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Swallow, Kelly A. "Ancient woodland vegetation : distinctiveness and community ecology." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2018. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/5800/.
Full textLittle, Kayla. "Using Ancient and Modern Fishes to Track Environmental Change in the Illinois River." Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1545516.
Full textThere have been many human-caused alterations to the Illinois River which have significantly changed the life histories of the fish and added pollution sources that could appear in the fishes. My hypothesis is that changes in the δ13C and δ15N isotopes between prehistoric and modern fishes will show differences in where the fish foraged and their trophic level in the River food chain. It is likely that these changed with human modification of the river. Stable isotopes of nitrogen and carbon vary with food source in fishes. Prehistoric Native American middens contain fish bones that represent a baseline for modern fish communities, which can be used to determine changes in the river. We have used the isotopic composition of both modern and prehistoric fish to understand changes in fish in the River. Bone collagen was analyzed in order to reduce the chances of contamination in our samples. My results show little change in fish life history, but large increases in 15N demonstrate nitrogen pollution of the river.
Robinson, Heather Anne. "The geographic distributions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces paradoxus, and the potential to detect past yeast populations with ancient DNA." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-geographic-distributions-of-saccharomyces-cerevisiae-and-saccharomyces-paradoxus-and-the-potential-to-detect-past-yeast-populations-with-ancient-dna(66d27ad5-9e00-42b9-a0ed-60c3fcfb2eb9).html.
Full textRoos, Christopher Izaak. "Fire, Climate, and Social-Ecological Systems in the Ancient Southwest: Alluvial Geoarchaeology and Applied Historical Ecology." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194504.
Full textCulleton, Brendan J., and Brendan J. Culleton. "Human Ecology, Agricultural Intensification and Landscape Transformation at the Ancient Maya Polity of Uxbenká, Southern Belize." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12347.
Full textCurtis-Harper, Elliot. "Potential microbial processes in an ancient Martian environment : an investigation into bio-signature production and community ecology." Thesis, Open University, 2017. http://oro.open.ac.uk/52293/.
Full textDalla, Riva Martina. "Lithic technology and social agency in late Neolithic northern Italy : knapping flint at Rocca di Rivoli (Verona, Italy)." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7550/.
Full textBrewer, Jeffrey L. "A Landscape Archaeology Approach to Understanding Household Water Management Practices of the Ancient Lowland Maya." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149155958947996.
Full textNettersheim, Benjamin Jakob. "Reconstructing earth’s alien ancient ecology–a multiproxy study of the 1.64 billion‐year‐old barney creek formation, northern Australia." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/132962.
Full textHightower, Jessica N. "Relating ancient Maya land use legacies to the contemporary forest of Caracol, Belize." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5300.
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Arilla, Osuna Maite. "CARNIVORES AT THE STAGE: NEO-TAPHONOMY OF WILD CARNIVORES IN THE PYRENEES (CATALONIA, IBERIAN PENINSULA) AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION ON THE ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF ANCIENT HOMININS." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670512.
