Variation in Mississippian settlement patterns : the Larson settlement system in the central Illinois River Valley /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-81).

Settlement patterns in the late Mesolithic of western Scotland: the implications of Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates and inter-site technological comparisons

The character of settlement patterns within the late Mesolithic communities of north-west Europe is a topic of substantial debate. An important case study concerns the five shell middens on the island of Oronsay, Inner Hebrides, western Scotland. Two conflicting interpretations have been proposed: the evidence from seasonality indicators and stable isotope analysis of human bones has been used to support a model of year-round settlement on this small island; alternatively, the middens have been interpreted as resulting from short-term intermittent visits to Oronsay within a regionally mobile settlement pattern. We contribute to this debate by describing Storakaig, a newly discovered site on the nearby island of Islay, undertaking a Bayesian chronological analysis and providing evidence for technological continuity between Oronsay and sites elsewhere in the region. While this new evidence remains open to alternative interpretation, we suggest that it makes regional mobility rather than year-round settlement on Oronsay a more viable interpretation for the Oronsay middens. Our analysis also confirms the likely overlap of the late Mesolithic with the earliest Neolithic within western Scotland.

The Impact of Land Use Patterns and Watershed Characteristics on China Lake, Kennebec County, Maine

China Lake is located in Kennebec County, Maine. Since 1983 the lake has suffered from yearly algal blooms as a result of the addition of excess nutrients. The nutrient load was amplified by erosion within the watershed. Erosion varies widely depending on a number of factors, including the slope of the land, the type of soil, and the way the land is being used. Certain land use types have a high potential to add nutrients to the environment, while others may help absorb excess nutrients and prevent erosion and runoff into the lake. A comprehensive examination of the China Lake watershed was completed using GIS to calculate the erosion potential for the entire area, taking into account past and present land use patterns. This information will help the towns around the lake to make informed decisions about future development and land management.

Los patrones de asentamiento rural y el cambio social en América Latina = Rural settlement patterns and social change in Latin America

Documento en otra fuente ingresado en Biblioteca (97041)

Stone architecture in Carso plateau. Settlement patterns and construction techniques of historic buildings

The use of stone and its types of processing have been very important in the vernacular architecture of the cross-border Carso. In Carso this represents an important legacy of centuries and has a uniform typological characteristic to a great extent. The stone was the main constituent of the local architecture, setting and shaping the human environment, incorporating the history of places through their specific symbolic and constructive language. The primary aim of this research is the recognition of the constructive rules and the values embedded in the Carso rural architecture by use and processing of stone. Central to this investigation is the typological reading, aimed to analyze the constructive language expressed by this legacy, through the analysis of the relationship between type, technique and material.

Dr. Arthur Ruppins Vorschlag zur Gründung einer Land Settlement Bank : Vorbemerkung

Palästina / Redaktion

Dr. Arthur Ruppins Vorschlag zur Gründung einer Land Settlement Bank

Arthur Ruppin

Historic settlement patterns in the Nushagak River region, Alaska / [by] James W. VanStone.

v.61(1971)

Land policies of the states of the commonwealth of Australia, with particular emphasis on land settlement in Victoria and New South Wales,

Thesis (M.S.)--Univ. of California. Dec. 1921.

Report of the State Land Settlement Board of the State of California.

Mode of access: Internet.

Land settlement and rural credits; statement of the need for an investigation,

Reproduced from type-written copy.

The poor and the land; being a report on the Salvation army colonies in the United States and at Hadleigh, England, with scheme of national land settlement and an introduction;

Mode of access: Internet.