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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"huts"”.
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Wartime Huts: The Development, Typology, and Identification of Temporary Military Buildings in Britain 1914-1945
Abstract Wartime Huts: The Development, Typology and Identification of Temporary Military Buildings in Britain 1914-1945 By, Karey L. Draper Faculty of Architecture University of Cambridge The use of temporary, prefabricated buildings in Britain during the twentieth century arose from wartime need …
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Doing the Dishes: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Late Bronze Age Ceramics Excavated from Hut 12 at Mokarta, Sicily
… analyses being performed and published on Huts 1 and 14, and the last comprehensive analysis being performed in 1995 which was limited to the Mokarta necropolises.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>In order to more clearly understand the Mokarta settlement pottery repertoire, the ceramic assemblage of …
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“We are all going into log huts – a sweet life after a most fatiguing campaign”: The Evolution and Archaeology of American Military Encampments of the Revolutionary War
This dissertation focuses on the history and archaeology of the American military encampments of the American Revolution. The organization of this dissertation reflects the purpose and methodology of the study to create context — both historically and archaeologically — for the American military …
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Hieratic Ostraca of the Rameside period in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo: documentation, classification and commentary
… which have discovered a wide-spread of huts throughout the main valley along with its lateral ones. The increase of workmen’s number which took place sometime during the ruling years of Ramses IV would have probably constricted the authority to build these huts as a sort of temporary …
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An Architecture of Path and Destination in the Land of Water, Forests, and Peaks
In 2015, I read an article about a proposed huts and trails system in the Adirondack Park. This is a 6 million acre forested, mountainous, and water logged preserve, that is also home to around 130,000 people. A huts and trails system such as the one proposed is typically aimed at recreational …
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The Evolution of the Built Environment of the Margi Ethnic Group of Northeastern Nigeria
… Nigeria. The evolution started with round huts and fences that were constructed mainly with pieces of stones while living in the Mandara Mountain enclaves and with mud huts surrounded with thatch mats while living on the plains and then evolved to a contemporary, but a hybrid structure, as …
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A comparison of Scottish and Norwegian hutting traditions, with particular reference to the communities of Carbeth and Lindøya 1905-2013
… important in explaining the relative absence of huts in Scotland than the difficulty of accessing and retaining land which in turn, prompted the development of legislation, further embedding social outlooks that regarded huts as problematic and ideal landscapes as empty and "development-free."
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Ukwakhiwa komuzi wesiZulu / the building of a Zulu homestead
… ukubaluleka nokunakekelwa kwawo. Lubheka imikhutshana eyenziwa kusukela umuzi uthutha enxiweni elidala uyokwakhiwa enxiweni elisha uze uqanjwe igama noma amagama. Isahluko sokuqala siveza ucwaningo nenhloso yalo. Kuvezwa umklamo wocwaningo nendlela esetshenziswe ngenkathi kubhekenwe nalo …
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Application of Phase Change Materials for Peak Load Shifting Through Price-Based Control Method
… freezer experiment. Later, two identical test huts located at the Tamaki Campus, University of Auckland were used for the experimental studies. The experimental huts were constructed using standard lightweight materials and are referred to as Hut 1 and Hut 2. Hut 1 was used as the base case …
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Towards a Kosher Architecture
… Tumwater, Washington. The eight reconfigurable huts seek to reinforce the sacred yet mundane cultural charge of the typology by extending their occupation beyond the festival into the remaining fifty-one weeks of the year.
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The Picaresque in Six Afro-American Novels
… narration, and subjects of Blake or The Huts of America, Home to Harlem, Native Son, Invisible Man, Quicksand, and Their Eyes Were Watching God are distinctly picaresque. The genre continues a tradition begun with the trickster tales of Africa (Anansi, the Spider and others), then …
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IMPACT OF HOUSE DESIGN ON THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF INSECT DISEASE VECTORS IN THE GAMBIA
… and a no ceiling control, using six experimental huts, with a man sleeping under an untreated bednet in each hut. Here treatments were rotated between different huts on different nights. The insecticide-treated ceilings failed to reduce the number of vectors entering the hut compared with the …
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The Built Environment and Material Culture of Ireland in the 1641 Depositions, 1600-1654
… a landscape still speckled with the wattle huts of its native inhabitants. Using the 1641 Depositions as the core of this dissertation, this research endeavours to contextualise evidence of material culture embedded within the written testimonies, beginning with the private world of the home …
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A multi-criteria analysis of adapting the Tiv traditional hut to climate change: a case study of the Kanshio community, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
… present constraints to adapting the traditional huts in the ‘Kanshio’ community of Benue State, Nigeria. The thesis aims to understand the perception and sustainable adaptation strategies of ‘kanshio’ rural households toward the adverse effects of climate change. A mixed-method approach was …
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Rebuilding Relationships after Civil War: Relational Justice and Ex-Combatant Reintegration in Liberia
… Commission of Liberia for national Palava Huts that will help restore justice and broken relationships in Liberia. The Palava Hut is widely practiced in Liberia’s relational rural communities where it has evolved as an effective tool for conflict transformation. However, its utility as a …
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Leapfrogging or green washing? An economic, social, and environmental impact analysis of rural solar electrification programs in the fatick region of Senegal.
… the grass roofs of traditional African mud huts. While the West is touting rural solar electrification as a win-win solution to international development and climate change, many rural Senegalese are less enthusiastic about their new-found electricity. Prompted by legitimate concerns voiced …
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The role of human disturbance in the dynamics and distribution of sand forest in and around Tembe Elephant Park, KwaZulu-Natal.
… to be sustainable. The main framework of huts built was composed of thin understorey and subcanopy sand forest woody species. Strong evidence of resprouting occurred in these species and species composition of huts was similar to an earlier study underrnken in J 982. This suggested lhat …
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Moisture occurrence in roof assemblies containing moisture storing insulation and its impact on the durability of building envelope
… an extensive experimental program using two test huts in an environmental chamber, patterns of moisture movement and accumulation for a full wetting-drying cycle have been developed for the first time. Using these results for validation, a model using the water potential concept as the driving …
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Becomings-Unsettled? (Un) Braiding Settler-Treaty Life Writing
… for the day ahead. Nearby some ice fishing huts perch atop the frozen surface, fires lit, rods hovering over drilled holes, awaiting a catch. We have gathered too, for a scholarly writing retreat. This abstract is one of my writing tasks. While it’s positioned first, I have left it for last, …
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