ANCIENT LAND

Rosh: an Ancient Land Known to Ezekiel

Extensive evidence from ancient Near Eastern .texts and from normal Hebrew syntax supports the view that wxr is a toponym in Ezek 38:2, 3; 39:1. The syntactical support involves a detailed examination of instances where some scholars posit a break in a construct chain. These hypothetical breaks are not convincing for several reasons. Therefore, wxr in Ezek 38:2, 3; 39:1 should be translated as ...

The Ancient Origins of Neural Substrates for Land Walking.

Walking is the predominant locomotor behavior expressed by land-dwelling vertebrates, but it is unknown when the neural circuits that are essential for limb control first appeared. Certain fish species display walking-like behaviors, raising the possibility that the underlying circuitry originated in primitive marine vertebrates. We show that the neural substrates of bipedalism are present in t...

Archaeology. Ancient Alexandria emerges, by land and by sea.

RELATING ANCIENT MAYA LAND USE LEGACIES TO THE CONTEMPORARY FOREST OF CARACOL, BELIZE by JESSICA

Human land use legacies have significant and long lasting impacts across landscapes. However, investigating the impacts of ancient land use legacies (>400 years) remains problematic due to the difficulty in detecting ancient land uses, especially those beneath dense canopies. The city of Caracol, one of the most important Maya archaeological sites in Belize, was abandoned after the collapse of ...

Quantifying Ancient Maya Land Use Legacy Effects on Contemporary Rainforest Canopy Structure

Human land use legacies have significant and long-lasting ecological impacts across landscapes. Investigating ancient (>400 years) legacy effects can be problematic due to the difficulty in detecting specific, historic land uses, especially those hidden beneath dense canopies. Caracol, the largest (~200 km2) Maya archaeological site in Belize, was abandoned ca. A.D. 900, leaving behind myriad s...