Hovens (2009) Inzet Marechaussee onderdeel Comprehensive Approach

2006

Zusammenfassung Wachsende Moore akkumulieren durch Verlandung von Seen, primaČre Moorbildung auf nassen MineralboČ-den oder durch Versumpfung bei ansteigenden WasserstaČnden organisches Material (Torf). Moorkomplexe bilden naturraumspezifische Úkosysteme, die sich abhaČngig von Vegetationszonen, OzeanitaČtsgradienten und HoČhenstufen in ihrer Artenzusammensetzung, Struktur und ProduktivitaČt unterscheiden.

2010

In the Hellenistic and Roman Periods Lake Mareotis (the modern Lake Mariut) played an important part in the economic and trading activities of the inhabitants of Alexandria, then Egypt’s capital city. Emad Khalil reports on an area survey, now nearing completion.

The Medieval Low Countries

Since the middle of the thirteenth century, the small outport of Monnikerede was part of the portuary system of the later medieval international market of Bruges, which used the Zwin tidal inlet as its gateway to overseas markets. During the sixteenth century, when the political, economic and environmental conditions in the Zwin harbours deteriorated, Monnikerede slowly became depopulated and eventually disappeared from the landscape. In order to analyse the morphology of this deserted harbour, an interdisciplinary research scheme was initiated aimed at integrating historical, cartographic, archaeological, and geophysical data. Through a GIS-based methodology, this integration of complementary sources enabled a topographical reconstruction up to the level of individual parcels and allowed for the discernment of a socioeconomic topography. The decline of the city could be visualised through a series of time slices between 1450 and 1850, indicating that Monnikerede's misfortunes are reflected in the disintegration of the urban fabric. Historical and cartographic data are indispensable in laying the spatio-temporal framework of such reconstructions, whereas the archaeological data provide a more detailed insight in the intra-parcellar occupation and material culture of a site. * This research was conducted as a part of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)-funded project Medieval Bruges and its outer ports. A landscapearchaeological contribution to the Zwin debate (3G004013). We would like to thank Mr. Strubbe, Mr. Van Wassenhove, Mr. Traen, and Mr. Vandekerkvove, the proprietors and cultivators of the fields in Monnikerede, for their willing cooperation in this research. We would also like to thank Bieke Hillewaert, whose unpublished field-and archival work of this site were a valuable point of departure for this paper.

Trakia Journal of Sciences, Supplement, 2010

The pedigrees of total of five Thoroughbred mares imported from Romania were studied. Two of them become originators of families. The development of these families is extremely dynamic, for the researched period covered by the overall development of the Thoroughbred population in Bulgaria, reaching 5th-6th generation. Although a limited number of imported mares, they had played a crucial role in the formation of the Thoroughbred population in our country. A total number of mares used for breeding from the two families is 121 mares, 16 of which are now in active breeding age.

Journal of Rural Studies, 2020

The social and economic evolution in the Carpathian-Danubian-Pontic area, now integrated into Romania's national territory, is indissolubly connected to the special relationship of man and horse. Therefore, by synthesizing the literature, we bring to the scientific circuit this study of the progress and results recorded in a highinterest public sector, i.e. the whole range of activities related to HBCC (Horse breeding, care and capitalization). Currently, certain parameters from this sector and the highlighted trends indicate that the equidae in Romania are not adequately exploited economically, requiring the diminution of their role in the classical activities from rural households and the reorientation towards the recreation and leisure industry. The approach to HBCC in Romania strongly considers, beyond the historical and economic side, the institutional element that targets them. Our justification in this regard is given by the fact that HBCC is an objective of state policies/strategies, involving special legislation, always in line with context changesi.e. economic, social, political, environmental, etc. The situation is explained by the Romanian state's responsibility to preserve the national genetic patrimony, represented by the great genetic value of horse populations, as well as by the extensive responsibilities in terms of breeding, improving, qualifying and perfecting pure horse breeds within herds. Thus, special attention was paid to the amendment of the Romanian institutional framework regarding HBCC in the transition process to the functional market economy. First, we directed our efforts in order to address historical issues-the horse in the Carpathian-Danubian-Pontic area (the old and the more recent history, with the errors committed to the horse in Romania). An important part of the study refers to certain HBCC coordinates, with adequate criticism, but also to the trends characterizing the context of Romania's accession to the European Union. The HBCC parameters, which are associated with the reconsideration of the horse's role in the economic and social life, provide significant guarantees for generating multiple favorable effects in Romania, even if the society is increasingly technological/computerized.

2006

The Megiddo pillared buildings had been discovered by the Oriental Institute's team in the 1920s and a short while later were identified by P.L.O. Guy as stables associated with King Solomon (1931:37-48; see also Lamon and Shipton 1939:32-47, 59). Guy based his interpretation on two biblical references: the mention of the building activity of Solomon at Megiddo in I Kgs. 9:15, and the reference to Solomonic cities for chariots and horsemen in I Kgs. 9:19. Guy's theory was widely accepted and remained the standard explanation for the function of the Megiddo pillared buildings for the next forty years. 1 This changed in the early 1970s, with the discovery of somewhat similar buildings at Tel Beer-sheba, packed with hundreds of pottery vessels in their side-aisles (Aharoni 1973:15). Consequently, Aharoni (ibid: 15-17; 1982:222-225) and Herzog (1973; 1992: 223-228), the excavators of the site, proposed that the pillared buildings of this type – at Tel Beer-sheba, Megiddo and other places – functioned as storehouses. 2 The debate became even more complicated with the introduction of two additional interpretations for the pillared buildings of the Iron Age: that they functioned as army barracks (Fritz 1977), or as market places (Herr 1988). Though the buildings at Megiddo and Tel Beer-sheba (as well as structures unearthed at other sites) are quite similar in their plan, there are marked differences between them in size, location in the city, quality of construction, etc. The Megiddo buildings are by far more monumental than all other buildings of this type. They are also unique in that they have a large courtyard in front of the southern complex, and a smaller though spacious courtyard in the space between the three sets of the northern complex (see Chapters 8 and 43). In addition, Megiddo is the only place where sets of pillared buildings cover a large portion of the area of the site. Whatever their function, the city of Stratum IVA seems to have been devoted to the function of these buildings. The Megiddo pillared buildings are therefore a unique phenomenon. As in the case of the 'four room house', the tripartite pillared building type could have been used for a variety of functions (Mazar 1990:476-478). Our goal is to deal with the Megiddo buildings only,and the following remarks do not necessarily apply to other sites where buildings of this type were uncovered. This chapter addresses the three main questions related to the Megiddo buildings: the date of their construction; their function; and the historical circumstances that brought about the transformation of Megiddo into the hub of a unilateral industry.