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AN ARCHIVAL GUIDE & BIBLIOGRAPHY
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| Agricultural History. "Agricultural History Talks to Joan Jensen." Agricultural History 81 (Winter 2007): 70–75 . Interview with Joan M. Jensen (b. 1934), agricultural historian and author specializing in the lives of rural women.Alden, Anne. "Personification of Pets: The Evolution of Canine Cartoons in the New Yorker." In What Are the Animals to Us? Approaches from Science, Religion, Folklore, Literature, and Art, ed. Dave Afrandilian, Marion W. Copeland, and David Scofield Wilson. Knoxville: University of Tennessee, 2007. 219–239 pp. Examines the portrayal of dogs in cartoons from the New Yorker magazine, 1920s-2000s, as reflective of changes in attitudes towards pets and the role of dogs in American society.Alexander, Thomas G. "Generating Wealth from the Earth, 1847–2000." In From the Ground Up: The History of Mining in Utah, ed. Colleen Whitley. Logan: Utah State University Press, 2006. 37–57 pp. History of wealth generated from mineral resources in Utah, tracing two stages: from the arrival of Church of Latter Day Saints pioneers in 1847 to the end of WWII in 1945, during which Utah's mines were maturing, and a period of mature growth between 1946 and 2000. Assesses mining's contribution to Utah's economy during these periods.Amundsen, Elisabet S. "Wild Animals in a Free Man's World? North American References in Norwegian Sportsmen's Descriptions of Reindeer, 1850–1950." In What Are the Animals to Us? Approaches from Science, Religion, Folklore, Literature, and Art, ed. Dave Afrandilian, Marion W. Copeland, and David Scofield Wilson. Knoxville: University of Tennessee, 2007. 111–139 pp. Uses Norwegian sportsmen's descriptions of reindeer and reindeer hunting to examine hunters' cultural values and their relationship to nature, 1850–1950. Explores the role of sport hunter's culture in Norwegian society and game management policy.Anderson, Katharine. "Mapping Meteorology." In Intimate Universality: Local and Global Themes in the History of Weather and Climate, ed. James Rodger Fleming, Vladimir Jankovic, and Deborah R. Coen. Sagamore Beach, MA: Science History Publications, 2006. 69–91 pp. Traces the history of atmospheric mapping beginning in the 1800s. Focuses particularly on Heinrich Brandes' synoptic map, which became the map most closely associated with weather prediction.Anschuetz, Kurt F. "Tewa Fields, Tewa Traditions." In Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest, ed. V. B. Price and Baker H. Morrow. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. 57–73 pp. Challenges traditional assumptions that the ancient Pueblo Indian Tewa people were forced to abandon certain sites because of drastic, permanent climatic changes. Drawing on archaeological evidence, argues instead that movement into and out of sites reflected a more flexible pattern of modulated change. Describes Pueblo practices of horticulture, wild plant harvesting, and water management as year-round activities that were connected to Pueblo religious practices.Appuhn, Karl. "Friend or Flood?: The Dilemmas of Water Management in Early Modern Venice." In The Nature of Cities: Culture, Landscape, and Urban Space, ed. Andrew C. Isenberg. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2006. 79–102 pp. Explores the question of why Venetians considered abandoning traditional water management methods in favor of new northern European technology to address seasonal flooding at the end of the seventeenth century.Braden, Susan. "The Triumphant Tiger: Short Narratives by Jorge Luis Borges." In What Are the Animals to Us? Approaches from Science, Religion, Folklore, Literature, and Art, ed. Dave Afrandilian, Marion W. Copeland, and David Scofield Wilson. Knoxville: University of Tennessee, 2007. 161–167 pp. Examines tigers in the works of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) as a form of psychic exploration of human connection to nature.Bradley, Bruce A. "A Durable Legacy: Construction and Spatial Analysis at Sand Canyon Pueblo in the Mesa Verde Country." In Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest, ed. V. B. Price and Baker H. Morrow. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. 45–56 pp. Draws on archaeological research to compare the southern Colorado Pueblo Indian sites of Sand Canyon and Mesa Verde, with respect to their landscapes and architectural features.Brandt, Carol B. "Reading the Ancestral Puebloan Landscape: A Paleoethnobotanist's Text of Seeds and Wood." In Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest, ed. V. B. Price and Baker H. Morrow. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. 33–44 pp. Describes the methods used to analyze, reconstruct, and describe ancient landscapes, primarily by utilizing "ecofacts" — charred seeds, food fragments, wood, and other biological debris found at ancient sites. Discusses the application of these methods at a Pueblo Indian site in north-central New Mexico.. . . |
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