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"Ouch!" Inscribed Greek Sling Bullets in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1999)
Theriac : A Panacea for all Periods
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"With advances in medical science and with the development ofso many new medicines over the centuries, it is astonishing to find one medicine that was taken for more than two thousand years-from the third century B.C.E. ...
A Figured Ostracon with a Humorous Scene of Judgment
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1991)
Women in Context : Eight Statuettes from the Roman Period
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"The collection of the Museum of Art and Archaeology includes eight statuettes of women that were acquired in 197 4 as part of a group of Roman bone objects. Except for brief mention at the time of their acquisition, they ...
The Gazelle Mosaic : An Inhabited Scroll in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1997)
"Floral scrolls occupied by human and animal elements performing a variety of activities were an extremely popular motif of Roman decorative art. The popularity of these "peopled" or "inhabited" scrolls was such that they ...
Cupids at the Circus : Missouri's Chariot Sarcophagus
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"One of the more peculiar and intriguing phenomena in Roman archaeology is the abrupt and still generally unexplained switch from cremation to inhumation that seems to have occurred throughout the Empire during the second ...
The Judgement of Paris : An Excerpt on a Roman Relief Mirror
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1992)
"Gilded bronze reliefs are characteristic of a group of Roman mirrors of otherwise simple design. Most of the mirrors are small, 9-12 cm in diameter; all have an unadorned, round, reflecting surface of polished high-tin ...
A Laconian Lady in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"Mention of Greece and the site of ancient Sparta, surrounded by mountains in the region of Laconia, brings to mind a male-dominated, militaristic society devoid of artistic culture. But this describes the later Archaic ...
Biotechnology and Agriculture : A Skeptical Perspective
(AgBioForum, 1999)
A combination of population and income growth will more than double the demand for food and other agricultural commodities over the next half century. Advances in crop productivity during the twentieth century have largely ...
The producer benefits of herbicide-resistant canola
(AgBioForum, 1999)
The commercial sale of herbicide resistant (HR) canola has raised questions about the benefits of this new technology for seed and chemical companies, farmers, consumers, and other players in the supply chain. In this ...
A Descriptive Analysis of Current Sight-Reading Methods and Procedures of Selected Oklahoma High Schools
(1990)
The purpose of this study was to examine choral
directors' attitudes regarding the importance of
sight-reading skills for high school singers in
Oklahoma. Additional investigation considered the
possible relationships ...
The Vowel Production in 'Bel Canto' Singing: A General Approach for Beginning Singers
(1991)
The purpose of writing this paper is to inform beginning singers of the importance of the basic concept of vowel formation and articulation in the production of good vocal tone. The lack of a thorough understanding of ...
Near-Ultraviolet Mutagenesis in Superoxide Dismutase-deficient Strains of Escherichia coli
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1994)
We compared mutagenic spectra induced by polychromatic near-ultraviolet radiation (near-UV; 300-400 nm) with superoxide anion (O2-) -dependent mutagenesis using a set of Escherichia coli tester strains. Near-UV radiation ...
Storytelling in Medieval Wales
(1992-10)
Very little is known of the storyteller and his functions in medieval Welsh society. Welsh sources imply that tales were recited in prose by professional storytellers--the cyfarwyddiaid (singular cyfarwydd). In medieval ...
Annotated bibliography 1986-1990
(1997-10)