Under the sky, on the verge of land and sea : working on the interface of land and sea on the site of Inre Hamnen in Helsingborg

This thesis is structured into four chapters showcasing different stages of the design process. These four stages are inspired by the four traces concept method developed by Christophe Girot (1999). Throughout these chapters you get gradually introduced to the way of working and a generated respect for the site of Inre Hamnen and the city of Helsingborg. A way of working that is characterized by experimenting with different adaptation measures to rising sea levels within a site-specific context. In this report the focus is on fascination, creating different narratives that range in tone between objective and subjective. Rather then working from a central research question the report is written around questions and challenges that came up during the design process. This narrative can be found in the structure created by following the four-trace concepts method. Throughout the thesis fascinations, encountered uncertainties, sitespecific characteristics and the found solutions are presented through diagrams, photos, drawings and written text. A specific tone and style engage the reader into the site, design process and design proposal. In the last phases you get introduced to the solutions grounded in the unique inspiration and knowledge generated in the earlier phases. Different responsive adaptation measures that are preserving and enhancing the experience of the site are presented. The new interesting yet safe relationships between land and sea in the site of Inre Hamnen are communicated in the form of a graphic narrative. A graphic narrative that takes you on a fictive journey that allows the reader to experience the new waterfront

Creating a sense of place or simply a good parking space?:evolution of the historic town squares of Mississippi

Mississippi has a surprising amount and variety of town squares. The square provides a central, pedestrian civic space in the towns in which they are located. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the evolution of town squares in Mississippi. The method employed was historical research of primary sources that included historic photographs and Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. The photographs were examined using the The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties investigating such elements as vegetation, site furnishings, and circulation patterns. Canton, Holly Springs, and Lexington were chosen to be studied in more detail to give a clearer picture of how squares have changed over time. It was determined that there are approximately 69 towns with squares in Mississippi. The most numerous types of squares used are Shelbyville squares. The vitality of the square varies greatly from town to town

The Oaks: Interpretation and Analysis of the Support Structures of a 19th Century Urban Farmstead

This thesis documents the results of excavation in 2004 and 2005 of an urban farmstead in Jackson, Mississippi, called The Oaks. This research was conducted in order to find the functions of the various outbuildings at The Oaks. All the artifacts were analyzed at The University of Southern Mississippi and then placed into various models to find any correlations between the buildings at The Oaks and those of other sites like Johnson/Bates in Kentucky. The kitchen was found to contain various architectural features as well as artifacts that corresponded with the normal findings of an 1800s detached kitchen. The barn was also positively identified by using nail, artifacts, and glass frequencies which were found to compare favorably with those seen at the Johnson/Bates site. The building initially believed to be a privy at The Oaks yielded unusual results by the location of a brick slab as well as metal and glass. The structure also did not fit the model of a privy based on Johnson/Bates. The building most likely is to be that of a coldframe (greenhouse). An unidentified building on the site remained undetermined due to a lack of both architectural and artifact data. The creation of a model based on findings from this site allows for the observation of an urban landscape and its effects on a farmstead that existed along the periphery. When goods were unavailable from the urban environment, they were acquired by other means. The urban farmstead provided this by blending the urban and agricultural environments through a complex localized production, allowing the creation of these needed goods and services. This model has applications to other similar farmsteads in the Southeast

Angkor Underground - Applying GPR to analyse the diachronic structure of a great urban complex

This thesis is based on surveys of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) conducted at Angkor, Cambodia. The appraisal of preceding remote sensing surveys led to selective ground based prospection for archaeological objects of interest on different scales. The successive relocation of the political and religious centre from the 9th to the 14th century has left a palimpsest landscape that reaches from small artificial habitation mounds, masonry monuments and their enclosures, to the extensive water management network of channels and earthworks that covered large parts of the floodplain between the Kulen Hills and Lake Tonle Sap. To make efficient use of the technique, the GPR survey had to be adjusted to those dimensions. The area-covering grid method was chosen for small scale surveys on habitation patterns, production sites and cemeteries, testing potential and limits in the application. A major factor in the measuring and processing of data was the floodplain geology of predominantly clayey sand and an environment prone to inundation that provided varying signal penetration depths depending on either compact or soft soil. For the larger scales, GPR was used in combination with GPS, GIS and remote sensing data sets. The concept of spatial configuration of monuments in and outside of enclosures led the search for remains of missing laterite and sandstone structures. A survey in the centre of Angkor Wat revealed the outline of six towers as part of a potential quincunx formation. They were further analysed by excavations to establish a preliminary construction history of the area. Surveys inside the peripheral enclosures of Chau Srei Vibol, Banteay Sra and Prasat Komnap showed evidence of demolished structures, some of it possibly from the Angkorian period. For questions concerning the functioning of a water management system in the Angkorian floodplain, GPR profiles in search for infrastructure were conducted alongside and over the embankments of the giant reservoirs. Evidence of outlets in the central areas of the eastern embankments of all four baray at Angkor confirmed them being part of the network. On the largest scale, GPR transects were run across parts of the floodplain to investigate the network of canals and earthworks that had been mapped by remote sensing. Obstacles, profiles and grids as well as the detected anomalies were integrated into a geo-referenced GIS database. Potential connections between centres and temples were integrated at areas where associated and previously mapped earthworks discontinued. Anomalies associated to the water management features were classified according to their characteristics and potential function as former artificial and natural channels, moats, ponds as well as masonry remains, and analysed with regard to archaeological maps and available remote sensing data. Newly acquired high resolution satellite radar (TerraSAR-X) data was used to evaluate a potential relation between water saturation and anomalies. The complete dataset was analysed for a complementation of archaeological maps and with the intent to separate features of the artificial canal network of Angkor from the natural landscape and the original distribution of rivers

