The re-identification of great bustard (Otis tarda) from Fishbourne Roman Palace, Chichester, West Sussex, as common crane (Grus grus)

This paper details the results of recent reanalysis of the animal remains from the 1960s excavations at Fishbourne Roman Palace, West Sussex. It argues that specimens originally identified as belonging to the great bustard are, in fact, misidentified remains of common crane. This discovery has important connotations. First, these findings need to be reported so that the avian archaeological record can be updated to avoid future syntheses of Romano-British faunal remains incorrectly including great bustard. Secondly, interpretations of the zooarchaeological remains at Fishbourne Palace will alter, due to the differing ecological histories of bustards and cranes.

Miscellaneous theological works of Henry Hammond, Archdeacon of Chichester, and Canon of Christ Church, to which is prefixed, the life of the author,

Mode of access: Internet.

The life of the learned and right reverend Reynold Pecock. S.T.P., lord bishop of St. Asaph and Chichester, in the reign of King Henry VI. Faithfully collected from the records and mss. Being a sequel of the life of Dr. John Wiclif, in order to an introduction to the history of the English reformation.

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The Episcopal register of Robert Rede, ordinis predicatorum, lord bishop of Chichester, 1397-1415.

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Calendar of Sussex marriage licences recorded in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Chichester for the Archdeaconry of Lewes, August, 1586, to March, 1642-3.

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Letters of Edward Lear, author of "The book of nonsense", to Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford and Frances, Countess Waldegrave.

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The life of Bernard Gilpin, collected from his life, written by George Carleton, bishop of Chichester, from other printed accounts of the times he lived in, from original letters, and other authentic records.

Appended to the biography is "A sermon preached in the court at Greenwich, before King Edward VI ... MDLII, by Bernard Gilpin. Reprinted in the year 1752" (52 p.).

Thomas, Howard, O'Neal, Don and Ghertman, Michael (Eds). Strategy, structure and style. Chichester: John Wiley, 1997

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Susan Ehrlich, Miriam Meyerhoff and Janet Holmes (eds.). The Handbook of Language, Gender and Sexuality (2nd edition). Chichester, U.K.: Wiley Blackwell. 2014. 664 pp. Hb (9780470656426) US$195.00.

Book review

[Review] Assessment: Problems, Developments and Statistical Issues; a Volume of Expert Contributions. Edited by H. Goldstein and T. Lewis. ISBN 0 471 95668 6. Wiley, Chichester, 1996. viii+274 pp., £45.

This is a book on general issues to do with assessment, not a statistics book, although it touches on statistical issues. Although it is intended for an international readership to include teachers, educationalists, policy makers and personnel managers and would be of interest to such groups it has been written mainly from the viewpoint of developed countries and is not obviously essential reading or an essential purchase for anyone. Short biographies of the 15 contributors are given at the start of the book and references from all the chapters are brought together at the end. The order of chapters appears to be arbitrary to some extent and there is little cross-referencing from one chapter to another.

Systemic Model for Diagnosis of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises from Two Cities from the Countryside of the State of So Paulo in Brazil

This article presents a proposal of a systemic model composed for the micro and small companies (MSE) of the region of Ribeiro Preto and the agents which influenced their environment. The proposed model was based on Stafford Beer`s (Diagnosing the system for organizations. Chichester, Wiley, 1985) systemic methodologies VSM (Viable System Model) and on Werner Ulrich`s (1983) CSH (Critical Systems Heuristics). The VSM is a model for the diagnosis of the structure of an organization and of its flows of information through the application of the cybernetics concepts (Narvarte, In El Modelo del Sistema Viable-MSV: experiencias de su aplicacin en Chile. Proyecto Cerebro Colectivo del IAS, Santiago, 2001). On the other hand, CSH focus on the context of the social group applied to the systemic vision as a counterpoint to the organizational management view considered by the VSM. MSE of Ribeiro Preto and Sertozinho had been analyzed as organizations inserted in systems that relate and integrate with other systems concerning the public administration, entities of representation and promotion agencies. The research questions: which are the bonds of interaction among the subsystems in this process and who are the agents involved? The systemic approach not only diagnosed a social group, formed by MSE of Ribeiro Preto and Sertozinho, public authorities and support entities, but could also delineate answers that aimed the clarification of obscure questions generating financial assistance to the formularization of efficient actions for the development of this system.