Thesis (D. Min.)--Columbia International University, 2004. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-202).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Columbia International University, 2004. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-202).

This dissertation deals with the religious practices of the settlers in the central highlands of Palestine, during the pre-monarchic period (ca 1200-1000 BCE; the so-called ‘period of the Judges’), as revealed by archaeology (cultic artifacts and sites, as well as burial customs and practices). The religious practices of the settlers have been shown to reflect continuity with, and were practically indistinguishable from, those of the Late Bronze Canaanite cult, suggesting that the majority of the settlers were originally Canaanites, most probably from the coastal city-states (ie, the religious practices have been used as an ‘ethnic marker’). It has also been proposed that one of the motivating factors for the migration of people from the coastal region to the central highlands was a fairly dramatic climatic shift, one which resulted in the area becoming increasingly and significantly drier from the late 13th century BCE until about 900 BCE. / Thesis (M.A. (Biblical Archaelogy))

Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2016-07-26T13:23:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2009- Antonio de Almeida Nobre J?nior.pdf: 2865771 bytes, checksum: bda025e5b2921d64be5cbf150b49f701 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-26T13:23:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2009- Antonio de Almeida Nobre J?nior.pdf: 2865771 bytes, checksum: bda025e5b2921d64be5cbf150b49f701 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-12-14 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior-CAPES / The historical rebuilding of the organic horticulture, in the Fluminense Highland Region, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, particularly in the counties of Petr?polis and S?o Jos? do Vale do Rio Preto, aimed to bring together elements capable to explain some phenomena relating to development of the local agroecosystems, from consultation to documents and interviews with farmers and other persons chosen because of personal and professional experience in the organic movement. Most of the production units certified by the Biological Farmers Association of the State of Rio de Janeiro (ABIO) it develops the organic horticulture, about 180 producers, in properties of four hectares, on average, mainly in the counties of Petr?polis and Nova Friburgo, while to smallest amount of producers in the county of S?o Jos? do Vale do Rio Preto. The organization of the productive chain must consider that the organic horticulture is a diversified activity, small-scale, low value added, carried out by family farmers widely distributed in the territory. This requires complex logistics of production, processing, marketing, transportation and distribution. The process of management of the organic production has been presenting progresses and retreats in the search of collective solutions. In 1979, the manifest ?Food without poison' was published. In 1980, the first point of sale of organic products appears. In 1981, the Consumers Cooperative Association of Environmental Harmony ? Coonatura - it structures a nucleus for the production of ecological foods, in the county of Petr?polis. In 1984, the Letter of Petr?polis was elaborated, during the II Brazilian Encounter of Alternative Agriculture. In 1985, ABIO was founded, in the city of Nova Friburgo. In 1986, Coonatura enlarges the organic production. The associative system of conversion of the conventional production systems to organic management was based on the co-leasing of the land, manure supply, seeds, payment of daily rates, overtime and commission on production for farmers, who were advised by an own body of technical assistance. The Eco-92 was important to articulation of the organic movement. In 1993, Coonatura counted on 2800 associated consumers, central marketing and supply of home delivery service. In 1994, Coonatura and ABIO created the Ecological Fair of Gloria. In 1999, the Association of Organic Producers of Black River Valley was created, that it started to sell organic products with own mark in supermarkets. Thus, the organization of the system of production and marketing of organic vegetables grown by only a point of sale (1980), passing for a structure with several points (1993), specialized fairs (1994) and service demand through the commercialization in supermarkets (2000). The organic movement, particularly the horticulture, has been learning and taught some lessons: institutions managed by idealistic people need of technical assistance, continuous training (formal and informal) is central, new productive and institutional arrangements of solidary character must be developed and strengthened