Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) has been used to grow epitaxially oriented thin films of Cu and Pt on (100)-oriented substrates of both SrTiO3 and LaAlO3. The resulting films have been characterized for their crystalline orientations using x-ray diffraction (XRD) and for their surface morphologies using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The diffraction results illustrated that purely epitaxial Cu(10...

Prehistoric archaeologist and cultural anthropologist Marija Gimbutas was born exactly a century ago. Although she left us over quarter of ago (she passed away in 1994), her person still controversial ideas continue to attract considerable interest, reflected both by the acclaim harsh critique that work theories have received receive. In light recent archaeogenetic findings their interpretation...