This article presents the research of petroglyphs discovered by Soviet archaeologists in 1962 and 1963 course epigraphic studies Wadi al-Allaqi region within framework archaeological expedition USSR Academy Sciences. 200 hieroglyphic inscriptions were Umm-Agaib, copied subsequently published. As for petroglyphs, due to lack time they not reproduced studied. However, photos rocks Umm-Agaib prese...

Different forms of outdoor recreation have different spatiotemporal activity patterns that may have interactive or cumulative effects on wildlife through human disturbance, physical habitat change, or both. In western North America, shrubsteppe habitats near urban areas are popular sites for motorized recreation and nonmotorized recreation and can provide important habitat for protected species...

The bacterial diversity in the Su Bentu Cave in Sardinia was investigated by means of 16S rRNA gene-based analysis. This 15 km long cave, carved in Jurassic limestone, hosts a variety of calcite speleothems, and a long succession of subterranean lakes with mixed granite and carbonate sands. The lower level is occasionally flooded by a rising groundwater level, but with only scarce input of orga...

Great Basin populations during the PleistoceneeHolocene Transition (PHT) are often characterized as being mobile and focused on wetlands; however, the factors that influenced where Paleoindians selected residential campsites are poorly understood. Using predictions derived from optimal foraging-based patch choice models and GIS reconstructions of the PHT landscape, some researchers have argued ...

The use of thorium in providing the intense white luminescence emitted from gas mantles, has a history some 130 years, initial application pre-dating by several decades large-scale urban electric lighting. Accordingly, thoriated mantle proved itself to be enormous utility, remaining popular more rural areas well into 20th century, continuing enjoy campsites and street night markets lanterns unt...

A common approach to analyzing open-ended customer survey data is to manually assign codes to text observations. Basic descriptive statistics of the codes are then calculated. Subsequent reporting is an attempt to explain customer opinions numerically. While this approach provides numbers and percentages, it offers little insight. In fact, this method is tedious and time-consuming and can even ...

BACKGROUND The indigenous Nenets reindeer herders in northern Russia annually migrate several hundred kilometers between summer and winter pastures. In the warming climate, ice-rich permafrost and glaciers are being significantly reduced and will eventually disappear from parts of the Arctic. The emergent changes in hydrological cycles have already led to substantial increases in open water tha...

Application of GIS-based spatial analysis for archaeological site prediction and evaluation Predictive modelling of Aboriginal archaeological sites has been a common thread in Victorian archaeological practice for many decades. With the advance of GIS-based mapping methods, it is now possible to employ more sophisticated and automated techniques to characterise the available archaeological data...

Executive Summary One thousand telephone interviews were conducted in the six western Washington counties of Clallam, King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish, and Thurston. Two research questions addressed in the telephone survey included: 1) the amount of spatial and temporal displacement due to crowding at Mount Rainier and Olympic national parks; and 2) the differences between displaced and non-disp...

Ancient Costa Ricans in the Arenal area exhibited extraordinary persistence in landscape use and social memory, in spite of repeated catastrophes caused by explosive volcanic eruptions. The Cañales village on the south shore of Lake Arenal was struck by two large explosive eruptions during the Arenal phase (500 b.c.–a.d. 600). Following ecological recovery, the village was reoccupied after each...