partnerships. The history of organic horticulture has roots in associationism between producers and consumers, which has enable the improvement of the family farmers' quality of life, in the Fluminense Highland Region of the Rio de Janeiro State. / A reconstitui??o hist?rica da olericultura org?nica na regi?o Serrana Fluminense, particularmente nos munic?pios de Petr?polis e S?o Jos? do Vale do Rio Preto, visou a reunir elementos capazes de explicar alguns fen?menos relativos ? evolu??o dos agroecossistemas locais, a partir da consulta de documentos e entrevistas com agricultores e outras pessoas escolhidas em virtude da experi?ncia profissional e pessoal no movimento org?nico. A maioria das unidades de produ??o certificadas pela Associa??o de Agricultores Biol?gicos do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (ABIO) desenvolve a olericultura org?nica, cerca de 180 produtores, em im?veis de quatro hectares, em m?dia, principalmente nos n?cleos do Brejal (munic?pio de Petr?polis) e Nova Friburgo, enquanto que a menor quantidade de produtores encontra-se no munic?pio de S?o Jos? do Vale do Rio Preto. A organiza??o da cadeia produtiva deve considerar que a olericultura org?nica ? uma atividade diversificada, em pequena escala, de baixo valor agregado, exercida principalmente por agricultores familiares amplamente distribu?dos no territ?rio. Isto exige complexa log?stica de produ??o, processamento, comercializa??o, transporte e distribui??o. Neste sentido, o processo de gest?o da produ??o org?nica fluminense tem apresentado avan?os e retrocessos na busca de solu??es coletivas. Em 1979, foi publicado o manifesto ?Comida sem veneno?. Em 1980, surge o primeiro ponto de venda de produtos org?nicos. Em 1981, a Cooperativa de Consumidores da Associa??o Harmonia Ambiental ? Coonatura ? estrutura um n?cleo de produ??o de alimentos ecol?gicos, na localidade do Brejal, distrito de Posse, no munic?pio de Petr?polis. Em 1984, foi elaborada a Carta de Petr?polis, durante o II Encontro Brasileiro de Agricultura Alternativa. Em 1985, foi fundada a ABIO, em Nova Friburgo. Em 1986, a Coonatura amplia os n?cleos de produ??o. O sistema associativo de convers?o dos sistemas de produ??o convencionais para o manejo org?nico baseava-se no co-arrendamento, fornecimento de esterco, sementes, pagamento de di?rias, horas-extras e comiss?o por produ??o para os agricultores, que eram assessorados por um corpo pr?prio de assist?ncia t?cnica e extens?o rural. A Eco-92 foi um marco para articula??o do movimento org?nico. Em 1993, a Coonatura contava com 2800 consumidores associados, central de comercializa??o e fornecimento do servi?o de entrega domiciliar. Em 1994, a Coonatura e ABIO criaram a Feira Ecol?gica da Gl?ria. Em 1999, foi criada a Associa??o de Produtores Org?nicos do Vale do Rio Preto, que passou a comercializar produtos da marca Horta Org?nica, em supermercados. Desta forma, a organiza??o do sistema de produ??o e comercializa??o de oler?colas org?nicas evoluiu de apenas um ponto de venda (1980), passando para uma estrutura com diversos pontos (1993), feiras especializadas (1994) e atendimento da demanda por meio da comercializa??o em supermercados (2000). O movimento org?nico, particularmente a olericultura, tem aprendido e ensinado algumas li??es: institui??es gerenciadas por pessoas idealistas precisam de assessorias t?cnicas; a capacita??o continuada (formal e informal) ? fundamental; novos arranjos produtivos e institucionais de car?ter solid?rio precisam ser desenvolvidos e o associativismo fortalecido. A hist?ria da olericultura org?nica tem ra?zes no associativismo entre produtores e consumidores, o que tem possibilitado a melhoria da qualidade de vida dos agricultores familiares, na Regi?o Serrana Fluminense.

The Formative Period in the South: IntroductionThe text doesn´t have an abstract / El texto no presenta resumen

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This dissertation deals with the religious practices of the settlers in the central highlands of Palestine, during the pre-monarchic period (ca 1200-1000 BCE; the so-called ‘period of the Judges’), as revealed by archaeology (cultic artifacts and sites, as well as burial customs and practices). The religious practices of the settlers have been shown to reflect continuity with, and were practically indistinguishable from, those of the Late Bronze Canaanite cult, suggesting that the majority of the settlers were originally Canaanites, most probably from the coastal city-states (ie, the religious practices have been used as an ‘ethnic marker’). It has also been proposed that one of the motivating factors for the migration of people from the coastal region to the central highlands was a fairly dramatic climatic shift, one which resulted in the area becoming increasingly and significantly drier from the late 13th century BCE until about 900 BCE. / Thesis (M.A. (Biblical Archaelogy))

