Local Knowledge

Local Knowledge
Author: Clifford Geertz
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008-08-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0786723750

In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge." A companion volume to The Interpretation of Cultures, this book continues Geertz’s exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author.

Water Supply Planning

Water Supply Planning
Author: David W. Prasifka
Publisher:
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780894648380

As a source of reference material for the practising water engineer or water manager, this book outlines a strategy for projecting water consumption for specific types of land use and selecting a water conservation programme to maximise the beneficial use of a limited natural resource - a situation that typifies new development nationally and worldwide.

The Fry Site

The Fry Site
Author: David M. Stothers
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2006-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1430304294

The Fry site (33Lu165) was an Ottawa (Odawa) farmstead on the lower Maumee River of Ohio that existed A.D. 1814-1832. Excavations revealed an Ottawa bark burial with trade goods, a cabin or shack, and an animal pen or compound. The material culture consisted of a wide variety of Native and Euro-American manufactured artifacts, including trade silver. The bark burial with trade goods is dated A.D. 1780-1809, slightly earlier than the farmstead occupation. The farmstead is connected with the Roche de Boeuf and Wolf Rapids bands of Ottawa that were removed to Kansas Territory in 1832. The Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma are the descendants of these Maumee River Ottawa.