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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Transhumance"”.
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Actividad y estructuras pecuarias en la Comunidad de Albarracín (1284-1516)
… mountain range has always been related to transhumance. Its livestock volume and routes, the way of transferring flocks and the increasing number of various disputes are subject of analysis. Finally, the thesis deals with the fact that livestock were an important source of income, …
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Medieval landscapes and lordship in South Uist
… rural settlement (farms, townships, field- and transhumance-systems) and high-status monuments (churches, duns and castles). Developments visible in both the historical and archaeological record demonstrate that considerable social, economic and cultural changes took place within the landscape …
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A Society in Transition: Badenoch, 1750-1800
… and heavily dependent on a complex system of transhumance. But there was also a thriving cattle-based commercial economy driven by the indigenous tacksmen, who further demonstrated their entrepreneurship through diversification into agricultural improvement, sheep, textiles and timber. The …
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Straight from the cow's mouth: investigating procurement and management strategies in cattle supplied to Great Zimbabwe using a multi-isotopic approach
… although researchers have proposed seasonal transhumance between upland and lowland regions. In this thesis, measurements of 87Sr/86Sr, δ 18O, δ13C and δ15N profiles in serial samples of tooth enamel and dentine from 27 archaeological cattle teeth enable investigation of several aspects of …
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PHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF AUTOCHTHONOUS SMALL RUMINANTS BREEDS OF ITALY
… reaction to the environment during the vertical transhumance in a local breed, together with the possibility to use autochthonous breeds as biomonitoring tools, specifically for heavy metals and trace elements. In conclusion, this project has demonstrated, with a multidisciplinary approach, the …
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Social Transformations and Ceramic Production during the 4th millennium BCE in the Shahrizor Plain and Bazyan Valley, Iraqi Kurdistan. A Geochemical and Petrographic Study.
… and include emulation, trade or exchange, and transhumance. Despite the influx of archaeological investigations into Iraqi Kurdistan over the last decade, the majority of current discussion on the processes and transmission of this phenomenon is based upon investigations along the Middle …
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Migration, development and social change in a 21st century North Indian hill village
… where movements have traditionally involved transhumance and border trade with western Tibet. With the closure of the Indo-Tibetan borders after the Indo-China war in 1962, the economy and livelihoods of the people of the region have fundamentally changed and movements now take place in the …
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Land rights & identity: the establishment of the Leliefontein Mission and its impact on the Little Namaqua of the Kamiesberg
… occupation of the Kamiesberg. The patterns of transhumance adopted by the pre-colonial Little Namaqua were put under severe pressure at the dawn of the 18th century with the arrival of the first wave of European farmers known as 'trekboers'. Here, the Namaqua's notions of shared land-use and …
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Land and Society in the Komaggas region of Namaqualand
… use of a large portion of Namaqualand practicing transhumance in order to survive. Centuries of beneficial use led to local systems of understanding whereby certain tribes had predominance in particular areas and assumed a right to these lands through continual usage. Following colonisation, the …
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Cattle Rustling and its Effect on South Sudanese Communities
This exploratory mixed method study on "Cattle Rustling and its Effect on South Sudanese Communities" was carried out in the five South Sudanese states of Unity, Lake, Warrap, Jonglei, and Central Equatoria. The study commenced with the qualitative phase with the specific objectives of determining …
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Epidémiologie de la brucellose et de la tuberculose animales dans les milieux urbain, périurbain et rural au Niger
… plus élevés pour ceux qui pratiquaient la transhumance (OR de 9,1 ; IC 95% : 5,06 - 16,30), ceux qui ont signalé l'apparition d'avortements (OR 4,5; IC à 95% : 2,23 à 8,95 ), et ceux qui ne pratiquaient pas la quarantaine (OR de 1,8 ; IC 95% : de 1,08 - 2,85). En ce qui concerne les …