The Potential for Within-Site Variation of Faunal Remains: A Case Study from the Islamic Period Urban Center of Tell Tuneinir, Syria

2000 ◽  
Vol 320 ◽  
pp. 23-48
Author(s):  
Michelle A. Loyet
Keyword(s):  
Urban Center ◽  
Faunal Remains ◽  
Islamic Period ◽  
Site Variation

Irrigation in the Medieval Islamic Fayyum: Local Control in a Large-Scale Hydraulic System

2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yossef Rapoport ◽  
Ido Shahar
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Local Control ◽  
Water Allocation ◽  
Hydraulic System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Unique Case ◽  
Islamic Period ◽  
Distinctive Aspect

Abstract Because of the unique set of sources available, the Fayyum in Middle Egypt offers a unique case study of large-scale irrigation from antiquity to the Islamic period. A close reading of a cadastral survey of the province from 641/1243-4 shows that the distinctive aspect of the Islamic period was the local control of water supply and management. Drawing on the engineering experience of the villagers, water allocation and management in the gravity-fed canals of the Fayyum were in the hands of iqṭāʿ holders and tribal groups along the main canals, a pattern similar to that which pertained in mediaeval al-Andalus.

scholarly journals Development of a wellness trust to improve population health: Case-study of a United States urban center

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 292-298
Author(s):  
Diana Romero ◽  
Sandra E. Echeverria ◽  
Madeline Duffy ◽  
Lynn Roberts ◽  
Alexis Pozen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
Improve Population Health

scholarly journals Houses and Daily Life in Islamic Portugal (12th–13th Century): Mértola in the Context of Gharb

Arts ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Santiago Macias
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
Islamic Period ◽  
Southern Portugal

This is an overview of the houses in southern Portugal, at the final stages of the Islamic period, using Mértola as the case study. Recent archaeological works, performed in different places, give us information on the houses’ organization, as well on the daily life of the population. Alimentary habits have been disclosed through a series of analyses.

Ion-Doping-Site-Variation-Induced Composite Cathode Adjustment: A Case Study of Layer–Tunnel Na0.6MnO2 with Mg2+ Doping at Na/Mn Site

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (30) ◽  
pp. 26938-26945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Qu ◽  
Dong Wang ◽  
Zu-guang Yang ◽  
Zhen-guo Wu ◽  
Lang Qiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Composite Cathode ◽  
Ion Doping ◽  
Site Variation

scholarly journals Development of Heritage Places under Unesco Guidelines Case Study: Al Maliha Neighbourhood in Riyadh City

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Hind Abdel Moneim Khogali
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Riyadh City ◽  
The North ◽  
Heritage Area

Riyadh, capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is the largest city in the Kingdom. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and is located in the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama and in the center of the Arabian Peninsula, on a vast plateau. Densely populated, with over 5.7 million people, it is the urban center of a region with about 7.3 million people. It consists of 15 municipal districts under the management of Riyadh Municipality, headed by the mayor of Riyadh, and the Riyadh Development Authority, chaired by the Governor of Riyadh Province.This research aims at dealing with the development of Al Maliha Neighborhood, as a case study of development of heritage places.Al Maliha neighbourhood is located in the center of Riyadh, bounded on the north by AL Jomla Suq and market, in the south by Al Salam garden, in the west by King Fahad Street and in the east by warehouses and a school from the south. There are also old heritage houses in the southeast of the area. The proposed project will develop the old heritage area, re-use it as a Heritage Museum, and demolish the warehouses to establish new galley rooms and Heritage research center.The research methodology will follow the UNESCO regulations and guidelines followed for conservation of heritage places. It will also adopt Riyadh Municipality, and the Riyadh Development Authority regulations for the development of heritage places. The project is proposed for architectural students at level four in Dar Al Uloom University, to be completed within four months and presented for Prince Sultan Award 2006 for Heritage.The aim of the research is to follow the KSA strategy in protecting and maintaining historical places like Al Daraya, old palaces and old mosques. The project will give a proposal study in managing and developing heritage places, by following the UNESCO guideline for heritage places and Riyadh Municipality regulations.The research outlines conclusions and recommendations to decision makers, for application in the development of Al Maliha neighbourhood applied in developing Al Maliha neighbourhood

scholarly journals Diet-Derived Variations in Radiocarbon and Stable Isotopes: A Case Study from Shag River Mouth, New Zealand