Full textDurante las últimas décadas, los carnívoros han sido el principal objeto de estudio en muchos trabajos destinados a explicar el rol de estos animales en las acumulaciones arqueológicas así como su grado de competencia con los homínidos arcaicos. El presente proyecto de Tesis Doctoral pretende contribuir al gap existente aportando nuevos datos procedentes del actualismo y la neo-tafonomía, con el objetivo de individualizar estos predadores y encontrar elementos diagnósticos que los diferencien. Se presenta en este estudio la caracterización del comportamiento predador desde una perspectiva tafonómica, con la descripción de los patrones de consumo de osos pardos (Ursus arctos) y zorros (Vulpes vulpes) en libertad sobre carcasas de ungulados en el Pirineo Catalán (Val d’Aran, Pallars Sobirà y Pallars Jussà) junto con el estudio de la terrera de una madriguera de tejón (Meles meles) situada en un entorno de cueva. El objetivo principal es la caracterización tafonómica de estos predadores y la obtención de un cuerpo de datos que permita diferenciarlos entre ellos y poder establecer analogías con los conjuntos de fauna pleistocenos. Simultáneamente, y con el objetivo de estimar las capacidades potenciales de modificación de estos animales en lugares de hábitat humano, se han reproducido de forma ideal estructuras de hogares y campamentos temporales en itinerarios frecuentados por estos animales para observar su potencial como agentes perturbadores de un espacio previamente ocupado. Con este propósito, se ha compilado la información a partir de las observaciones hechas con foto y video-trap junto con los análisis tafonómicos. La propuesta metodológica utilizada hace que los resultados obtenidos tengan implicaciones directas y sean aplicables a los yacimientos arqueológicos. Ejemplo de ello es la aplicación realizada al conjunto faunístico del nivel 4 de la Cova del Toll (Moià, Barcelona, Catalunya), donde se ha intentado identificar el actor que produce peeling sobre los elementos axiales de Ursus spelaeus utilizando los datos neo-tafonómicos procedentes de la parte de campo experimental de esta Tesis Doctoral.
Over the past few decades, carnivores have been under consideration in most works aiming to further explain their role in archaeological faunal assemblages as well as the degree of competence with archaic hominins. The current Doctoral Thesis aims to contribute to the existing gap with new data coming from actualism and neo-taphonomy with the objective of individualizing those predators and finding out diagnostic elements to differentiate them. This research presents the characterization of predator behavior from a taphonomic perspective describing brown bear (Ursus arctos) and red fox (Vulpes vulpes) consumption patterns on ungulate carcasses in the Catalan Pyrenees (Val d’Aran, Pallars Sobirà and Pallars Jussà). The study of the spoil heap of a badger (Meles meles) sett located in a cave-like environment complements this research line. The main goal is to characterize taphonomically these predators and to obtain data in order to differentiate them from each other as well as to establish analogies with Pleistocene faunal assemblages. Simultaneously, short-term campsites and hearth related structures have been set up to determine their potential capacities of alteration/disruption in previously hominin occupied space. Those experiments have been settled in recurrent known transit areas crossed over by these carnivores. With that purpose in mind, data has been collected from observations carried out with photo and video-trap systems together with taphonomic analyses. The results obtained from our methodological proposal have significant archaeological implications and applications. An example of this is the application made to the level 4 faunal assemblage of Toll Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Catalunya), where it has been attempted to identify the actor who produces peeling on the axial elements of Ursus spelaeus using the neo-taphonomic data from the experimental field part of this Doctoral Thesis.
D'Elia, Tom V. "Isolation of Bacteria and Fungi from Lake Vostok Accretion Ice." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1224865593.
Full textWhite, Patricia J. "Reconstructing Ancient and Modern Land Use Decisions in the Copan Valley, Honduras:A GIS Landscape Archaeology Perspective." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1448275319.
Full textWeiland, Andrew Welsh. "Pathways to Maize Adoption and Intensification in the Little Miami and Great Miami River Valleys." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1565302352191348.
Full textCrawford, Laura J. Dr. "The Role of Selectivity on Alaskan Fuel Management Strategies." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1600964489257755.
Full textAbadie, Juliet. "Ecologie historique des forêts méditerranéennes : déterminants du changement du couvert forestier et effets des usages passés sur les sols et la flore actuels." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018AIXM0192/document.
