Bibliography: leaves 467-472 / xi, 472 leaves : ill., geneal. tables, maps ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, 1986

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 467-472).

This research analyses the influence of the power of a name, particularly on Zulu speaking people in South Africa. It further analyses the effect of names in other Nguni speaking communities in this country. On a wider scale it also looks at the power and the influence of names given to people of other countries on the African continent. The research primarily investigates the effects of the power of a name on the life of a black person. A name could actually lure a person to enact its meaning. For instance, the name uBagangile could influence the bearer of the name to be generally naughty or if not so, relatives around her might act naughty in different ways. It is pointed out that the act of name-giving with concomitant power vested in a name originates from God. The bearer was expected to act out the meaning of his/her name. God's power hidden in the name would constrain an individual to behave in a certain way within his/her community. The research points out that a name is not only a label that helps in the identification of an individual or an entity. A name is something that is multi-functional. First it becomes a label, a descriptive tool that may refer to a person's body structure. It is possible that a name may divulge a situation in which the person was born. Most importantly, it has the power to make the bearer become what the name means. Usually names carry one of the above accounts. If the name was chosen by an insightful name giver it may carry more than one of the above qualities. During the years of oppression before the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994, community members made extensive use of names from the languages of the white oppressors. White names had an impact on the lives of bearers, because of the meanings and contexts associated with them. / African Languages / D.Litt. et Phil. (African Languages)

The nineteenth century in Spanish America exhibits a true saga of funeral ceremonies intended to exalt the role of great men in the configuration of the symbolic arsenal which contributed to molding the foundational mythology of nation-states. The Republican state language turned the association between hero, national body and posterity into a resource of the affirmation of national authority and social and political cohesion. Converted into keystones in the building of the national pantheon, State funerals carried out during the 19th century in the majority of the Spanish American republics became formidable instruments of political and cultural construction. Along these lines, the presen tarticle is occupied with contextualizing the slow process of placing José de San Martín as an Argentine national hero within the coordinates of 19th century European and Spanish American funerary rituals. / El siglo XIX hispanoamericano exhibe una verdadera saga de ceremoniales fúnebres destinados a enaltecer el papel de los grandes hombres en la configuración del arsenal simbólico que contribuía a moldear la mitología fundacional de los estados nacionales. El lenguaje estatal republicano hizo de la asociación entre héroe, cuerpo nacional y posteridad un recurso de afirmación de la autoridad nacional y de cohesión social y política.Convertidos en piezas angulares en la fabricación del panteón nacional, los funerales de Estado realizados a lo largo del siglo XIX en la mayoría de las repúblicas hispanoamericanas se convirtieron en instrumentos formidables de construcción políticay cultural. En esta línea, el presente artículose ocupa de contextualizar la dilatada empresa de colocación de José de San Martíncomo héroe nacional argentino en las coordenadas de los rituales funerarios del siglo XIX europeo e hispanoamericano.

Dès les débuts de l’archéologie préhispanique, au XIXe siècle, le temple maya sous sa forme commune de pyramide est devenu la figure de proue d’une discipline qui s’est construite dans un contexte intellectuel bien particulier. Entre la redécouverte du patrimoine archéologique italien et égyptien et l’esprit romantique des premiers explorateurs, les constructions mayas perdues dans la végétation du Yucatán et du Petén ont su enflammer l’imagination. L’étude du monde méso-américain a donc pris naissance dans le creuset de l’évolutionnisme européen et de la tradition chrétienne, dès la Conquête espagnole, au XVIe siècle. En réalité, la pensée cosmographique maya, née du fonds culturel méso-américain formé à l’époque olmèque, est beaucoup plus complexe, et l’on ne peut se contenter d’interprétations consensuelles. Le temple maya, réitération du macrocosme, est l’une des expressions spécifiques d’une conception de l’univers qui se manifeste au travers d’un véritable discours d’imbrication et de démultiplication interne de signes. Fondée sur l’examen précis et systématique d’un vaste corpus de sites des Basses Terres de la péninsule yucatèque et du Petén, datés du IIIe au Xe siècle (époque III ou Classique), cette étude use de la sémiologie comme outil d’analyse de l’organisation spatiale des centres urbains mayas. Elle se propose d’apporter une nouvelle lecture du processus intellectuel et matériel de construction, afin de révéler l’ensemble de la sémantique formulée par le temple et l’architecture rituelle et sacrificielle mayas. / From the beginning of pre-Hispanic archaeology, in the end of the 19th century, the Maya temple as a pyramid has become the figurehead of a discipline built in a very specific intellectual context. Between the rediscovery of the Italian and Egyptian archaeological heritage and the Romantic spirit of the early explorers, Maya buildings lost in the forest of Yucatán and Petén were able to fire the imagination. The study of the Mesoamerican world has thus been formed based on European evolutionism and Christian tradition, starting from the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. Actually, the Mayas’ cosmographic thought, born of the Mesoamerican cultural unit – first formed by the Olmecs – is so much more complex that we can not just settle for consensual explanations. Not only is the Maya temple a reiteration of the macrocosm, but also a particuliar expression of their conception of the universe which is a true speech made of internal multiplication and interweaving signs. Built on a systematic and accurate observation of a huge site corpus of the Lowlands of the Yucatecan peninsula and Petén (3rd to 10th century, Classic period), this study uses semiology as a real tool for analysing the spatial organization of Maya cities. Its aim is to provide a new understanding of both the intellectual and material construction process, in order to reveal the whole semantics behind the temple and the Maya ritual and sacrificial architecture.