Radiocarbon ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Higham ◽  
Atholl Anderson ◽  
Christopher Bronk Ramsey ◽  
Christine Tompkins
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
River Mouth ◽  
Freshwater Species ◽  
Faunal Remains ◽  
Cultural Sites ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Dietary Variation ◽  
Early Human ◽  
Dietary Food

Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) determinations of rat bones from natural and cultural sites in New Zealand have produced ages at odds with the accepted date for early human settlement by over 1000 yr. Since rats are a human commensal, this implies either an earlier visitation by people or problems with the reliability of the AMS determinations. One explanation for the extreme ages is dietary variation involving movement of depleted radiocarbon through dietary food chains to rats. To investigate this, we 14C dated fauna from the previously well-dated site of Shag River Mouth. The faunal remains were of species that consumed carbon derived from a variety of environments within the orbit of the site, including the estuary, river, land, and sea. The 14C results showed a wide range in age among estuarine and freshwater species. Terrestrial and marine organisms produced ages within expectations. We also found differences between bone dated using the Oxford ultrafiltration method and those treated using the filtered gelatin method. This implies that contamination could also be of greater importance than previously thought.

Human exploitation of carnivores in Pleistocene China: A case study of the faunal remains from Shuidonggou Locality 7

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuangquan Zhang ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Shuwen Pei ◽  
Xing Gao
Keyword(s):  
Faunal Remains

scholarly journals The Moyjil site, south-west Victoria, Australia: excavation of a Last Interglacial charcoal and and burnt stone feature — is it a hearth?

2018 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Ian J. McNiven ◽  
Joe Crouch ◽  
Jim M. Bowler ◽  
John E. Sherwood ◽  
Nic Dolby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Base ◽  
Faunal Remains ◽  
Last Interglacial ◽  
Natural Origin ◽  
Natural Feature ◽  
South West ◽  
Cultural Status ◽  
Tree Stump ◽  
Age Independent

Claims for a human presence in Australia beyond 60,000 years ago must have a strong evidence base associated with rigorous methodology and intense scrutiny. In this light we present excavation results for Charcoal and Burnt Stone Feature #1 (CBS1) located within coastal dune sediments at Moyjil (Point Ritchie), Warrnambool, that independent geomorphic and OSL dating indicates is of Last Interglacial age (~120,000 years ago). While on plausibility grounds the cultural status of a feature of such great antiquity in Australia is unlikely, a cultural origin for CBS1 is less easily dismissed if assessed with an age-independent methodology. A broad range of macroscale discrimination criteria has been used to assess whether CBS1 is either a cultural hearth or a natural feature such as a burnt tree stump. On balance, evidence marginally supports a cultural origin over a natural origin. However, the absence of associated stone artefacts and faunal remains and the presence of burnt root wood precludes definitive statements on the cultural status of the feature. Our case study is methodologically instructivein terms of the potential complexities and issues of equifinality involved in the archaeological identification of ancient hearths.

Urban Wildlife Organizations and the Institutional Entanglements of Conservation’s Urban Turn

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Luther
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Urban Wildlife ◽  
Urban Center ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Wildlife Rehabilitation ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The City ◽  
Education And Conflict

Abstract Urban wildlife organizations—which include groups focused on wildlife rehabilitation, rescue, removal, advocacy, education, and conflict resolution—have typically been viewed as out of step with the goals of wildlife conservation because of their focus on encounters with individual nonhuman animals, common species, and degraded habitats. The recent shift by large conservation NGOs toward a “humans and nature together” framework, because of its focus on urban natures, has brought the field into discursive relation with urban wildlife organizations. Drawing on a case study of four wildlife organizations in an urban center, this research explores their discourse about human-wildlife relationships in the city, and the challenges and opportunities presented by their emergent intersections.

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