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-12T20:12:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PGEF13MA001.pdf: 156198 bytes, checksum: 63e9013930345ec4e5ba26c24ba62d7a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-09 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study was conducted in a cloud forest in urubici, SC, latitude 28˚04 27 S and longitude 49˚37 30 O, with about 1600 m of altitude. The objective of the first chapter was to check if there tree component of the cloud florest shows structural and floristic patterns variations associated to the environmental heterogeneity, and the objective of the second chapter was to evaluate the floristic similarity of there component of this fragment with other studies of upper montane forests. For the tree community characterization, a total of 25, 20 x 20m, permanent plots were systematically allocated in the forest fragment. All trees with circumference at breast height (CBH) ≥ 15,7 cm were measured (CBH and height) and identified. In each plot, environmental variables related to soils physical and chemical traits, terrain, canopy cover and environmental impact were collected. The data were analysed by Mann-Withney test, nonparametric multivariate ANOVA (NPMANOVA), nonmetric multidimensional scaling analysis (NMDS), with vectors of environmental variables (p ≤ 0.01) plotted a posteriori, and indicator species analysis. The floristic-structural groups were partitioned according to the plot declivity and the defined sectors associated with this variable. The analysis of the floristic composition was based on a floristic checklist containing 39 floristic and phytosociological surveys of upper montane forests. For the relationship of the floristic composition of the areas with the environmental and spatial variables were extracted from the publications the geographic coordinates of each area and used climate data extracted from the worldclim database. For determination of clusters and environmental and spatial nonmetric multidimensional scaling analysis (NMDS) were used, with vectors of environmental and spatial variables (p ≤ 0.01) plotted a posteriori. The floristic similarity of the fragments was measured using a dendrogram, using Sorensen as the distance method and UPGMA as the connection method. In the environmental analysis of the fragment wasfound that the sctors differed in their environmental characteristics, with the lower declivity sector demonstrating higher values of organic matter, sand, aluminum content and cation-exchange capacity, and the higher declivity sector with higher values of elevation difference, silt and calcium content, base saturation and pH. The environmental heterogeneity influenced the floristic-structural organization of the tree component and the occurrence of indicator species at the two sectors considered. The evaluation of the floristic similarity between upper montane forest fragments showed the formation of clusters, predominantly among fragments located in the same phytogeographic unit. The existence of an environmental gradient based on the climatic conditions was observed. In areas with higher thermal seasonality, annual temperature range, precipitation and longitude occurred the forests with rain forest matrix, and in areas with higher mean temperature, temperature daily range, isothermality seasonality of precipitation, minimum temperature of coldest month and latitude, occurred the forests with seasonal matrix. Internally these clusters demonstrated subdivisions: the rain forests divides into Araucaria forest and dense rain forest: the seasonal forests were divides in Bahia fragments with great influence of rain forests and MG fragments with altitude lower than 1.900 m / Este trabalho foi realizado em uma floresta nebular localizada no município de Urubici, SC, na latitude 28˚04 27 S e na longitude 49˚37 30 O e com uma altitude aproximada de 1600 m. o primeiro capítulo teve como objetivo verificar se o componente arbóreo da comunidade apresentava variações florísticas e estruturais associadas à heterogeneidade ambiental existente, e o segundo capítulo, avaliar a similaridade florística do componente arbóreo deste remanescente junto a outros estudos de florestas superomontanas. Para caracterização da comunidade arbórea foram alocadas, de forma sistemática na área do fragmento, 25 parcelas de 400 m². nelas, todos os indivíduos arbóreos com CAP (circunferência medida a altura do peito) ≥ 15,7 cm foram medidos (CAP e altura) e identificados. Para caracterização ambiental foram coletadas, em cada parcela, as informações sobre as propriedades físicas e químicas do solo, relevo, compactação dos solos, cobertura do dossel e impacto ambiental. Os dados foram analisados por meio do teste de Mann-Withney, análise de variância multivariada não-paramétrica (NPMANOVA), escalonamento multidimensional não-métrico (NMDS), onde os vetores das variáveis ambientais significativas (p ≤ 0,01) foram plotados à posteriori, e análise de espécies indicadoras. Os grupos florístico-estruturais foram particionados em função da declividade existente, definindo-se setores associados a esta variável. Para realizar a comparação florística foi utilizada uma lista de espécies arbóreas compiladas de 39 levantamentos florísticos e fitossociológicos de florestas superomontanas. Para conhecer a relação da composição florística das áreas com variáveis ambientais e espaciais, foram utilizados dados climáticos extraídos do banco de dados do WORLDCLIM e as coordenadas geográficas de cada uma dessas áreas. Para determinação dos agrupamentos e a influência de variáveis ambientais e especiais sobre os padrões florísticos, foi utilizada a técnica de escalonamento multidimensional não-métrico (NMDS) e um dendrograma, utilizando o índice de Sorensen como medida de distância, e o método UPGMA como ligação. Na análise ambiental do fragmento verificou-se que os setores apresentam diferenças em suas características ambientais, sendo que o setor de menor declividade apresentou maiores valores de matéria orgânica, areia, alumínio e CTC, enquanto o setor de maior declividade apresentou maior desnível e maiores teores de silte, cálcio, saturação de bases e pH. A heterogeneidade ambiental influenciou a organização florístico-estrutural do componente arbóreo e a ocorrência de espécies indicadoras nos dois setores considerados. A avaliação da similaridade florística entre os remanescentes de florestas superomontanas demonstrou a formação de agrupamentos, predominantemente entre remanescentes localizados em uma mesma unidade fitogeográfica. Observou-se a existência de um gradiente ambiental ligado às condições climáticas. Em áreas com maiores valores de sazonalidade térmica, amplitude térmica anual, precipitação e longitude UTM ocorreram florestas com matriz ombrófila, e, em áreas com maiores valores de temperatura média, amplitude térmica diária, isotermalidade, sazonalidade da precipitação, temperatura mínima no mês mais frio e latitude UTM, ocorreram predominantemente florestas com matriz estacional. Internamente a estes agrupamentos ocorreram subdivisões: florestas ombrófilas dividiram-se em mista e densa; florestas em matrizes predominantes estacionais dividiram-se em remanescentes da BA, com influência da flora arbórea de florestas úmidas e remanescentes de MG, com altitude menor que 1.900 m

