Due to of the rise in numbers of persons experiencing homelessness, communities are working to restrict access that homeless individuals have to public spaces. Many cities across the nation have criminalized aspects of homelessness in attempts to...
“Scenes from the Zliten mosaic showing (top left) a man condemned to be killed by beasts. He is pushed towards the animals on a miniature chariot. The other scenes show animals being hunted by venatores, and a fight between a bear and a bull...
Naja kaouthia is a significant species because it feeds primarily on agricultural pests, causes human mortality, and is commercially exploited. Understanding the life history and demography of harvested populations is essential to providing...
In studying the culture of any people we learn that no group has been absolutely independent of influences from other people. No man indeed can say that he has attained anything of value absolutely by himself; an individual must give credit to the...
This thesis is an economic and historical examination of Keeneland racetrack in Lexington, Kentucky. The material commences with a historical overview of the role of sport and recreational activities in the United States. Putting sport and leisure...
Above: "Reconstruction drawing of the hunting scene in the Tomb of Philip (drawing by G. Miltsakakis)." Below: "The façade of the large unrobbed Macedonian tomb (the Tomb of Philip) offered a simple, yet at the same time distinctive...
Indians of North America--Kentucky--Bullitt County--Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology)--Kentucky--Ashworth Rockshelter site; Ashworth Rockshelter site (Ky.)
Reinvestigation of a National Register property, the Ashworth Rockshelter (15BU236), northeast of Shepardsville, Bullitt Co., Kentucky, revealed stratified Early Archaic through Mississippian components (ca. 7900 B.C.-1500 A.D.). Primary occupation...
Plague--History--Europe; Black Death--Social aspects--Europe; Erotica--Europe--History; Idols and images--Europe--History; Superstition--Europe--History
This thesis examines a large corpus of enigmatic pilgrimage badges dating from
roughly 1350-1500 CE. The badges were brought to light during archaeological
excavations of water sites throughout the Schelde Estuary in the Netherlands, the
riverbanks...
Based on a drawing by Lanciano and Carpano (caption, p.197); “The Colosseum was begun by Vespasian in the 70s AD on the site of the lake of Nero’s Domus Aurea, and was financed from the spoils of the sack of Jerusalem in AD 70. It was dedicated...