Cette étude analyse le rôle des négociations westphaliennes (1643-1648) dans le développement du cérémonial diplomatique au XVIIe siècle en s’appuyant sur les correspondances entre les diplomates et leurs princes. La perspective des acteurs a été privilégiée pour mieux comprendre l’importance des différentes querelles et leurs logiques. Sur le plan méthodologique, nous nous interrogeons sur les implications et les limites des concepts utilisés pour appréhender le « cérémonial » en tant que phénomène historique. Une analyse se fondant sur la fonction représentative des diplomates laisse de côté plusieurs problèmes importants. La démonstration du rang princier ne constitue pas l’unique motif des querelles de cérémonial. Les diplomates provoquent en effet de nombreuses altercations non pas pour défendre le statut de leur prince mais plutôt pour asseoir le leur. Le cérémonial utilisé lors des négociations westphaliennes mélange ainsi le statut du représentant et celui du représenté. En outre, la signification des signes utilisés au cœur du cérémonial fait l’objet d’une discussion permanente et permet aux acteurs d’interpréter les incidents de différentes manières. Or, au cours du XVIIe siècle, le cérémonial renvoie de plus en plus à une signification précise, ce qui entraine une multiplication des querelles. Par ce processus, le cérémonial constitue désormais un instrument qui révèle moins la hiérarchie entre les différents princes que leur appartenance au cercle des Souverains. / This dissertation analyses the role of the westphalian negotiations (1643-1648) in the development of the diplomatic ceremonial in the 17th century through the examination of correspondence between diplomatic representatives and their princes. In order to better appreciate the importance of the different conflicts and their inherent logic, the study focuses on the actor’s perspective. Methodologically, the concepts utilized for understanding and describing the historical phenomenon « ceremonial » are critically analysed with respect to their implications and limits. This research suggests that an analysis solely based on the representative role of the diplomats would neglect important aspects given that the demonstration of rank is not the only motive in ceremonial conflicts. As such, the diplomats studied provoked many altercations not to confirm their prince’s status, but rather first and foremost to define and cement their own. Thus, the ceremonial of the westphalian negotiations blends the statuses of representative and represented. Furthermore, as the meanings of the signs used in the context of the ceremonial were not commonly defined, the various actors are able to interpret the events differently. In the course of the 17th century however, the ceremonial significations become more and more fixed and unified, which in turn leads to a multiplication of conflicts. This process lead to a situation where the function of the ceremonial was no longer to reveal the specific hierarchy among prince, but rather to display their adhesion to a group of Sovereigns.

Social and Political Transformation in the Callejón de Huaylas (III to X Centuries)Archaeological investigations between 1997-1999 in the Callejón de Huaylas, Peru -localized around the Pierina gold mine- have discovered prehispanic settlements corresponding to diverse chronological periods. The article focuses on the Early Intermediate Period and Middle Horizon, examining Recuay settlement pattern, and showing how it was transformed Wari control that probably intruded into the Callejón de Huaylas in the 6th century. However, local domestic patterns appear to have remained little changed, suggesting that new demands for taxes must not have been excessive. Only a few signs of foreign domination are evident. / Consecutivos proyectos de investigacion y rescate arqueológico realizados entre 1997 y 1999 en el área de explotación de la mina Pierina, Callejón de Huaylas, han permitido estudiar un conjunto de asentamientos prehispánicos de diversos periodos cronológicos. En este artículo se pone énfasis en los sitios del Período Intermedio Temprano y Horizonte Medio, se explica el patrón de asentamiento recuay y cómo fue transformado y absorbido por las fuerzas exógenas wari que irrumpen en el Callejón de Huaylas alrededor del siglo VI. El sistema de articulación local, sin embargo, persiste y solo se pueden detectar algunas señales de dominación externa.

The study deals with the reconstruction and new functional use of the castle in Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou. He is currently unused and disillusioned. The owner of the castle is the town of Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou. City leadership takes steps to save the building. The proposal takes into account the city's wishes regarding the use of the building and the arrangement of dispositions is designed to meet today's operational requirements. The design tries to highlight the architectural values of the castle and offers a dignified use of this monument.

The subject of this diploma thesis is the design of a crematory with two ceremonial halls. Building is situated on the high point, distanced from the surrounding buildings. There is a cemetery located five hundred meters from the crematory. Crematory is designed as a modern building, which has one above-ground floor from the most part, except of the large ceremonial hall that has two above-ground floors. This hall is a symbol of this structure. Vertical load-bearing system of exterior walls is 300mm wide made of Porotherm ceramic pieces, with exception of large ceremonial hall designed from reinforced concrete. Non-load bearing wall system is also made from Porotherm ceramic pieces. Roof is designed as a prefabricated rib-and-filler floor, except of the elevated part of large ceremonial hall designed from mono truss girders. The building is supported by the wall footing concrete system combined with the spread footing concrete system under the columns.

The object of the project is to design a new building of the municipal office, in which is a library with a cafe and a ceremonial hall. The house is brick, not with cellar, on two floors. Roofing is made up of a flat roof. The ground floor houses the library, in the 2nd floor spaces are administrative and ceremonial hall.