Archaeological studies of the Vesuvian Area I

Esta obra muestra el largo y difícil camino de quienes nos antecedieron en la lucha por la igualdad, la equidad de género y la participación de la mujer en la vida pública y cultural de nuestro país; y brinda un reconocimiento a todas aquellas mujeres anónimas que contribuyeron con su esfuerzo a cambiar la percepción de lo femenino y elevar la dignidad de la mujer.

The main objective of this investigation is to obtain basic data that will allow the generation of cultural, geoarchaeological, paleoenvironmental and paleoecological knowledge about the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. In turn, this will facilitate the discussion of different topics about the peopling of Uruguay within the context of the peopling of America. The study presents a detailed investigation carried out at the Pay Paso locality, which contains a total of nine sites of archaeological, paleontological and paleoecological interest on the plains of the Cuareim River in northwestern...

Compilación de los textos premiados en la XVII edición del Concurso Internacional de Ensayo "Pensar a Contracorriente" cuyo propósito es reconocer y difundir el pensamiento crítico sobre los problemas y desafíos más acuciantes del mundo contemporáneo, desde perspectivas de amplio sentido anticolonial y antiimperialista que contribuya a articular una teoría política, económica y jurídica emancipadora, comprometido con los asuntos cruciales del medioambiente y contra los efectos devastadores del modelo capitalista hegemónico, en el orden material y espiritual. Este concurso es...

While gangs and gang culture have been around for countless centuries, The Gang is one of the first academic studies of the phenomenon. Originally published in 1927, Frederic Milton Thrasher's magnum opus offers a profound and careful analysis of hundreds of gangs in Chicago in the early part of the twentieth century. With rich prose and an eye for detail, Thrasher looked specifically at the way in which urban geography shaped gangs and posited the thesis that neighborhoods in flux were more likely to produce gangs. Moreover, he traced gang culture back to feudal and medieval power systems...