with at least 11 hectares site locating on fashafooyeh from rey town, the archaic area of nachir khanloq is one of the important regions from islamic period that has been less noticed yet. unfortunately, some parts of this region have been leveled by farming equipments. in addition to its large area, great and massive distribution of cultural artifacts throughout this area, particularly several...

Music is a g rea t zeal of t h e h u m a n spir i t . I t is a n i n s a t i a t e n e e d a n d a powerful ons l augh t t o w a r d perfect ion. I t revea ls spon taneous ly m o s t che r i shed t h o u g h t s a n d feelings. T h a t is why , t h e g rea t m a n of med ic ine a n d r e n o w n e d m u s i c i a n , Dr. Alber t Schwe i t ze r def ined : « Mus i c is a tool of t h e noble spir ...

The two major aims of this study are (1) To test the performance of the Landscape Reconstruction Algorithm (LRA) to quantify past landscape changes using historical maps and related written sources, and (2) to use the LRA and map reconstructions for a better understanding of the origin of landscape diversity and the recent loss of species diversity. Southern Sweden, hemiboreal vegetation zone. ...

[1] The instrumental record is too brief for evaluation of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) system and its long-term response to climate forcing. To supplement these data, we use a new reconstruction of December–February Niño-3 sea surface temperatures based on subtropical North American tree-ring records to investigate aspects of ENSO variability over the past six centuries (AD 1408–197...

This article discusses the naming of German nationals recorded in historical documents largest Kėdainiai 16th–18th centuries, reflecting unique characteristics this anthroponymic system. Notably, a portion men have two given names and surname.

Spectral analysis of the physical stature of Americans and Europeans in the 18th and 19th centuries reveals a cyclical structure similar to the traditional view of the business cycle: a longer cycle with a length of 7-10 years, and a shorter cycle with a length of 3-5 years. The correlation between height cycles and cycles of economic variables such as grain prices indicates an influence of eco...