Full textIn temperate regions, historical maps have demonstrated that forest ancientness determines soil properties and the presence of some plant species. However, those differences were rarely analysed in the Mediterranean region. The main objectives of this PhD thesis are to analyse the drivers of forest cover change and the effect of temporal continuity and past land uses on forest soils and understory vegetation in the Mediterranean region. This work relies on the territory of the Regional Natural Park of Luberon. The first part consists of identifying biophysical and socioeconomic drivers of land use and forest recovery spatial distribution, based on the comparison of 1860, 1958 and 2010 land uses. Forest maintained on the least productive land while forest recovery occurred on soils with low productivity, and close to pre-existing forests. The second part investigates the effect of forest temporal continuity and past land uses on their ecological characteristics, based on floristic and pedological data. Ancient and recent forests are distributed according to soil productivity and host species of differing traits and ecological preferences. Notably, species significantly preferring ancient forests are true forest species, phanerophytes and endozoochores. If this work relies on the État-Major map, it turns out that the historical ecology of Mediterranean forests requires complementary in situ approaches in order to fully understand the complexity of past landscape uses
Ackerfors, Viktoria. "Vilken inställning har Länsstyrelserna till naturvårdsbränningar i områden med fornlämningar och övriga kulturhistoriska lämningar?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96971.
Full textTeerling, Janine C. J. "The 'return' of British-born Cypriots to Cyprus : a narrative ethnography." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2011. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/6343/.
Full textSmit, Gerrit Daniel Stephanus. "Mens en natuur 'n bronnestudie oor die Bybelse en na-Bybelse perspektiewe /." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03122004-114003/.
Full textIbrahimovic, Ida. "DNA Barcoding på Växter : Hur kan man använda genetisk barcoding i olika biologiska fält och i den gymnasiala undervisningen?" Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-154300.
Full textThe purpose of the literature study is to conclude which gene sequences are being used in DNA barcoding on plants and how the method in question is being used in three different biological occupations: diet analysis in ecology, analysis of pollen in forensics and analysis of ancient DNA (aDNA) in paleontology. Further it was also of interest to study how DNA barcoding can be used in high school settings and how the method correlates with the Swedish curriculum. How pupils have benefited from the chosen method and what limitations have arisen have also been touched upon. This literature study is based on scientific articles that have been sought with the keywords listed below. The results show that a combination of gene sequences, including rbcL, matK, trnH-psbA and ITS, works best in plant identification. At present, genetic barcoding is still in the developmental phase, where the method is limited by the number of reference sequences in the databases, which makes it difficult to exclude morphological-based methods in the three occupational fields. When using barcoding in upper secondary education it turns out that it’s in good agreement with the Swedish curriculum and increases the students' interest in the scientific subjects, since they can contribute with genuine research when adding reference sequences in the databases. The main limitations are the workload for the teacher, the teacher in question must be comfortable with the different laboratory steps and that the school must have access to necessary equipment.
Kimball, Michael J. "Human ecology and neolithic transition in eastern county Donegal, Ireland : the lough Swilly archaeological survey /." Oxford : Archaeopress, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37209249r.
Full textRoss, Jeremy D. "The Evolutionary History, Demographic Independence and Conservation Status of Two North American Prairie Bird Species: The Greater Prairie Chicken and the Lark Sparrow." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1303855437.
Full textReboul, Guillaume. "Metabarcoding and metagenomic approaches to decipher microbial communities in suboxic environments Microbial eukaryotes in the suboxic chemosyn- thetic ecosystem of Movile Cave, Romania Hyper- diverse archaea near life limits at the polyextreme geothermal Dallol area Performance of the melting seawater-ice elution method on the metabarcoding characterization of benthic protist communities Core microbial communities of lacustrine microbialites sampled along an alkalinity gradient Environmental drivers of plankton protist communities along latitudinal and vertical gradients in the oldest and deepest freshwater lake Ancient Adaptive Lateral Gene Transfers in the Symbiotic Opalina-Blastocystis Stramenopile Lineage Marine signature taxa and microbial community stability along latitudinal and vertical gradients in sediments of the deepest freshwater lake." Thesis, université Paris-Saclay, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020UPASL041.