Angkor Underground - Applying GPR to analyse the diachronic structure of a great urban complex

This thesis is based on surveys of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) conducted at Angkor, Cambodia. The appraisal of preceding remote sensing surveys led to selective ground based prospection for archaeological objects of interest on different scales. The successive relocation of the political and religious centre from the 9th to the 14th century has left a palimpsest landscape that reaches from small artificial habitation mounds, masonry monuments and their enclosures, to the extensive water management network of channels and earthworks that covered large parts of the floodplain between the Kulen Hills and Lake Tonle Sap. To make efficient use of the technique, the GPR survey had to be adjusted to those dimensions. The area-covering grid method was chosen for small scale surveys on habitation patterns, production sites and cemeteries, testing potential and limits in the application. A major factor in the measuring and processing of data was the floodplain geology of predominantly clayey sand and an environment prone to inundation that provided varying signal penetration depths depending on either compact or soft soil. For the larger scales, GPR was used in combination with GPS, GIS and remote sensing data sets. The concept of spatial configuration of monuments in and outside of enclosures led the search for remains of missing laterite and sandstone structures. A survey in the centre of Angkor Wat revealed the outline of six towers as part of a potential quincunx formation. They were further analysed by excavations to establish a preliminary construction history of the area. Surveys inside the peripheral enclosures of Chau Srei Vibol, Banteay Sra and Prasat Komnap showed evidence of demolished structures, some of it possibly from the Angkorian period. For questions concerning the functioning of a water management system in the Angkorian floodplain, GPR profiles in search for infrastructure were conducted alongside and over the embankments of the giant reservoirs. Evidence of outlets in the central areas of the eastern embankments of all four baray at Angkor confirmed them being part of the network. On the largest scale, GPR transects were run across parts of the floodplain to investigate the network of canals and earthworks that had been mapped by remote sensing. Obstacles, profiles and grids as well as the detected anomalies were integrated into a geo-referenced GIS database. Potential connections between centres and temples were integrated at areas where associated and previously mapped earthworks discontinued. Anomalies associated to the water management features were classified according to their characteristics and potential function as former artificial and natural channels, moats, ponds as well as masonry remains, and analysed with regard to archaeological maps and available remote sensing data. Newly acquired high resolution satellite radar (TerraSAR-X) data was used to evaluate a potential relation between water saturation and anomalies. The complete dataset was analysed for a complementation of archaeological maps and with the intent to separate features of the artificial canal network of Angkor from the natural landscape and the original distribution of rivers

AN ANALYSIS OF HYPHEN COMPOUND WORDS IN THE NOVEL THIRTEEN REASON WHY BY JAY ASHER

This study was aimed to identify the words that can be found and described as hyphen compound words in the novel Thirteen Reason Why by Jay Asher, and themost compound words are appear in Thirteen Reason Why Novel by Jay Asher. Aqualitative method with the content analysis was applied in this study. The objectof this study was compound words. For the data collection, it was used the  techniques such as data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusiondrawing. This study was validated by using triangulation. Base on the analysis inNovel Thirteen Reason Why by Jay Asher, the findings showed that there is 27words as hyphenated compound.Keywords: Morphology, Compound Words, Nove

Archaeological Studies for the San Antonio Channel Improvement Project, including Investigations at Guenther\u27s Upper Mill (41BX342)

Under Contract No. DACW63-81-C-0022 to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, in the spring of 1981, conducted historic research and survey in the areas to be affected by the San Antonio Channel Improvement Project. In the summer of 1981, extensive archaeological testing and excavation were done to determine the extent of the structural remains on the sites of Guenther\u27s Upper Mill and the Stribling House. In the spring and summer of 1982, the Center documented the removal and replacement of the mill\u27s west wall. As a result of the investigations, it can now be affirmed that most of the foundation of the east section of the mill is still present beneath the ground. The main foundation walls are made of cut limestone and measure two feet in thickness, except for the west wall which is three feet thick. Of the other buildings at various times related to the mill, only portions of a late (ca. 1910) stone and cement foundation for the Reigler Creamery still remain in the ground. The survey revealed no other cultural resources to be affected by the project

PPMExplorer: Using Information Retrieval, Computer Vision and Transfer Learning Methods to Index and Explore Images of Pompeii

In this dissertation, we present and analyze the technology used in the making of PPMExplorer: Search, Find, and Explore Pompeii. PPMExplorer is a software tool made with data extracted from the Pompei: Pitture e Mosaic (PPM) volumes. PPM is a valuable set of volumes containing 20,000 historical annotated images of the archaeological site of Pompeii, Italy accompanied by extensive captions. We transformed the volumes from paper, to digital, to searchable. PPMExplorer enables archaeologist researchers to conduct and check hypotheses on historical findings. We present a theory that such a concept is possible by leveraging computer generated correlations between artifacts using image data, text data, and a combination of both. The acquisition and interconnection of the data are proposed and executed using image processing, natural language processing, data mining, and machine learning methods