东山又闻洋芋香

互助土族自治县东山乡党委、政府大力扶持农民发展洋芋产业,今年洋芋又喜获丰收。东山乡位于浅山地区,气候干旱,土质为大白土,十分适宜洋芋的种植。这里出产的洋芋口味好、颗粒大、干爽、不沾泥、无空心,消费者和加工厂家十分欢迎。     

金手铲:80年代考古学的寓言(下)

这篇寓言小说叙述了“我”的一次坐飞机旅行的不寻常的经历,以考古学家最常用的发掘工具－一把金色的手铲为线索,以文学性的语言刻画了上世纪80年代三个美国考古学家的生动形象。新生哲学家是一个理论家,自诩为“理论的创造者”,而将他人贬为“理论的消费者”。70年代为骄子以编辑他人的见解为生,擅长将他人的观点变成自己的观点。以上二位从不参加田野发掘,但是却位居要津,声名显赫。老前辈是个传统而又守旧的考古学家,常年奔波在野外考古工地,但由于跟不上形势的发展而被迫提前退了休。他们争论的话题包括：考古学理论、基建考古学、课题考古学、考古学家的道德等等。小说发表后,由于其语言生动风趣,切中了考古学界的种种弊端,立即在学术界引起了轰动,堪考古学史上的一篇旷世奇文。     

A Visit to Pakui Village In Gyangze

Low-lying houses, dirt paths, stinking ditches, a litter-strewn environment, poor school conditions, and poorly equipped clinics-these are problems still plaguing many parts of the rural areas today.Generally speaking, living conditions in rural areas in the autonomous region can only be termed as nasty. In some villages, many houses have no space for bicycles in front. Some of the farmers' houses have their door facing the toilets of the house in front.     

从村童到学术大师:韩儒林评传

20世纪的中国史学有两大流派,即实证主义史学和马克思主义史学。韩儒林先生是一位掌握实证史学方法、努力用马克思主义观点解释历史现象的史学家。他在元史和边疆史地研究方面取得了丰硕成就,成为一代学术大师。     

原子城呵护金银滩之梦

哦,金银滩为梦想为现实荡开涟漪,在遥远而又亲近的地方心贴心洗礼。     

河南农村的仪式性人情及其村庄社会基础——深化理解村庄社会性质的新视域

村庄社会基础是理解仪式性人情的根本。在河南一村,仪式性人情是镶嵌在血缘关系所组织的社会秩序中的,人情的背后是道德伦理规范及其秩序状态,而人情也在不断表达和再造着这种规范和秩序。这启示我们要不断深化对村庄社会性质的理解。     

All that Glitters is not Gold. The Political Economy of Randomized Evaluations in Development

Randomized control trials (RCTs) have a narrow scope, restricted to basic intervention schemes. Experimental designs also display specific biases and political uses when implemented in the real world. Despite these limitations, the method has been advertised as the gold standard to evaluate development policies. This article adopts a political economy approach to explore this paradox. It argues that the success of RCTs is driven mainly by a new scientific business model based on a mix of simplicity and mathematical rigour, media and donor appeal, and academic and financial returns. This in turn meets current interests and preferences in the academic world and the donor community.     

The Economics of Gold

Abstract

From day to day or month to month, the price of gold can swing violently. But over much longer time spans, gold holds its real value rather well. This paradox is explored in this paper; it is explained by the notion that a well informed market should overreact to news about the fundamentals governing its long run value; and then, in the absence of further shocks, the price and stock of gold in use should tend to drift in opposite directions until the long run point of balance is attained. The paper also investigates other issues concerning gold, including the suggestion that paper currency should be backed by gold.     

Buccino: The Early Bronze Age Village of Tufariello

Abstract

The excavation of the Early Bronze Age village at Tufariello (Buccinno) in southern Italy represents a major archaeological advance in a little-known period of Italian prehistory in this region. The emphasis of the following report is in the integration of archaeological material, especially the statistical study of abundant pottery material from three distinct stratigraphic phases of the site, and the discussion of the unexpected rectangularly planned buildings of the site, with reports on evidence of flora and fauna. The result is the first synthetic view of the life of a southern Italian community of the end of the third millennium B.C.

The excavation has been the most recent phase of the exploration of this area undertaken since 1968 by Brown University in collaboration with the Superintendency of Antiquities of Salerno. This report is made up of the following sections.

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Introduction and Stratigraphy by R. Ross Holloway</list-item><list-item>

Architecture by Ned P. Nabers</list-item><list-item>

Pottery by Susan Snow Lukesh</list-item><list-item>

Stock Economy by Graeme Barker</list-item><list-item>

Stone and Bone Objects by Nicholas B. Hartmann</list-item><list-item>

Pottery Manufacture by Ethel R. Eaton</list-item><list-item>

Metal Tools by Hugh McKerrell and Ethel R. Eaton</list-item><list-item>

Vegetal Remains by William LaCroix Phippen</list-item><list-item>

Preliminary Geological Note by Giuseppe Leuci</list-item></list>     

Village Plans in County Durham: A Preliminary Statement

THIS paper examines some facets of rural settlement-morphology within co. Durham and demonstrates the way in which all villages involve particular combinations of universal structural components. These provide grounds for a logical classification and a framework within which to explore the origins of some of the plan-types that can be identified. A close analysis of the most regular series, the two-row plans, indicates that a strong measure of deliberate ordering was involved and evidence is presented to suggest that some villages, which were first mapped in the 19th century, possess a plan-type that developed before 1200. Furthermore there are grounds for arguing that there may be traces of village-regulation, such is as found in Scandinavia and has been described by G. C. Homans. A possible date for the imposition of this regularity would be the years immediately after the widespread devastations in the north at the end of the 11th century.     

The Monetary Role of Gold

Abstract

After a brief introduction to the role of gold as a monetary agent in history, the classical gold standard and the Bretton Woods agreement and its failure are discussed. Since then the price of gold has fluctuated widely and has only recently steadied. The monetary role of gold at present is then considered. Gold stocks, their supply and demand and various economic factors playing a role in price formation are mentioned in detail. Inflation and countercyclicality in relation to the Morgan Stanley Index of World Equities are the final subjects of this review.     

The Hydrometallurgy of Gold Processing

Abstract

Gold has captured mankind's admiration for centuries as a medium of currency or exchange, for personal jewellery and for decorative and ornamental purposes. The mythical tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece may have its origins in the placer miners' technique of placing sheep's fleeces in sluices to capture gold flakes. This practice evolved around 1200bc and perhaps marked the start of the development of the 'art' and 'science' involved in recovering gold which existed at low levels in the Earth's crust and even in sea water. Since then gold processing technology has changed significantly to cope with the increasing scarcity of gold and the complexity of its ores. Today, 1 t of dirt has to be processed to recover a few grams of gold. This difficulty has not stopped mankind from looking for this metal, which is considered both precious and evil by Eastern and Western civilisations. The scarcer the metal becomes, the more sophisticated must be the exploration technology that is developed to look for gold. Likewise, processing techniques have been continually improved and modified to cope with the increasing complexity of the ores from which gold must be recovered.     

侵华日军湖山村暴行证词

湖山行政村位于南京麒麟门以东、宁杭公路以北。1937年12月6日,日军侵占湖山村,对无辜村民烧杀抢掠,犯下累累罪行。2003年夏,作率南京农业大学土地管理学院学生对侵华日军湖山村暴行调查取证,取得一组证词,兹特公布于后,供研究参考。