Full textMicrobial ecology is the science of micro-organisms and their biotic and abiotic interactions in a given ecosystem. As technology has advanced, molecular techniques have been widely used to overcome the limitations of classical approaches such as culturing and microscopy. Indeed, the development of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies in the past twenty years has largely helped to unravel the phylogenetic diversity and functional potential of microbial communities across ecosystems.Nonetheless, most of the environments studied through these techniques concentrated on relatively easily accessible, tractable and host-related ecosystems such as plankton (especially in marine ecosystems), soils and gut microbiomes. This has contributed to the rapid accumulation of a wealth of environmental diversity and metagenomic data along with advances in bioinformatics leading to the development of myriads of tools. Oxygen-depleted environments and especially their microbial eukaryote components are less studied and may lead to future phylogenetic and metabolic discoveries.In order to address this, we conducted analyses on two poorly studied suboxic ecosystems: Movile Cave (Romania) and lake Baikal sediments (Siberia, Russia). In this task, we aimed at unveiling the taxonomic and functional diversity of microorganims in these environments.To do so, I first evaluated the available bioinformatics tools and implemented a bioinformatics pipeline for 16S/18S rRNA gene-based metabarcoding analysis, making reasoned methodological choices. Then, as a case study, I carried out metabarcoding analyses of the water and floating microbial mats found in Movile Cave in order to investigate its protist diversity. Our study showed that Movile Cave, a sealed off chemosynthetic ecosystem, harbored a substantial protist diversity with species spanning most of the major eukaryotic super groups. The majority if these protists were related to species of freshwater and marine origins. Most of them were putatively anaerobic, in line with the cave environment, and suggesting that in addition to their predatory role, they might participate in prokaryote-protist symbioses.In a second study, I applied my metabarcoding pipeline to explore unique and relatively unexplored environment of Lake Baikal sediments. I first applied a metabarcoding approach using 16S and 18S rRNA genes to describe prokaryotic as well as protist diversity. Overall, the communities within these ecosystems were very diverse and enriched in ammonia-oxidizing Thaumarchaeota. We also identified several typical marine taxa which are likely planktonic but accumulate in sediments. Finally, our sampling plan allowed us to test whether differences across depth, basin or latitude affected microbial community structure. Our results showed that the composition of sediment microbial communities remained relatively stable across the samples regardless of depth or latitude.In a third study, we applied metagenomics to study the metabolic potential of communities associated to Baikal sediments and to reconstruct metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) of dominant organisms. This revealed the considerable ecological importance of Thaumarchaeota lineages in lake Baikal sediments, which were found to be the major autotrophic phyla and also very implicated in the nitrogen cycle. Chloroflexi and Proteobacteria-related species also appeared ecologically important.This PhD thesis reveals the taxonomic diversity of poorly studied suboxic ecosystems and therefore contributes to our knowledge of microbial diversity on Earth. Additionally, the analyses of surface sediment samples in lake Baikal adds new light on freshwater-marine transitions. The metagenomic analyses reported here allowed us to postulate a model of nutrient cycle carried out by microorganismsin these sediments. Overall, this work sheds light on the microbial ecology of oxygen-depleted environments, and most notably lake Baikal surface sediments
Wade, Richard Peter. "A systematics for interpreting past structures with possible cosmic references in Sub-Saharan Africa." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05052009-174557/.
Full textQuesada-Embid, Mercedes Chamberlain. "Dwelling, Walking, Serving: Organic Preservation Along the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage Landscape." [Yellow Springs, Ohio] : Antioch University, 2008. http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=antioch1229963115.
Full textTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed March 26, 2010). "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England (2008)."--from the title page. Advisor: Alesia Maltz, Ph.D. Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-308).
Raj, Shehzad D. "Ambivalence and penetration of boundaries in the worship of Dionysos : analysing the enacting of psychical conflicts in religious ritual and myth, with reference to societal structure." Thesis, University of Essex, 2018. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/23662/.