Informed by the methodology utilized in Peter Williams's Houses of God: Region, Religion, and Architecture in the United States (1997), the thesis examines Mark Lemmon's Gothic Revival design for the Highland Park Presbyterian Church (1941) with special attention to the denomination and social class of the congregation and the architectural style of the church. Beginning with the notion that Lemmon's church is more complex than an expression of the Southern cultural region defined by Williams, the thesis presents the opportunity to examine the church in the context of the unique cultural region of the city of Dallas. Church archival material supports the argument that the congregation deliberately sought to identify with both the forms and ideology of the late nineteenth-century Gothic Revival in the northeastern United States, a result of the influence of Dallas's cultural region.

Mural paintings in the urban environment in 16th and beginning of 17th century has been rather an ignored topic, however its artistic interpretation and iconographic concept says a lot about the life of residents during Renaissance. The art phenomenon in this work was studied on the borderland between Bohemia and Moravia, currently the place of Havlíčkův Brod, Pelhřimov and Jihlava districts. At the same time, this division facilitated systematic research and listing of surviving paintings. First, the study focuses on the summary of a colourful historical situation in the given place and religious affairs related in particular, but not only to the New Utraquism and Lutheranism which followed up local Utraquist foundations from the Hussite Era. One of the aims of the work is to study the relationship between religion and artistic or iconographic interpretation of paintings. Selected artistic sources related in particular to the graphic works of that time play also important role. This is why other chapters are dedicated to the study of the theory of art of mural paintings, urban houses abroad and in the concerned location, study of sacral interiors within the context of the Saxon environment, and the last chapter deals with the thematic and iconographic study of collected paintings. The results...