of motifs from pagan healing cults by the Christians, and it is good to have a further archaeological demonstration of the same point. This rivalry may go some way to explain the total destruction at Pergamum of all artistic representations of Asclepius of Pergamum, for which we have to rely on statues and coins from Thrace and the Black Sea region and on the late testimony of an Arabic scholar...

M AY 2 01 6 Dhaka City in Bangladesh is the fastest growing city in South Asia with an annual growth rate of 7 percent.1 This rapid urbanization is primarily due to migration from rural areas of the country and has led to a substantial increase in the number of adults and children who live in informal settlements in the city. There are currently an estimated 20,000 people living without permane...

In this study, I develop a theory of landscape archaeology that incorporates the concept of “animism” as a cognitive approach. Current trends in anthropology are placing greater emphasis on indigenous perspectives, and in recent decades animism has seen a resurgence in anthropological theory. As a means of relating in (not to) one's world, animism is a mode of thought that has direct bearing on...

of motifs from pagan healing cults by the Christians, and it is good to have a further archaeological demonstration of the same point. This rivalry may go some way to explain the total destruction at Pergamum of all artistic representations of Asclepius of Pergamum, for which we have to rely on statues and coins from Thrace and the Black Sea region and on the late testimony of an Arabic scholar...

Five hinokitiol-related compounds (hinokitiol (beta-thujaplicin), beta-dolabrin, gamma-thujaplicin, 4-acetyltropolone and alpha -thujaplicin) isolated from the acid oil of Aomori Hiba (Thujopsis dolabrata Sieb. et Zucc. var hondai MAKINO) showed clear antifungal activity against wood-rotting fungi. These compounds have obvious insecticidal effects on termites. They also exhibited potent acarici...

In Burma the proper identification of Lokapalas is exceedingly difficult. Basically the problem stems from the fact that Burmese art has been greatly influenced by Indian traditions, yet successive migrations ofTibeto-Burman tribes have introduced Chinese elements. Consequently iconographic inconsistencies occur with such regularity that a positive identification of Lokapalas is nearly impossib...