The aim of this thesis is to investigate how Bahamas, a magazine belonging to the antideutsche current in German left-wing politics, acted during a two year period between the summer 2001 and 2003. When explaining the anti-deutsche phenomena and the editors’ politics it is common to take the currents own history-writing as a fact, thus presenting the development of the current as a reaction to outside factors and impulses outside. In this thesis it is stressed that the editors are far from only passively reacting, rather the opposite is true. I claim that the editors have a fixed ideology that they strive to implant in to certain parts of the radical left. This thesis hypothesizes that the editors do this through something that I call ideological intervention. Ideological intervention differs from the common approach, which I call influence, in that it’s focused, timed and directed to achieve as much result as possible. To test the hypothesis, the thesis strives to answer the following questions: When do the editors choose to intervene? Who are they trying to appeal to with these interventions? Who is the target of the editors’ critic and how is it formulated? How is the interventions formulated, is there a pattern?, A jargon? What do they say and what do they not say? The analysis shows that the editors choose to intervene when they think the situation will be as favourable as possible for the intervention. In specific terms this means that they choose to intervene in the context of events that already in themselves bring about attention and discussion. In this way the editors assure that their controversial interventions have the best possibility to spark a controversy and a heated discussion. The interventions are directed to a small segment of the radical left. This segmentmainly identifies itself as anti-fascist and it is interested in theory. They also have some, or a lot of resentment towards the rest of the radical left. The critic the editors formulate mainly directed against the radical left. This implies that the editors are trying to create a rending in the ideological environment that the radical left constitutes. Other phenomena’s that editors direct major critic against is Germany, Nazis and Islam. This critic is, with some exceptions when it comes to Islam, always a critic that appears in relation to the critic of the radical left. In other words, the editors use these phenomena’s to criticize the radical left for its claimed similarities with, and relation to, these phenomena. Things that the editors claim that these phenomena have in common, and that are considered to be negative include collectivism, strive towards equality and anti-global thinking. The texts are written in a unique jargon consisting of a highly academic and philosophic language, often mixed with irrelevant non intellectual arguments based for example on the proposed antagonist mental abilities and personal hygiene. I claim that the jargon is meant to create feelings of exclusiveness among its readers, and thus make them more responsive to the ideology put forward by the editors. In conclusion the analysis supports my hypothesis.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

We report an intertidal, bone-rich peat deposit on the windward (Atlantic Ocean) coast of Abaco, The Bahamas. The age of the Gilpin Point peat (c. 950-900 cal. yr BP) is based on five overlapping radiocarbon dates (one each from single pieces of wood of buttonwood Conocarpus erectus and sabal palm Sabal palmetto, and single bones of the Cuban crocodile Crocodylus rhombifer, Albury's tortoise Chelonoidis alburyorum, and green turtle Chelonia mydas). The short time interval represented by the charcoal-rich peat suggests rapid sedimentation following initial anthropogenic fires on Abaco. The site's diverse snail assemblage is dominated by terrestrial and freshwater species. The peat is exposed today only during exceptionally low tides, suggesting a lower sea level at the time of deposition as well as a degrading shoreline during the past millennium. Fossils from Gilpin Point represent a late-Holocene vertebrate community at the time of first human presence; only 10 of the 17 identified species of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals still live on Abaco. Numerous unhealed bite marks on the inside of the thick carapaces of the green turtle attest to consumption by Cuban crocodiles, which probably scavenged turtles butchered by humans. This concept, along with the dense concentration of bones in the peat, and charring on some bones of the green turtle and Abaco tortoise, suggests a cultural origin of the bone deposit at Gilpin Point, where the only Amerindian artifact recovered thus far is a shell bead.

