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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Settlement History"”.
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Settlement History and Interaction in the Manialtepec Basin of Oaxaca's Central Coast
… in interregional networks and its pre-Hispanic history. Analysis utilized surface observations, surface collections, and information from limited excavations performed by the Proyecto Arqueologico Laguna de Manialtepec (PALM) in the Manialtepec Basin, located on the Central Coast of Oaxaca. The …
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Living on the margin?: The Iron Age communities of Mananzve Hill, Shashi region, South-western Zimbabwe
… to retrieve reliable data for establishing the settlement history and adaptation strategies of Iron Age communities that lived in this landscape. The study was guided by the concepts of vulnerability, adaptation and resilience, as well as landscape archaeology. Results from excavations conducted …
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Adelaide English: Regional Variation in Australian English Phonology
… Australian English language. Furthermore, the settlement history of South Australia is examined and an integral link between the settlement and the sound features of the Adelaide English variety is analysed. The existence of regional varieties in the Australian phonology has long been debated. …
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SPATIALITY OF MEMORY: RECONSTRUCTING THE BAWEANESE PONTHUK
… to enhance our understanding of Baweanese settlement history in Singapore and the region. The concluding chapter of this study reviews the challenges of using memory as a source and the role of space in shaping memory. It highlights the relevance of its methodological approaches for …
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Cyclone shelters and cyclone resilient design in coastal areas of Bangladesh
… that defines the problem, a broad review of settlement history and hazards in coastal Bangladesh, a planning chapter that zooms in on the issues at five spatial scales, followed by a design chapter that zooms out from proposals for improving shelter site planning to a more comprehensive …
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A state of change : an historical archaeology of Doukhobor identity at Kirilovka village site (FcNs-1)
… integral part of the province's agricultural and settlement history, no substantial archaeological investigation of village sites took place until the site of Kirilovka (FcNs-I) was excavated in August and September of 1996. Kirilovka village was located along the North Saskatchewan River, west of …
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Forced Removal and Social Memories in North-western Zimbabwe,c1900-2000
This is a study in regional history focusing on a case of forced removal that happened in the late 1950s in North-western Zimbabwe and partially on another of voluntary migration in the 1980s. Forced removal and voluntary migration, both as a process and as an event, are used here as prime entry …
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Islamic nurture in the West : approaches to parenting amongst second generation Pakistanis and Khojas in Peterborough
… socio-economic status, education, migration and settlement history, cultural norms and sectarian affiliation. This study considers the impact of migration on the religious nurture provided by two groups of second generation parents of South Asian Muslim origin in Peterborough: one group's …
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Unsettled Settlements: Continuity and change in the Marakwet habitation of the northern Elgeyo Escarpment, northwest Kenya, from c. 1850 to the present-day
… interpretive exemplar for the study of sedentary settlement across sub-Saharan Africa. Rural settlement dynamics across the continent—particularly the connections between long-term changes in settlement patterns/composition and the shorter-term lived experiences of the people whose lives embody …
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Determining Historic Ethnic Changes in Sierra County and New Mexico 1870-2000
Sierra County and New Mexico share similar settlement patterns, however they are ethnically dissimilar in the present day. Using the methodology of surname analysis applied to historic census data, this thesis explores Sierra County and New Mexico in 1870 and 1930 to illustrate the differences …
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Stewart Island township : a landscape appraisal : [dissertation] presented in partial fulfilment of the Diploma in Landscape Architecture, Lincoln College, University of Canterbury
… such towns as Russell, Arrowtown and Akaroa. The settlement at Stewart Island also has a distinctive character, partly coming from the strong framework of its landscape setting and partly because it has not been closely linked to the rest of New Zealand historically. Russell, Akaroa and Arrowtown …