over 10 m in thickness, tie parallel to the main body and up to 300 m from it. The north-east end of the body is covered by superficial deposits whilst the south-west part has not yet been mapped out. This is therefore a preliminary account, including petrography, fie1d relations and some geochemistry, and more information will become available during subsequent field seasons.

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