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This study analyses almost 300 known prehistoric rock art sites dating from c.2500 BC set within their environmental context. Susan Searight discusses the themes and motifs represented, comprising anthropomorphs, human hands and feet, weapons, agricultural tools, chariots and geometric forms, and their distribution.
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are known to suffer from motor symptoms of the disease, but they also experience non-motor symptoms (NMS) that are often present before diagnosis or that inevitably emerge with disease progression. The motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease have been extensively researched, and effective clinical tools for their assessment and treatment have been developed and are readily available. In contrast, researchers have only recently begun to focus on the NMS of Parkinson's Disease, which are poorly recognized and inadequately treated by clinicians. The NMS of PD have a significant impact on patient quality of life and mortality and include neuropsychiatric, sle...
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Lea Williams and her family expect another quiet summer at Nokomis, their camp in northern Maine, but Cree relatives get her involved in a search for land left to the tribe over two centuries ago. Was it a French farmer, who willed his property to her Indian ancestors? Mary, the old Cree in the local village, insists that Lea become involved. Did the farmer leave a document behind? What has become of it? And what about Lea's very old stuffed bear, made of deerskin. Her grandmother told her it was very valuable. Others have tried to steal it, only to be thwarted in their efforts by the spirit force, Windigo. It saved the life of Lea's mother long ago, as she fled from her rapist who wanted to kill her. No story of this part of downeast Maine would be complete without tales of fishing, and smidgens of local life, all blended into this most intriguing story from the Pine Tree State.
In Kenya, cultural and natural heritage has a particular value. Its pre-historic heritage not only tells the story of man's origin and evolution but has also contributed to the understanding of the earth's history: fossils and artefacts spanning over 27 million years have been discovered and conserved by the National Museums of Kenya (NMK). Alongside this, the steady rise in the market value of African art has also affected Kenya. Demand for African tribal art has surpassed that for antiquities of Roman, Byzantine, and Egyptian origin, and in African countries currently experiencing conflicts, this activity invariably attracts looters, traffickers and criminal networks. This book brings toge...