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Bioturbation in supratidal carbonate substrates has only recently received attention from ichnologists, relying primarily on traditional ground-based techniques. This study is the first high-resolution geophysical investigation of three decapod species inhabiting adjacent coastal biotopes on San Salvador Island. Extensive (>2 km) 800 MHz georadar surveys captured a diverse suite of >120 burrows of ghost (Ocypode quadrata), blackback (Gecarcinus lateralis) and blue (Cardisoma guanhumi) land crabs. Site-specific post-processing protocols were used to establish characteristic attributes that distinguish unfilled burrows from other discordant anomalies based on signal polarity structure. Variably oriented 2D and quasi-3D (~0.75-1.25 wavelength line separation) images allow the diagnostic signature of G. lateralis burrows to be distinguished from those of O. quadrata based on: 1) higher density of point-source diffractions (0.9-1.9/m vs. 0.01-0.06/m) and 2) shallower inclination angle (21-46° vs. >60°). C. guanhumi burrows are differentiated by: 1) larger diameter; 2) presence of an end chamber (where the radar signal is not attenuated by saline groundwater); 3) low electromagnetic signal velocity (~9 cm/ns vs. ~11 cm/ns) in organic-rich muddy substrate and 4) rapid signal decay. The migrated inclination angle (a) and the effective range (t0; time window of strongest reflectors) offer the best combination that differentiates between the three end-member structures and matrix properties. This study establishes GPR as a viable non-invasive subsurface imaging technique, with potential implications for: 1) identification of shifting ichnocoenoses, as exemplified by intense hurricane impacts (2015/2016); 2) recognition and mapping of similar biogenic structures in buried or lithified carbonates and, 3) quantification of a near-surface ichnofabric index and the dual porosity/permeability structure of prospective hydrocarbon reservoirs. Furthermore, the basic attributes of subsurface visualization can be readily extended to other mesoscale biogenic structures in evaporite and siliciclastic media. / Geology

Preacher's Cave, an archaeological site in North Eleuthera, Bahamas, is arguably one of the most important historical places in that country. This large cave, isolated in a natural setting, has long been associated in the popular imagination with the first English colonists who shipwrecked in the Bahamas in 1648 and laid the foundation for the modern nation. Before the present work, no systematic scientific archaeological work had ever been conducted at this site. While Project Director for the Preacher's Cave archaeological investigations in 1991, 1992, 2005, 2006, and 2007, I acted as liaison between the Bahamian Government, local island constituents, and the team of scholars who accomplished the work, organizing all aspects of the excavations. By analyzing the recovered material assemblage from these excavations, we were able to prove that the seventeenth-century English Puritans not only used Preacher's Cave for shelter in the first period of colonization, but altered the natural rock formations of the cave for use as the first church in the Bahamas. These excavations, in conjunction with the written record, also suggest that the area surrounding the site is the location of the first free black community in the country. Finally the scientific investigation confirmed Preacher's Cave as a prehistoric burial spot for the Lucayan people who lived in the islands before Columbus landed in 1492. These burials are unique because they were recovered with grave goods and one of the five Lucayan burials appears to be a victim of human sacrifice. No where else in the country do these three compelling narratives come together and form the basis for the development of a National Heritage Tourism Site. / But protecting an historic site and interpreting it for visitors in a country where tourism is one of the major industries can be challenging. This study summarizes past strategies that were successful in the development of a small museum on the nearby is Wells using the techniques of the public historian and public archaeologist to proceed with plans for the opening of Preacher's Cave as a national park. Discussions concerning constituents, park boundaries, access, and political realities in the twenty-first century Bahamas are considered while examining the larger concept of heritage and tourism as collaborative industries. / by Jane S. Day. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

I examined summer home range use of Altantic spotted dolphins in the Bahamas from 1991-2004. Home ranges for 86 dolphins using the 95% Fixed Kernel Density (FKD) estimator averages 62.o km2+=22.96 km2 and ranged from 24.8 km2 to 148.4 km2. Older animals and males had the largest ranges. Home range size did not vary with female reproductive status. core areas were defined by the 50% FKD contour and averaged 10.32 km2 +=5.47 km2. Habitat use was different between reproductive states for females. Non-reproductively active (NRA) females used deeped habitat. Behavioral use of the home range varied spatially. The core area was an important foraging area for males and reproductively active females. NRA females foraged more outside their core area compared to the core area. / by Bethany Augliere. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.

