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Under Prairie Skies

The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains

By: C. Thomas Shay

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Under Prairie Skies

The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains

By: C. Thomas Shay

In Under Prairie Skies, C. Thomas Shay asks and answers the question, What role did plants play in the lives of early inhabitants of the northern Great Plains? Since humans arrived at the end of the Ice Age, plants played important roles as Native peoples learned which were valuable foods, which held medicinal value, and which were best for crafts. Incorporating Native voices, ethnobotanical studies, personal stories, and research techniques, Under Prairie Skies shows how, since the end of the Ice Age, plants have held a central place in the lives of Native peoples. Eventually some groups cultivated seed-bearing annuals and, later, fields of maize and other crops. Throughout history, their lives became linked with the land, both materially and spiritually.

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332

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496232151

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9781496232151

Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power

By: Thomas E. Emerson

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Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power

By: Thomas E. Emerson

The consolidation of this symbolism into a rural cult marks the expropriation of the cosmos as part of the increasing power of the Cahokian rulers.

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337

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University of Alabama Press

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0817308881

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9780817308889

Knowledge-based Software Development For Real-time Distributed Systems

By: Jeffrey J P Tsai,Thomas J Weigert

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Knowledge-based Software Development For Real-time Distributed Systems

By: Jeffrey J P Tsai,Thomas J Weigert

The interplay of artificial intelligence and software engineering has been an interesting and an active area in research institution and industry. This book covers the state of the art in the use of knowledge-based approaches for software specification, design, implementation, testing and debugging. Starting with an introduction to various software engineering paradigms and knowledge-based software systems, the book continues with the discussion of using hybrid knowledge representation as a basis to specify software requirements, to facilitate specification analysis and transformation of real-time distributed software systems. A formal requirements specification language using non-monotonic logic, temporal logic, frames and production systems for new software engineering paradigms (such as rapid prototyping, operational specification and transformational implementation) is also discussed in detail. Examples from switching and other applications are used to illustrate the requirements language. Finally, the development, specification and verification of knowledge-based systems are investigated.

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238

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World Scientific

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9814505226

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9789814505222

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Under Prairie Skies

Under Prairie Skies

Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power

Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power

Knowledge-based Software Development For Real-time Distributed Systems

Knowledge-based Software Development For Real-time Distributed Systems

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