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2007

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"Burnt Germans", Alemannic Graves And The Origins Of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology, Howard M. R. Williams Jan 2007

"Burnt Germans", Alemannic Graves And The Origins Of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology, Howard M. R. Williams

Howard M. R. Williams

No abstract provided.


Forgetting The Britons In Victorian Anglo-Saxon Archaeology, Howard M. R. Williams Jan 2007

Forgetting The Britons In Victorian Anglo-Saxon Archaeology, Howard M. R. Williams

Howard M. R. Williams

No abstract provided.


Depicting The Dead: Commemoration Through Cists, Cairns And Symbols In Early Medieval Britain, Howard M. R. Williams Jan 2007

Depicting The Dead: Commemoration Through Cists, Cairns And Symbols In Early Medieval Britain, Howard M. R. Williams

Howard M. R. Williams

This article develops recent interpretations of mortuary practices as contexts for producing social memory and personhood to argue that early medieval cairns and mounds served to commemorate concepts of gender and genealogy. Commemorative strategies are identified in the composite character, shape and location of cairns and in their relationship with other commemorative monuments, namely Class I symbol-stones. The argument is developed through a consideration of the excavations of early medieval cists and cairns at Lundin Links in Fife.


[Review] Chrysalis Maria Sybilla Merian And The Secrets Of Metamorphosis. Kim Todd (2007), Enrique Wulff Jan 2007

[Review] Chrysalis Maria Sybilla Merian And The Secrets Of Metamorphosis. Kim Todd (2007), Enrique Wulff

Enrique Wulff

No abstract provided.


Self-Defense In Asian Religions, David B. Kopel Jan 2007

Self-Defense In Asian Religions, David B. Kopel

David B Kopel

This Article investigates the attitudes of six Far Eastern religions - Confucianism, Taoism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism - towards the legitimacy of the use of force in individual and collective contexts. Self-defense is strongly legitimated in the theory and practice of the major Far Eastern religions. The finding is consistent with natural law theory that some aspects of the human personality, including the self-defense instinct, are inherent in human nature, rather than being entirely determined by culture.


Armed Resistance To The Holocaust, David B. Kopel Jan 2007

Armed Resistance To The Holocaust, David B. Kopel

David B Kopel

Contrary to myth of Jewish passivity, many Jews did fight back during the Holocaust. They shut down the extermination camp at Sobibor, rose up in the Warsaw Ghetto, and fought in the woods and swamps all over Eastern Europe. Indeed, Jews resisted at a higher rate than did any other population under Nazi rule. The experience of the Holocaust shows why Jews, and all people of good will, should support the right of potential genocide victims to possess defensive arms, and refutes the notion that violence is necessarily immoral.


'The Topography Of Golgotha': Digitization Of Maps And Aerial Photography Of World War I, Cathy Moulder Jan 2007

'The Topography Of Golgotha': Digitization Of Maps And Aerial Photography Of World War I, Cathy Moulder

Cathy Moulder

An excellent collection of World War I military maps and air photos has been digitized and made available on the Internet as McMaster University Library's first major digitization project. This paper describes the collection and the steps to this achievement, including reflections on the advantages and disadvantages of out-sourcing the creation of digital images.


How Maize Became The Dominant Food Crop In Africa, Jamie Monson Jan 2007

How Maize Became The Dominant Food Crop In Africa, Jamie Monson

Jamie Monson

No abstract provided.