Full textMarage, Damien. "Déterminisme, dynamique et modélisation spatiale de la diversité floristique dans un contexte de reprise pastorale : application à la gestion durable des espaces montagnards sous influence méditerranéenne." Paris, ENGREF, 2004. https://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00000906.
Full textIn European mountain, the pastoral activity decreases unrelentingly. The post-cultural succession modifies the structure and functionning of vegetation, deriving as well in its contents as in its expression, of a traditional use. The sustainable management of this lands in constant change must avoid calling into question their taxonomic and ecological persistence. The study was carried out in a watershed call « Petit Buëch » located in the Hautes-Alpes (France), and registered in the Natura2000 network. To assess, analyse and monitor this site and associated threatened species, we had using statistical modelling techniques, to understand the patterns of plant species and their richness. The explanatory factors used in the models were physical and bioclimatic variables derived from a digital elevation model (DEM) and from land use history, all constructed in a 50 m-resolution GIS environment. GLM (generalized linear models) were used to construct the models using a forward stepwise procedure. The models are discussed in the context of current theories on species richness and vegetation dynamics. Modeling of threatened species, vegetation and plant species richness based on areal photographers and GIS can provide useful information needed in land use planning and policy-makers
Lang, Hsiao Ming, and 蕭明朗. "Study of Agricultural Ecology Philosophy of Ancient China." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51513676146889907993.
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This essay aims to explore the practical experiment of “Agricultural Ecology” and the doctrine of “Ecological Philosophy” under the Pre-Qin Dynasty thought system in Chinese history as it will first follow the abundant agricultural knowledge recorded in “Li Ji” (Book of Rites) to seek out the possibility for the practice of modern agricultural ecology, followed by the expositions of meaning over the humanistic thought and the symbol of transcendental realm in natural ecology valued by “Lao Zi” and “Zhuang Zi” as well as the of practice of the ecology-related discourses from “Xun Zi,” “Lê Zi” and “Mong Zi.” As human’s policy-making and value play key role both to the destruction of ecology as well as to the solutions brought to solve the ecological crisis, the signification for “human’s existence will be the subsequent center of discussion. Finally, this conclusion of essay will focus on the enlightenment, introspection and meaning presented under the ecological thought of pre-Qin Dynasty. Outline of this essay: Chapter One is about the introduction illustrating the research motive, research methodology and scope. In Chapter Two, a concern on the change of earth’s ecological ethics will be the center of issue for further discussion as we will return from frequent and peremptory human-centered sectionalism to the original position of nature-oriented centralism, furthering to pay respect to the rational foresight in ecological world. In regarding to the prospects of human and God’s creation illustrated. In Chapter Three, readers will be led to discern the master’s emic and etic position in life world, followed by succeeding to Lao Zi’s prescience in contentment and knowing where to stop by bringing up the simple and balancing life of claim, and finally have it fulfilled in the real nature paying respect to God’s creation and not going beyond one’s bounds. In Chapter Four, the center of discussion will be one about the feedback of agricultural ecology and production toward natural environment overlooked by humans, thus reminding us that fresh agricultural life in suffocated urban life can relieve us. For the conclusion of this essay, this essay aims to give the retrospection over the agricultural ecology in pre-Qin Dynasty more than two thousand years ago. How to learn from past experience and keep the good points by keeping abreast of the modern trend to bring new vigor for agriculture in traditional farming? How will the cultural ecology in pre-Qin Dynasty enlighten us when addressing the issue of modern ecological destruction? The modern signification represented by the philosophical discourses under ecological thought of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi will be exactly the source when we build the thought of ecological ethics. In Chapter Five will give an exposition of Taoism of Lao Zi, leading the readers to gain insight into the unselfishness of tian dao (way of heaven) as well as thought of God’s creations and nature advocated by Lao Zui. In chapter six “Human and Nature” which is divided into three sections will be the center of discussion. In Section One, readers will be guided to develop an understanding of the state of mind about “Heaven and earth were born at the same time I was, and the ten thousand things are one with me” by Lao Zi’s. In Section Two, this essay aims to seek out the instinctive facet and innocence of natural instincts in human’s real entanglement; Section Three, a discussion on the possibility and signification in the transcendence of zhi ren (perfect man), zhen ren (real man) and shen ren (spiritual man) adhered to thought of Zhuang Zi in the meaning of human’s existence will be conducted. Finally, this essay will lead readers to the introspection over the thought of natural ecology in pre-Qin Dynasty by guiding humans to learn how to create prospects in the future. Key Words: Agriculture, Ecology, Nature, God’s Creations, Human
Lander, Brian. "Environmental Change and the Rise of the Qin Empire: A Political Ecology of Ancient North China." Thesis, 2015. https://doi.org/10.7916/D88W3CKS.
