Analytical investigation on Renaissance Venetian enamelled glasses from the Louvre collections

Venetian enamelled glass is one of the most significant subjects of the art and technology of Renaissance glassmaking. These items were made in Venice from the second half of the 15th through the 17th centuries and were imitated in other European glassmaking centers during this period and again in Murano during the 19th century. Only a limited number of analyses of these masterpieces have been published up to now.     

Land-use change for rice and foxtail millet cultivation in the Chengtoushan site,central China,reconstructed from weed seed assemblages

Archaeobotanical analysis of moat sediments from the Neolithic site of Chengtoushan, Hunan, China, provides evidence of the land-use change for rice and foxtail millet cultivation around the site. Rice constantly appeared through the three phases of Daxi culture with high percentages, while accompanying wetland species of paddy field weeds gradually decreased. In contrast, foxtail millet increased together with upland field and ruderal weeds through the time. These changes suggest that foxtail millet cultivation was established with the expansion of dry farming in region of the site, while rice cultivation was continuously practiced on the alluvial plain surrounding the site. This diversification of land-use through the addition of foxtail millet cultivation may be attributed to population increase or as a buffer to natural disasters such as flooding. In addition, gathering of wild nuts and fruits continued alongside cultivation. These multiple strategies for food procurement provided sustainable food supply for the population of Chengtoushan for 1,800 years.     

骑兵建设推动养马业的发展--战马马源之分析

战马是有条件的:它应当是乘用型的、适龄的骟马.战马质量关系到骑兵安全乃至战争胜负,战马数量和质量制约军政势力的消涨.在军事活动中战马的损耗量特大,要想保持强大的骑兵力量,必须随时补充战马.为此,人们努力拓宽战马马源,但从根本上解决马源问题,还在于发展养马业.骑兵建设从多方面推动养马业发展,这是骑兵史研究中一个重要问题.     

印度民族政策初探

印度民族政策的核心是“一个国家,一个民族”。本文认为,这是对欧洲“民族一国家”理论的歧解和误读,其防止国家分裂和增强国家凝聚力的用心可以理解,但结果却并不利于国民团结的增强和各种矛盾的缓和。这一政策的实质是民族压迫和民族同化。     

试论洪业在索引学上的成就

在中国近现代索引史上,不可否认洪业是一个极其突出的人物.他1932年完成的<引得说>,是一部关于索引学的重要论著.而他亲自创办并长期担任主任一职的哈佛燕京学社引得编纂处,则是我国最早运用现代科学方法编纂中国古典文献索引的学术机构.     

地方志索引基本问题思考

索引是新编志书的有机组成部分,编制索引是广大方志工作者的重要任务.笔者认为,志书索引篇幅以占全书10%～15%为宜,索引选取范围要适度,内容选取要符合标准,对标目用词要进行规范处理,同时索引还应该建立参照系统.     

Network Autocorrelation

Even though Cliff and Ord (1969) do not question "network autocorrelation," their paper contains an interesting ambiguity that is here discussed. Hence, this article aims at discussing the problem of spatial autocorrelation in (perhaps preferably on) a network as well as at giving an overview of the existing relevant literature. A typology of network autocorrelations is suggested and it is hoped that this discussion initiates debates and points to new research challenges.     

Une Note de Max Weber sur les Danseuses Indiennes

The long note which Max Weber devotes to traditional Indian dancers in his study on the sociology of religions in India, Hinduism and Buddhism, is commented upon here through a comparison with one of the first German studies which deals with dance in India, The World history of the dance by Curt Sachs. Three themes are discussed: the relationship between the arts of the body and scholarly knowledge; the specificity of sacred arts, in this case the magical arts and the forms which correspond to them, such as the modes of apprenticeship which assure their transmission (understood as a «hereditary charisma»); the vision of women and the notion of the pure and the impure.