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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"hoards"”.
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A re-interpretation of the late Bronze Age metalwork hoards of Essex and Kent
… metalwork evidence, in particular the 'founder's hoards' of the 'Carp's Tongue' Complex in Essex and Kent. These hoards include a wide range of artefact categories, often surviving in fragmentary condition, and have traditionally been interpreted as an inevitable by-product of the metalworking …
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Multivariate Money: A statistical analysis of Roman Republican coin hoards with special reference to material from Romania
… usefulness of the statistical analysis of coin hoards for the examination of aspects of ancient societies including coin use and exchange. Special attention was paid to various aspects of ‘formation processes.’ The thesis was divided into three parts. Part I — Background. This Part initially …
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The Early Iron Age socketed axes in Britain
… found in association with other metalwork. These hoards can be divided into two main groups: axe hoards and mixed hoards. The eight geographical regions outlined in this thesis are defined by different contexts, associations and the predominance of different Early Iron Age axe types, and in terms …
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Middle and Late Bronze Age Metal Tools from the Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean, and Anatolia: Implications for Cultural/Regional Interaction and Craftmanship
… A thorough examination of tools from metal hoards and shipwrecks reveals the existence of tool kits, and this observation has important implications for reassessing how hoards are interpreted. While it is difficult to track the movement of craftspersons from tools alone, distinctive trends …
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Death, society and social change: the Iron Age of southern Jutland 200 B.C. - 600 A.D.
… available for the period, from burials, votive hoards and settlements, to reconstruct the long-term social development of that area. The first section deals with the representativity of the material from the three contexts to establish the biases in retrieval of information from the potential …
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Academic achievement and physical education: a study of the correlation between pupil academic achievement and involvement in the physical education program
In recent years local school hoards have found it necessary to terminate some programs in their districts in order to operate within the budget allotted them by the provincial Department of Education. These program terminations brought about some opposition from parents, teachers and students in …
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Seed predation and potential dispersal of Ceratocaryum argenteum (Restionaceae) nuts by the striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) / Joseph Douglas Mandla White
… site, however, it seems unlikely that it scatter-hoards C. argenteum seeds, as no consumption or burial of seeds was observed. However, R. pumilio did show an interest in C. argenteum seeds and attempted to consume some seeds or carried seeds over distances not significantly different (p>0.05) …
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Unius Regulae Ac Unius Patriae: A Standardizing Process in Anglo-Saxon England
… Through an examination of single finds and hoards, as well as the extant legislation, I demonstrate that the creation of a single coinage, accepted throughout the kingdom, was the result not of any single</p><p>initiative, but an evolution over the course of generations. Similarly, in the …
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Goldsmithing technologies, metallurgical traditions and funerary rituals in the Saka societies of the Eurasian Steppe during the Iron Age (c. 900 - 500 BCE)
… assemblages from six Saka burials and three Saka hoards. Two of the burials are unique: one is a double burial from Kurgan 4 Eleke Sazy II, which was found intact—a rarity; the other is Kurgan 16 Shilikty 1, which was recently dated to the end of the 8th century BCE, making it the earliest …
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From Dichotomy to Trichotomy
… If a state closes their borders to refugees, hoards vaccines, or ignores the effects of their commercial activities and carbon emissions, individuals all over the world are affected. As a result, there has been a movement to develop international human rights law. However, little normative …
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Differences in cache placement and pilferage by desert rodents (Family: Heteromyidae)
… hoard) or in multiple, small seed piles (scatter hoards). In order to maintain seed resources and minimize cache pilferage (removal by other rodents), heteromyid species may use different behavioral strategies. I examined caching and pilfering behaviors of heteromyid rodents in the field and …
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How a Central-Place Forager (Callospermophilus lateralis) Modifies its Movement Behavior to Navigate a Risky Landscape and Maximize Fitness
… and pilfering competitors, C. lateralis larder-hoards seeds year-round in a central burrow. C. lateralis cannot always be at the burrow to defend the larder from pilferers, however, because they must leave to participate in other activities such as foraging. Additionally, when away from the …
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The Memory of a Forgotten Landscape: A socio-topographical inquiry into the remains of Later Prehistoric Norfolk
… and again. The clustering and recurrence of hoards and other types of sites in certain localities across great time-spans is of particularly interest, and allows for commentary on place-making, social memory, and ritual during later prehistory. As Cyril Fox’s famous regional study of …
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An Analysis of the Relationships Between Arbitration Board Awards and Selected Independent Variables in the Providence of Manitoba
… were made:</p><ol><li>1. Neither school hoards nor teachers could consider the number of days spent in arbitration as a basis for anticipating the direction of awards.</li><li>2. Of the sixteen variables covered by Null Hypothesis 3, only variables (3) sad (13) through (16) provided …
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Exploring the perceptions of hoarding from those who support people exhibiting hoarding behaviour: an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
… informed understanding of the person who hoards and mental health. However, training and specialist guidance is often not accessible to professionals such as those in housing support. Haighton et als (2023) study investigating key stakeholders’ identification, assessment and intervention …