Full text"The Ancient Agroecology of Perry Mesa: Integrating Runoff, Nutrients, and Climate." Doctoral diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17993.
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Beauchamp, Michelle. "Sacred Places, Storied Places: Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5146.
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Kgosietsile, Tshekiso. "The spatial analysis of the ancient funerary landscape of the Sahara Fazzan - a case study of the Wadi ash-Shati, Libya." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22588.
Full textThis study is an initial attempt to investigate the spatial arrangement of graves which are believed that they can shed new light on the mortuary behaviours of ancient societies. The aim of this study is to utilise Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing to document and explore the funerary landscape of the Wadi ash-Shati, Libya using a comprehensive set of environmental variables that might have influenced the spatial distribution of Garamantian funerary monuments. In view of that argument, this study is motivated by these two objectives; documenting all the Garamantian funerary monuments and settlements visible in high resolution satellite imagery and investigating their spatial patterns in their topographic setting. Spatial patterns were achieved by plotting digitised graves data from remotely sensed imagery (accessed through Google Earth) and hand held Global Positioning System (GPS) data in a GIS environment in order to extract patterns and structure in the dataset. In order to better understand these patterns and structures, the following GIS approaches; slope, elevation, visibility, clustering, directional distribution analyses were utilised. The results of the GIS analyses showed that there was correlation between graves location, qsurs or settlements, wells and with the environmental variables (slope, elevation, and distance to water resources). On the basis of the results of this research, it can be concluded that environmental variables were major factor in the placement of graves, qsurs and wells. The placement of these site locations can be related to as an expression of the socio-political, economic, cultural and ideological characteristics of the Garamantian society that created the burials and organised the Wadi ash-Shati landscape. The present study concluded that the Garamantian civilisation had established changes in the landscape that promoted the development of elaborate funerary monuments which peaked significantly during the time when aridity became immense in the study region. However additional research is necessary to provide more conclusive results and interpretations of this study, as such results from the analyses carried out should not be viewed as absolute, but as a stepping ladder for future investigation in the Wadi ash-Shati region. Keywords: GIS, Remote sensing, Funerary Landscape, Wadi ash-Shati, Libya, Spatial Analysis, Garamantian, Google Earth, Global Positioning System (GPS), Environmental Variables
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"Phylogeography of Pogonomyrmex barbatus and P. rugosus Harvester Ants: A Complex Regional History of Ancient Vicariance and Recent Expansion in Arid- Adapted Insects, and Implications for the Success of Cryptic Hybrid Lineages with GCD." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.15208.
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Klopper, Frances. "Oë in die wildernis : die religieuse funksie van fonteine en putte in die Hebreeuse Bybel : 'n godsdienshistoriese studie." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/802.
