A Prehistoric Maritime Culture of the Okhotsk Sea

1964 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harumi Befu ◽  
Chester S. Chard

AbstractThis paper analyzes the culture history of the little-known Okhotsk culture and makes suggestions about its relationships with neighboring cultures. The Okhotsk culture is important in understanding the cultural history of the northern Pacific because it shows no affinities with the Ainu and Japanese cultures and has an economy remarkably like that of the more distant Aleut and Eskimo. The Okhotsk culture appears to have historical relationships with cultures in Siberia and Manchuria. The maritime hunting economy of this culture was probably derived from the Eskimo via Bering Sea and the Siberian coast. Other cultural elements, the most noticeable being ceramics, were of mainland origin and served as an influential force in forming Okhotsk culture. Once established on Sakhalin, this culture moved southward along the northeastern coast of Hokkaido, where a secondary and later cultural center developed. Migrations up the Kuriles occurred shortly thereafter. This culture probably flourished for at least a thousand years, beginning in Sakhalin several centuries before Christ and persisting until sometime after A.D. 1000 and possibly until the 17th century in the Kuriles. Several unsolved problems concerning the Okhotsk culture are presented.

Author(s):  
Rosimeire Aparecida Soares Borges ◽  
Cristiano José de Oliveira

Este estudo histórico investigou apropriações das propostas reformistas da Escola Nova no que tange ao ensino da Aritmética para a escola primária em cinco cadernos de um aluno, de terceiro e quarto anos do curso primário, dos anos de 1952 e 1953, respectivamente, e no primeiro volume do manual didático “Práticas Escolares” que teve sua primeira edição em 1940 e décima edição em 1965, de autoria de Antonio D’Ávila. Utiliza-se como base teórico-metodológica a História Cultural na direção de dar significado às apropriações que foram feitas em relação à aritmética da escola primária em tempos da Escola Nova. Há uma predominância da resolução de problemas aritméticos ligados ao cotidiano dos alunos, indicando uma preocupação com a abstração dos conceitos com foco em uma aritmética prática, que tinha por finalidade preparar o aluno para a vida fora da escola após quatro anos de estudo no curso primário. Observa-se uma valorização do aluno como indivíduo, com respeito ao seu ritmo e dificuldades apresentadas na aprendizagem da Aritmética, um dos aspectos marcantes da Escola Nova, o aluno considerado como protagonista do processo de ensino e de aprendizagem, podendo interagir no meio social em uma formação mais humana.Palavras-chave: Aritmética. Ensino Primário. Manual Didático para Professores. Cadernos de aluno. Cultura escolar. História da Educação Matemática.AbstractThis historical study investigated appropriations of the New School for the teaching of Arithmetic for the primary school in five books of a student, of the third and the fourth years of the primary course, of the years of 1952 and 1953, respectively, And in the first Volume of the didactic manual “School Practices” that had its first edition in 1940 and tenth edition in 1965, authored by Antonio D’Ávila. It is used as a theoretical-methodological basis for the Cultural History in the direction of provide meaning the appropriations that were made in relation to the primary school in times of the New School. There is a predominance of solving arithmetic problems related to students’ daily life, indicating a preoccupation with an abstraction of concepts with a focus on an arithmetic practice, whose purpose was to prepare a student for the life outside of school after four years of primary school. It is observed the evaluation of the student as an individual, with respect to its rhythm and difficulties presented in the learning of Arithmetic, one of the markers of the New School, the student considered the protagonist of the process of teaching and learning, being able To interact in the social environment in a more humane formation.Keywords: Arithmetic. Primary school. Didactic Manual for Teachers. Books of a student. School culture. History of Mathematics Education.


Author(s):  
GORDON F. McEWAN

Linguistic studies have shown that the traditional idea that the expansion of the Inca Empire was the driving force behind the spread of all Quechua cannot be correct. Across much of its distribution, Quechua has far greater time-depth than can be accounted for by the short-lived Inca Empire. Linguistics likewise suggests that Aymara spread not from the south into Cuzco in the late Pre-Inca period, but also from an origin to the north. Alternative explanations must be sought for the expansion of these language families in the culture history of the Andes. Archaeological studies over the past two decades now provide a broad, generally agreed-upon outline of the cultural history of the Cuzco region. This chapter applies those findings to examine alternative possibilities for the driving forces that spread Quechua and Aymara, offering a clearer cross-disciplinary view of Andean prehistory.


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rofik Rofik

One criticism to Learning of Islamic Culture History (SKI) in Madrasah / School is memorization (rote) stigma. This criticism is quite reasonable, because in practical terms Islam Cultural History as a subject is often taught in informative or just in rote. One fact is reflected in the allotment of instructional time in the curriculum of 1994, for example, only one lesson hour. Medium scope and sequence of material is very wide and deep. This article aims to eliminate the stigma by finding Learning Value of Cultural History of Islam in the grand design SKI Content Standards in the madrasa curriculum of 1994, 2004, 2006, 2008 (specially PAI and Arabic Madrasa) and 2013. In order to be found on the basis of their human values, namely Islam, as a religion, then traced to the values of Islam to the Islamic Cultural History Value and finally to the Value of Learning History Islamic Cultural embodied in four categories, namely material value, formal value, functional value, and essential values.


