Progress in the human geography of the Maghreb

Sutton and Lawless review a selection of the prolific literature on the Maghreb's human geography published from the late 1970s onward. The pedigree of the discipline in Maghreb was established by several notable geographers who lived, researched, and wrote there. Augustin Bernard's writings on rural settlement, his atlas, and study of Algeria are still cited. Jean Despois's regional study with Raynal and his work on Tunisia, together with the detailed rural research of Jean Poncet, provides a particularly rich coverage for that country. Jean Dresch's early work on Morocco exemplified an early critique of the contemporaneous uncritical colonial human geography. The Sahara's fascination also inspired pioneering studies by Robert Capot-Rey. The work of these notables and others provided a solid background of geographical literature on the Maghreb to be supplemented, criticized, and challenged by more recent researchers, sometimes pupils of the above individuals, and increasingly North African by birth. The tradition of general texts on the Maghreb has continued, though increasingly with systematic approaches replacing regional appraisals. The geography of the decolonization of the Maghreb by Isnard has been replaced by a study summarizing recent collaborative work by a team of French geographers. The Saharan extensions of the Maghreb states have often been linked in general works, sometimes being juxtaposed against the Maghreb as in the essays offered to Jean Despois. Lawless and Findlay's collaborative study juxtaposes geographical studies of each country's economic development with political scientists' evaluations of their sociopolitical development. This review limits itself largely to geographers and geographical journals, only occasionally including significant works from other subject areas, and to 1977-1978 publications, with a few notable exceptions. The spatial juxtaposition of contrasting approaches to economic development, liberal market economy approaches by Tunisia and Morocco arguably leading to dependency, and centrally-planned strategies by Algeria and Libya resulting in bureaucratic constraints serves to offer the Maghreb as a pertinent case-study region for the applied geographer of developing countries.     

New Xenaland: Lesbian place making,the Xenaverse,and Aotearoa New Zealand

This article explores the relationship between unmappable lesbian space, the Xenaverse, which is a complex discursive space generated out of the syndicated television show Xena: Warrior Princess, and the national space of Aotearoa New Zealand. The article argues that the Xenaverse is an imaginary space which is also a lesbian space and that it is partially pulled into material national space by its links to Aotearoa New Zealand. It is therefore an excellent example of the complex and recursive process of lesbian place making. The role of distance as a significant factor for dominant national discourses, the Xenaverse, and lesbian possibility is discussed to partially account for the materialisation of the Xenaverse in Aotearoa New Zealand. The article suggests that unmappable lesbian spaces such as the Xenaverse can be examined using three analytic filters: ephemeral space; queered lesbian space; and neo-colonial processes.     

中坝遗址的盐业考古研究

中坝遗址考古发掘中,发现了时代较早的井盐生产遗址。结合古代文献中有关古代巴人的记载,这些考古发现对提示和研究中国西南地区盐业的起源发展,具有重要意义。     

2004年绵竹剑南春酒坊遗址发掘简报

剑南春酒坊遗址是一处分布面积大、布局配套、设施齐全、酿酒遗迹保存较为完整的、遗存特色鲜明的清代酿酒作坊群,其中“天益老号”等作坊数百年传世运转,现仍在生产。2004年四川省文物考古研究院和德阳市文物考古研究所第二次对剑南春酒坊遗址进行考古发掘,清理出酒窖(发酵池)、晾堂、粮仓(晾曲房)、炉灶、水井、浸泡池等酿酒遗迹,还发现有房屋建筑基址以及大量瓷质酒具、食具。发掘出的作坊群遗迹反映出当时的生产规模庞大和酿酒业十分兴盛的情况。该次发掘成果丰富了中国城市工业考古的内容,同时为名优白酒剑南春的酿造历史提供了实物资料。     

赤峰市松山区三座店遗址2005年度发掘简报

三座店遗址位于赤峰市西北40公里,松山区初头朗镇三座店行政村三座店自然村阴河左岸洞子山上。遗址分布在洞子山山顶及南坡,最高处海拔730米,西侧是临河断崖,北侧与阴河东岸的山岗相连接,南侧和东侧为沟谷冲积的平川地。2005年7月至11月,为了配合内蒙古赤峰市三座店水利枢纽工程建设,内蒙古文物考古研究所对三座店遗址进行了抢救性发掘(图一)。该遗址由大小两座并列的石城组成,大城在西,小城在东。大城西面是陡崖,东、北两面有石砌的城墙,南面是陡长的坡。从山顶高处直达南侧坡底约140多米范围内,都有遗迹分布,东西宽度从断崖到石墙最宽处可…     

四川北川县烟云洞旧石器时代遗址发掘简报

2005年四川省文物考古研究院等多家单位联合对北川县烟云洞旧石器时代遗址进行了考古发掘,清理了火塘、灰坑、灰烬遗迹等,发现石器、石叶等石制工具及较多哺乳动物化石。另还发现清理了明清时期灶、池、坑等遗迹。     

5·12汶川大地震四川文物保护单位受损调查报告

汶川大地震使四川文件保护单位蒙受了重大损失,地面文物保护单位近千处遭受空前的破坏.有83处全国重点、174处省级、803处市、县级文件保护单位受损,涉及世界文化遗产2处.受损特征明显,比例和程度较大;被损坏原因复杂.对灾害成因的调查和研究,将是我省文物保护中探索防震减灾的新课题.     

孔子的历史思想和史学意识

春秋之时,史学作为学科远未形诸事实,然孔子历史思想与史学意识则多有表现。孔子伦理观念中蕴含着对人类社会共同体的认识;其以天人、古今、有道无道、文质等相对概念分析概括历史的变化;认同礼乐制度的不断完善,视其为人文的核心;重视君主及其道德在历史上的作用;敬鬼神而远之,以考量历史及其过程的途径去体贴天命,透散出历史理性;以文化传承者自任,整理、保存并阐发典籍;总结历史,以为救弊方案,体现出明道经世的史学价值取向。     

骚体新变与汉魏文体的演进

骚体为两汉辞赋的重要形式,汉人不仅拟楚骚作辞,而且不断推动骚体的新变：通过骚体句式的散化,使散体大赋注重抒情性和音韵美;通过减省兮字,促成了三言诗、七言诗,完成了骚体的诗化;广泛采用减省兮字的四言、六言句式,推动骚体赋向小赋发展的同时,并促进了骈赋的形成。