Les missions océanographiques Carambar (2010), Carambar 1.5 (2014) et Carambar 2 (2016-2017) menées au large de la pente nord du Petit Banc des Bahamas (PBB) ont permis d’étudier les processus d’export sédimentaire quaternaires sur ce système carbonaté. Les 24 270 km² de données bathymétriques couplées aux 6398 km de lignes sismiques très haute-résolution et aux 42 carottes sédimentaires reparties entre – 177 m et – 4873 m de profondeur ont permis de caractériser ce système depuis la pente supérieure jusqu’à la plaine abyssale.Le travail présenté ici s’intéresse aux résultats obtenus sur les carottes sédimentaires prélevées sur le haut de pente supérieur du PBB (Carambar 1.5) et celles obtenues sur le bas de pente et dans la zone du canyon du Great connecté à la plaine abyssale (Carambar 2). Ils viennent compléter les résultats obtenus précédemment par Tournadour (2015) et Chabaud (2016) sur les pentes inférieures et moyennes.Un prisme de haut niveau marin se dépose haut de pente supérieure. Actuellement, ce prisme daté de l’holocène s’étend de - 177 m à – 360 m. Les dépôts sédimentaires sont principalement engendrés parle density cascading et le passage d’ouragans. Son alimentation La formation du prisme a débuté il y a13,6 ± 3,5 ka cal BP, après le Meltwater Pulse 1A. Les Meltwater Pulses ont engendré la formation de terrasses qui correspondent alors à des environnements peu profonds et qui induisent une production carbonatée qui peut être exportée vers le prisme. La principale phase de développement du prisme est datée à 6,5 ± 0,9 ka cal BP, quand le niveau marin a finalement atteint le rebord de plate-forme. La sédimentation du bas de pente suggère une alimentation principalement pélagique et liée aux passages des courants plutôt qu’aux apports de plate-forme. Les variations dans les faciès dans ces dépôts sont donc issues de variations climatiques (intensification des courants, apports arctiques). La sédimentation de cette zone semble similaire à celle retrouvé sur la Blake Outer Ridge à 400 km au nord.Entre -1300 et -4800 m, la pente se caractérise par le canyon géant du Great Abaco. L’alimentation peu fréquente de ce canyon contrôlé structuralement a lieu principalement par le biais de tributaires, la tête du canyon ne semble pas être le lieu préférentiel de passage de courants de turbidité fréquents. / Over the past decade, the Little Bahamas Bank (LBB) in the Caribbean has been at the heart of oceanographic cruises Carambar (2010), Caramba 1.5 (2014) and Carambar 2 (2016-2017). These scientific expeditions were carried out with the aim of improving our knowledge of the processes tha controlled sediment export during the Quaternary in this tropical setting. Thus, bathymetric datacovering some 24,270 km² of seabed, high-resolution seismic lines running over 6,398 km and 42sediment cores ranging from 177 to 4,873 m water depth were collected in the upper slope through tothe abyssal plane of the LBB system.This study focusses on those sediment cores retrieved in the upper (Carambar 1.5) and lower slope ofthe LBB and those from the Great Canyon (Carambar 2) which is connected to the abyssal plane. These results are complementary to previous studies led on the middle and lower northern slope of the LBB (Tournadour, 2015; Chabaud, 2016).A highstand accretion wedge, currently dated to the Holocene, expands at water depths of 177-360 m. Sediment deposition in the prism is mainly the result of hurricanes and density cascading. Its initiation is dated at 13. 6 ± 3.5 ka cal BP, following Meltwater Pulse 1A. Melwater Pulses led to the formationof shallow terraces that enhanced carbonate production and ultimately supplied the prism with sediment through the export of said carbonate. The height of the development of the prism occurred at 6.56 ± 0.9ka cal BP when the sea level reached the shelf-break.Sedimentation in the lower slope is indicative of more pelagic processes, since currents play a greater part in the deposition of sediment than the shelf. Variability in the facies of theses deposits are thus the result of climatic variations (e.g strengthening of currents, influxes of Arctic water). Sediments in this are a share similarities with those in Blake Outer Ridge, 400 km north of the LLB. At water depth of1,300-4,800 m, the slope is scored by a giant canyon, namely the Great Abaco. The morphology of this canyon attests to a structural control of sediment supply: rather than the head of the canyon, tributaries appear to supply the majority of sediment within this system.

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British colonization of the Bahamian island of Eleuthera began in the mid-­‐ seventeenth century with the arrival of Puritans who came from Bermuda, seeking refuge from religious persecution. Funded by a group of British investors called the Eleutherian Adventurers, This first group of settlers shipwrecked and took refuge in a cave, now known as Preacher’s Cave, where they adapted to the island’s maritime tropical environment. Archaeological excavations conducted at Preacher’s Cave recovered a large quantity of faunal remains. This thesis presents an analysis of these materials and compares the resultant findings to existing historical records pertaining to this settlement. Whereas historical sources document chronic shortages of imported food supplies, the archaeological faunal assemblage demonstrates that the Preacher’s Cave settlers relied primarily upon available resources of the sea and nearby habitats. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection