The agricultural potentialities of the Transvaal

During the past decade retail warehouses have become an important new element in the retail structure of many towns and cities. This paper outlines the character and geographical pattern of retail warehouse operations in Scotland and discusses some of the planning issues raised by these developments.     

四川石渠县洛须"照阿拉姆"摩崖石刻

照阿拉姆石刻位于四川、青海、西藏三省交界处,石刻为浅阴刻一佛二菩萨造像。从造像风格来看与敦煌吐蕃占领时期壁画风格一致,属波罗艺术风格。从题记藏文来看,文字古朴,应为826年文字改革之前字体。此铺造像为吐蕃中晚期约800年左右的作品。     

晨雾中的凤凰

<正>凤凰古城,我一直期待着与这座宁静、质朴小城的第一次相遇。新西兰著名作家路易·艾黎,把凤凰古城赞美为中国最美丽的小城,因此在未到之前,我就对它充满了无限的遐想。在一家充满湘西风格的客栈安顿好后,我们就迫不及待地冲了出去,直奔古     

Roman Roads in the East of England

The West Wansdyke is a major earthwork in the former County of Avon, now Bath and North-East Somerset, which is thought to date to either the late Roman or early post-Roman periods. A series of cross-sections excavated across the earthwork showed, firstly, that it originally existed in some areas where there are no longer any visible remains, but, secondly, that there are still some unexplained gaps. The research suggests that the monument was of a very consistent and uniform design and dimensions, a feature which implies strategic planning and co-ordinated management during construction. Evidence from two particular sites, Blackrock Lane and Compton Green, indicated that significant stretches of the dyke bank originally had a timber revetment, but that, where it was easily available, stone was used, as at Binces Lane, Stantonbury. Little artefactual dating evidence was recovered during the work, although the presence of Romano-British and earlier pottery, and prehistoric flints from bank construction deposits does not preclude the established, post-Roman, context, but can also allow a late Roman date. Construction techniques indicate work in a Roman military tradition, possibly re-using an earlier structure.