Full textDie proefskrif ondersoek die funksie van fonteine en putte in die religie van ou Israel. Die religie van die Hebreeuse Bybel word tradisioneel beskryf as 'n historiese religie waarin Jahwe, die god van Israel, fundamenteel gemoeid is met die verlossing van sy volk in die gang van die geskiedenis, terwyl die wêreld van die natuur van marginale belang is. Dit is egter duidelik dat die natuur in die vorm van haar grondwaterbronne 'n belangrike rol in ou Israel se leefwerêld gespeel het, nie alleen as lewegewende bronne in die droē fisiese Palestynse landskap nie, maar ook in hulle narratiewe en simboliese wêrelde. Fonteine en putte was kultiese plekke en heilige ruimtes waar teofanieē plaasgevind het, konings gekroon is, regsgedinge gevoer is, voorvadergeeste opgeroep is en die nageslag van ou Israel verseker is toe die voorvaders hulle toekomstige bruide by putte ontmoet het. Deur middel van die ou Nabye Oosterse ikonografie as hulpwetenskap in die interpretasieproses, is gevind dat die rede vir die sakrale waarde wat aan die waterbronne geheg is, opgesluit is in ou Israel se kosmologie wat hulle met hulle mitologies-gesinde en natuurvererende bure gedeel het. Daarvolgens ontspring fonteine uit die kosmiese onderaardse oeroseaan om lewe en vrugbaarheid te bring aan alles wat lewe. Die beeld het daartoe aanleiding gegee dat fonteine en putte metafories vir vroulike seksualiteit en vrugbaarheid gedien het. Die waterbronne tree ook as draers van hoop op. In verhale oor die wonderbaarlike ontstaan van fonteine in die wildernis deur lewensonderhoud aan die Israetiete tydens hulle woestynomswerwinge te voorsien. Ons kan met sekerheid aanneem dat ou Israel hulle watergate as lokaliteite van integrasie, sin en orde teen die aanslae van die chaosmagte ervaar het. Deur die eeue het die mensdom nagedink oor eksistensiele kwessles soos lewe en dood, vrugbaarheid en steriliteit, die redes vir rampe en oor wat die toekoms inhou. Dit is ten diepste religieuse vrae wat die vervloe bybelskrywers vir hulle tyd en omstandighede aangespreek het deur 'n refigurasie van Palestina se waterbronne. Grondliggend aan hierdie studie as 'n herevaluering van die natuur in die Hebreeuse Bybel om menslike wesens as deel van die natuur op te stel en nie as staande bo die natuur nie.
The dissertation investigates the function of springs and wells in the religion of ancient Israel. The religion of the Hebrew Bible has traditionally been descibed as a historical religion in which Yahweh, the god of Israel, was fundamentally concerned with the salvation of Yahweh's people In history in which the world of nature is of marginal interest. However, it is evident that nature in the form of its groundwater sources played an important role, not only as life giving sources in the arid physical environment of Palestine, but also in their narrative and symbolic worlds. Springs and wells served as cultic centres and sacred places where theophanies took place, kings were crowned, lawsuits conducted, ancestral spirits conjured up and the future progeny of Israel was ensured when patriarchs betrothed their future brides at wells. By means of ancient Near Eastern iconography as an interpretation aid, this study finds the reason for the sacred value attributed to groundwater sources in the cosmology of ancient Israel which she shared with her mythically-minded and nature-worshipping neighbours. Springs were believed to arise from the cosmic subterranean ooean to bring life and fertility to all living things. This image caused springs and wells to serve as metaphor of female sexuality and fertility. They also act as agents of hope in stories of miraculous springs in the desert which provide sustenance during the Israelites' desert wanderings. We can safely conclude that ancient Israel experienced their springs and wells as localities of integration, meaning and order amidst the threatening forces of chaos. Through the ages humankind reflected on existential questions regarding life and death, fertility and sterility, the reasons for disasters and what the future holds. These are profoundly religious questions addressed by the biblical authors for their time and circumstances by implementing a refiguration of the groundwater sources of Palestine. Ultimately this study serves to re-evaluate nature in the Hebrew Bible and to construe human beings not as standing above nature, but as part of nature.
Religious Studies and Arabic
D. Litt. et Phil. (Religious Studies)