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Ancient Conflagration: a Reconstruction of a Middle Formative Fire at the Chiripa Mound, Bolivia

in fire management. Our findings indicate the fire appears intentional, likely a ritual event. We believe the structures were burned to facilitate a socio-political change during a period of social ... socio-political change during a period of social transition at the end of the Middle Formative period in Bolivia. Formative; Andes; Ritual burning; Geoarchaeology; Paleoethnobotany Introduction The

Entropology: an Information-Theoretic Approach to Understanding Archaeological Data

heat of political argument, they were just a welcome change of fashion (see Hillman, 2013, 163) . Its European counterpart is the role of blue jeans as both a fashion and a political statement (see ... not necessarily reflect a sudden shift in beliefs, political organization, or ethnic identity (Driessen & Langohr, 2007) . The collected data include ceramic vessels from both ritual and daily

‘A Complex Past’: Theory and Applications

, 45 - 67 . https://doi.org/10. 1890 /13‑ 0133 . 1 Charbonneau , M. ( 2016 ). Modularity and recombination in technological evolution . Philosophy and Technology , 29 , 373 - 392 . https://doi.org ... system? European Journal for Philosophy of Science , 3 , 33 - 67 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194‑012‑0056‑8 Layton , R. ( 2003 ). Agency, structuration, and complexity . In R. A. Bentley & H. D. G

Which Way Does Time Go? Differences in Expert and Novice Representations of Temporal Information at Extreme Scales Interferes with Novice Understanding of Graphs

-based graphics are increasingly used to communicate information for individuals (e.g., weather maps and charts, political polls), the workforce (e.g., market projections, revenue), and communities (e.g ... . , & Bechtel , W. ( 2015 ). Diagrams as tools for scientific reasoning . Review of Philosophy and Psychology , 6 ( 1 ), 117 - 131 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-014-0215-2 American Association for the

Explaining Known Past Routes, Underdetermination, and the Use of Multiple Cost Functions

. ( 2005 ). Storia della Sardegna antica . Nuoro, Italy: Il maestrale. McMullin , E. ( 1985 ). Galilean idealization . Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A , 16 ( 3 ), 247 - 273 . https ... . Philosophy of Science , 73 ( 5 ), 730 - 742 . https://doi.org/10. 1086/518628 Weisberg , M. ( 2007 ). Three Kinds of Idealization . Journal of Philosophy , 104 ( 12 ), 639 - 659 . https://doi. org/10.5840

An Ethnological Analogy and Biogenetic Model for Interpretation of Religion and Ritual in the Past

practitioner types in their relationships to subsistence and sociopolitical conditions (foraging, intensive agriculture, political integration, warfare, and community integration). These relations reveal the ... involving (1) alterations of consciousness used in healing rituals, manifested in a cultural universal of shamanistic healers; (2) kin inheritance of leadership roles providing a hierarchical political

Personal, Political, Pedagogic: Challenging the Binary Bind in Archaeological Teaching, Learning and Fieldwork

to be developed in professional practice. Assemblage theory; Pedagogy; Teaching and learning; Fieldwork; Diversity; Technology Introduction It is a feminist mantra that the personal is political and ... that the political is personal. In academia, this is well recognised and the feminist critique centres around inequalities in research cultures, from the impact of parental leave to the glass ceilings in

Beautiful, Magic, Lethal: a Social Perspective of Cinnabar Use and Mercury Exposure at the Valencina Copper Age Mega-site (Spain)

-Beaker Copper Age (Garcia Sanjuán et al., 2018b). For that reason, she was nicknamed ‘The Ivory Lady’. The high social and political standing of this woman is revealed not just by the rich grave goods she ... -after feature among a highly specialised group of people involved in mystic practices, occasional, carefully staged and dramatic ritual appearances and, more generally, political governance. The

Convergent Evolution of Prehistoric Technologies: the Entropy and Diversity of Limited Solutions

). Routledge. Charbonneau , M. ( 2016 ). Modularity and recombination in technological evolution . Philosophy and Technology , 29 , 373 - 392 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-016-0228-0 Charbonneau , M. ( 2018 ... technology . The MIT Press. Ogburn , W. F. , & Thomas , D. ( 1922 ). Are inventions inevitable? A note on social evolution . Political Science Quarterly , 37 ( 1 ), 83 - 98 . Ohlrau , R. ( 2020 ). Maidanets'ke

