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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Ornaments"”.
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Leaves that Sway: Gold Xianbei Cap Ornaments from Northeast China
… to fabric caps and have been associated with ornaments described in the Chinese histories as buyao (“step-sway”) ornaments because their thin sheet gold leaves tremble and sway with each step the wearer takes. However, leaf-covered gold crowns and headdresses excavated from tombs across …
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Opercular Flaps as Sexual Ornaments For Male Longear Sunfish (Lepomis Megalotis)
… However, few examples of structural sexual ornaments exist in fishes, and ornamentation is typically limited to coloration. One possible example of a structural sexual ornament in a fish species may be the exaggerated opercular flaps of male longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis). The opercular …
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Ornaments of the Desert : Springbok Treks in the Cape Colony, 1774-1908
Bibliography: leaves 199-221.
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The influence of religion on the jewelry and ornaments of the ancient Egyptians
The digitized version of this thesis is a scanned copy of a bound photocopy.
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Fremont Finery: Exchange and Distribution of Turquoise and Olivella Ornaments in the Parowan Valley and Beyond
… of Olivella artifacts at other sites, that these ornaments were not traded together. I examine whether exotic artifacts were differentially distributed among sites in Parowan Valley and within the specific sites and I observed that Olivella and turquoise are most often associated with living areas.
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An Introduction to Baroque Ornamentation for Solo Trumpet Literature (1638-1709): A Preliminary Guide for Applied Trumpet Teachers
… the interpretation and execution of select ornaments during the years 1638-1709. The chosen ornaments include the appoggiatura. mordent, inverted mordent, and trill. These notated ornaments were selected based on their relative frequent use in Italian Baroque music. These ornaments are …
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The employment of ornamentation in present day trombone performance of transcriptions of Baroque literature
… resources necessary to include the appropriate ornaments in a performance of baroque music.Chapter 1 is concerned with the ornamentation practices of Italy and France, the two most influential nations in the development of a mature style of baroque performance. The Italian tradition of free …
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The embellishment in Mozart's keyboard music with specific application to seven of his late piano concertos
… additions to the written text. They would add ornaments, fill in skeletal passages and decorate works according to their ability and taste. Mozart himself was well-known for his gift of improvising, which he put to good use when performing his concertos. Problem to be studied All Mozart's works …
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Pu-abi's Adornment for the Afterlife: Materials and Technologies of Jewelry at Ur in Mesopotamia
… materials and methods used to manufacture these ornaments, I will argue that the jewelry was not simply a rich but passive collection of prestige goods, rather that jewelry that can be read in terms of active ritual, and perhaps cultic, production and display. The particular materials and …
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Fishing For The Evolutionary Bases Of Female Ornamentation
… on males. In some cases however, conspicuous ornaments similar to those observed in males are expressed in females—but the causes for their evolution have often been elusive. In my dissertation I examine the behavioral, hormonal, and genetic correlates of female throat coloration—a male …
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Conspicuous female ornamentation and male mate preference of Threespine Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
… drives the evolution of exaggerated male ornaments (traits showing little function outside social interactions) in many animal species. Female ornamentation is now acknowledged also to be common but is generally less well understood. One example is the recently documented red female throat …
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An evaluation of the gold share market on the JSE
… .stored for value and used in the manufacture of ornaments and jewellery; its use dates as far back as the Ancient Egyptians. Since August 1971, however when the dollar/gold convertibility was officially terminated, the price of gold bullion has become very volatile, but has also increased so …
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Ornamenting Fingernails and Roads: Beautification and the Embodiment of Authenticity in Post-War Eastern Sri Lanka
… as negotiated through personal and public ornaments and notions of beauty with a material culture focus. I argue for a broad view of ‘public,’ which includes often marginalized and feminized public modalities. This view also explores how beauty and ornament are salient technologies of …
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A comparative analysis of human skeletal remains from Parowan Fremont, Virgin Anasazi, and Kayenta Anasazi archaeological sites
… (Kayenta Anasazi), and the inclusion of shell ornaments (Virgin Anasazi). There is no evidence that burial practices of the Coombs Site Kayenta people were more like the Virgin Anasazi than the Parowan Fremont.
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Changing Continuities: The Removal Period (1795-1830) Archaeology of the Potawatomi and Kickapoo Peoples of Illinois
… of Euro-American metal artifacts into tools and ornaments that expressed a Native identity; and the use of selected Euro-American material culture items compatible with such an identity. Change did happen, but it occurred within a Native context and served Native needs.
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Ornamentation, Behavior, and Maternal Effects in the Female Northern Cardinal
… cardinalis</em>). Female birds possess ornaments that indicate a number of important known aspects of quality and are usually costly to maintain. However, the extent to which female specific traits, such as maternal effects, are indicated is less clear. It is predicted by the Good Parent …
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