Author(s):  
Dorian Q. Fuller ◽  
Cristina Castillo

Rice (Oryza) is one of the world’s most important and productive staple foods, with highly diverse uses and varieties. We use archaeobotany, culture, history, and ethnobotany to trace the history of the development of sticky (or glutinous) forms. True sticky rice is the result of a genetic mutation that causes a loss of amylose starch but higher amylopectin content. These mutations are unknown in wild populations but have become important amongst cultivars in East and Southeast Asia (unlike other regions). In the same region, other cereals have also evolved parallel mutations that confer stickiness when cooked. This points to a strong role for cultural history and food preparation traditions in the genetic selection and breeding of Asian cereal varieties. The importance of sticky rice in ritual foods and alcoholic beverages in East and Southeast Asia also suggests the entanglement of crop varieties and culturally inherited food traditions and ritual symbolism.


1990 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon F. McEwan

The degree and nature of the influence of the Middle Horizon Wari empire (ca. A.D. 540-900) on the culture history of Peru's north coast has been a topic of much heated debate over the past two decades. The arguments have tended to polarize around the issue of whether or not there was a Wari invasion of the north coast. Those arguing against the invasion hypothesis have claimed that there was no direct Wari influence on north coast cultural history. Those arguing in favor of the invasion hypothesis have attributed nearly all changes evident in the archaeological record to the results of a Wari military conquest. An attempt is made here to decouple the issues of Wari influence and Wari invasion. In an analysis of the architecture of the Wari imperial administrative sites and the ciudadela architecture of Chan Chan, capital of the north coastal Chimu empire, some remarkable similarities are seen. The shift from the pre-Middle Horizon Moche (ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 650) pattern of pyramid-dominated ceremonial centers to the Late Intermediate period (ca. A.D. 900-1476) ciudadela form of the Chimu is seen as a result of conscious imitation of the prestige Wari imperial style. It is argued that this imitation is a likely result regardless of whether or not there was a Wari invasion.


Author(s):  
Шафажинская ◽  
Natalya Shafazhinskaya

The paper concerns an outstanding milestone date for the national history and culture, key for further development of spiritual and moral ideals of the Russian public life and statehood — in 2014 the memory of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh is celebrated. The Blessed Sergius, the Hegumen of Radonezh is an outstanding hermit, whose devoted ministry contributed to consolidating patriotic forces and emerging the unified Russian nation. Among his deeds are foundation of unique spiritual school, monastery culture reformation and establishing the actual foundation for publicly significant social and moral service of the Russian orthodox self-sacrifice. The paper presents and considers evidences, proving the high spiritual and historic and cultural significance of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, founded by the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh. This monastery had become the first sanctuary of Moscow and an inspirational model for other convents under construction in that period. Yet within the lifetime of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius due to the devoted efforts of his disciples, had become the archetype of religious enlightenment, ecclesiastic ministry, Motherland defense and charity for many emerging monasteries. «Northern Fivaida», the community of orthodox monasteries, had embraces the whole North of Russia with its network, encouraging it to gravitate to Moscow as the unified center. It was under the reign of Ivan Kalita and in the lifetime of the Venerable Sergius’s that Moscow got the high stand over other Russian cities after metropolitan Peter had left the town of Vladimir for Moscow. Moscow began to accumulate power and influence as the force, capable to unite separate Russian territories and put an end to violent internecine feuds. Meanwhile, Moscow was increasingly bolstering its posture as an administrative, political, spiritual and cultural center for the Russian statehood.


1973 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis P. Van Gerven ◽  
David S. Carlson ◽  
George J. Armelagos

A principal role of the physical anthropologist has been the analysis of the human skeleton. Such analysis has traditionally utilized similarities in skeletal morphology and, in some instances, hypothetical racial affinities, to establish the biological relationships between populations. Established biological relationships are then assumed to reflect cultural affinities. As a result of this approach to the skeletal remains of Nubian populations, the culture history of Nubia has been explained in terms of type, hybridization, and atavism, rather than the more biologically and culturally meaningful units of variation, evolution and development. Our analysis of skeletal remains associated with Meroitic, X-Group and Christian cultural horizons in Sudanese Nubia has emphasized a bio-cultural approach to detectable patterns of mortality, skeletal growth and pathology. Rather than seeking to reconstruct cultural history from such biological evidence, this approach utilizes independently established evidence of culural adaptation as the principal environmental context within which these biological processes occur. From this conceptual framework, it becomes possible to gain new insight into the biological and cultural dynamics of variation, evolution and development within the Nubian corridor.


Author(s):  
Viktor D. Uvarov ◽  
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Aleksey S. Sedov ◽  

The paper displays the history of the emergence and development of music clubs in Tsarist Russia in the 18th and 19th centuries and the post-revolutionary period of the clubs' existence in Soviet Russia, examines the artwork of carpet makers (artist of tapestry, according to the accepted international terminology) who shape interior design of the concert halls, and provides an integral description of the concert hall in culture as a unity of the concert venue and a specific concert space. Owing to a significant historical event — the entry of Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation, the carpet becomes a means of self-identification for the people. In our time, the relevance and viability of tapestry is proved by the experience of modern architects, who do not abandon this type of creativity that has a thousand-year tradition and successfully use it in the interiors of modern architecture aiming to create a positive image. The involvement of cultural elements into modern the art is extremely relevant. Having entered the Russian legal and economic space, Crimea is at the same time included into the cultural area of Russia. A group of Russian artists, musicians, writers and environmentalists came up with the idea of creating a universal, multifunctional, innovative, cultural center of the new time in Crimea. The paper represents an attempt to give a comprehensive analysis of the activities of artists engaged in creating carpets and interiors of music clubs, in particular, clubs in the Crimea, in Yalta.


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