Psychometric Validation of the Robotics Interest Questionnaire (RIQ) Scale with Italian Teachers

Cultural Heritage, Faculty of Humanistic Studies, University of Cagliari , Sardinia , Italy 3 Department of Pedagogy , Psychology, Philosophy , Faculty of Humanistic Studies, University of Cagliari, Italy

Integrating risk management concepts into the drilling non-productive time

a sound technique to evaluate operational losses or wastes of many resources, including time. This paper presents an attempt to couple RM techniques with NPT philosophy together with other concepts ... professional development conference and exposition , Seattle, Washington, 11 - 14 June, ASSE- 06 -544E Pareto V , Page A ( 1971 ) Translation of manuale di economia politica “manual of political economy”, A.M

Shale gas: a step toward sustainable energy future

factors such as political matters, wars, social and economic aspects, and exploration techniques. Depending on the recoverable reserve (RR), production of shale gas entails different methods and with a ... prevailing in that particular region. As the administration introduces new policies, this can lead to political and economic turmoil. Therefore, widespread corruption, weak institutional and government support

James Matthew Skibo, 1960–2023: a Personal Remembrance

-authored the political novel, Scoop of the Century, Jim expressed satisfaction that I was following his advice. I miss his perceptive insights. Jim believed fervently in making the results of scientific

Vicious Cycle or Business Cycle?: Explaining Political Violence in Northern Ireland After the Troubles

There are currently two schools of thought that seek to explain the persistence of political violence in Northern Ireland, one with a sociopolitical focus and the other with an economic focus ... President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU by the editorial board of Res Publica and the Political Science Department at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information , please

Designing and Evaluating Relativity Lab: A Simulation Environment for Special Relativity Education at the Secondary Level

experiments in science and in science education . In: Matthews M (ed) International Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching . Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/ 978 -94- 007 ... . Springer, Cham,. https:// doi.org/10.1007/978-3- 319 -29526-8 Henriksen , E. K. , Bungum , B. , Angell , C. , et al. ( 2014 ). Relativity, quantum physics and philosophy in the upper secondary curriculum

Socio-Scientific Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparing In-person and Virtual Science Learning Using Model-Evidence Link Diagrams

). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/ 978 -94-007-1159- 4 _ 5 Salmon , W. C. ( 1994 ). Causality without counterfactuals . Philosophy of Science , 61 , 297 - 312 . Schiermeier , Q. ( 2018 ). Droughts, heatwaves ... , 87 ( 6 ), 1007 - 1041 . https://doi.org/10. 3102/2F0034654317722961 Strike , K. A. , & Posner , G. J. ( 1992 ). A revisionist theory of conceptual change . In R. Duschl & R. Hamilton (Eds.), Philosophy

Transforming the Farm Bill: The Local Food Movement and Political Change

This study uses the political opportunity structure to measure the success of the local food movement in America. Drawing from the Political Process theory of social movements, I analyze the ability

Archaeology and Kastom: Island Historicities and Transforming Religious Traditions in Southern Vanuatu

” nature of fanafody in the sense that it can be materially efficacious, while also acknowledging that this efficacy was a site of political and social manipulation amongst different practitioners and their ... Social-political institutions e.g. class system, hierarchy Subsistence-economics e.g. trade and exchange, agricultural system Techniques Easier (a)“Ladder of inference” (after Hawkes 1954) “Magic

How Cultural Transmission Through Objects Impacts Inferences About Cultural Evolution

organism-centered approach to cultural evolution . Topoi an International Review of Philosophy , 35 ( 1 ), 283 - 290 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-014-9283-2 Dennett , D. C. ( 1995 ). Darwin's dangerous ... Behaviour , 46 , 999 - 1010 . https://doi. org/10.1006/anbe. 1993 .1281 Heyes , C. M. , & Plotkin , H. C. ( 1989 ). Replicators and interactors in cultural evolution . In M. Ruse (Ed.), What the philosophy of

High-Temperature Superconducting Cable Design Based on Individual Insulated Conductors

the possibility of this design philosophy because of its commercial availability in multiple thicknesses. A systematic set of selection criteria was developed for the selection of appropriate heat