Joel Klenck
Senior Lecturer and President / Principal Investigator Joel D. Klenck has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology / Archaeology from Northwestern University, Masters of Arts in Anthropology / Archaeology from Harvard University, Doctorate (PhD) in Anthropology / Archaeology from Harvard University, and a Juris Doctor Degree from University of Miami School of Law with a focus on historic preservation, antiquities, and art law. Joel Klenck has completed archaeology projects throughout the globe, from an array of time periods, in North America, Europe, the Near East, and Oceania. Joel is the Senior Lecturer of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, for the Centre of Samoan Studies, at the National University of Samoa, and the President / Principal Investigator of PRC, Inc., a cultural research management firm. Joel has also served in government positions as a Territorial Archaeologist and Acting Historic Preservation Officer for the U.S. Federal and American Samoa Government. His areas of research are remote sensing technology: ground penetrating radar, magnetometry and LiDAR, historic preservation and antiquities laws, archaeological survey techniques, zooarchaeology, physical anthropology, lithic analysis, excavation methods, and applied archaeology processes.
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Phone: 011 685 7604874
Address: National University of Samoa
Centre for Samoan Studies
Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Department
Niu' Afa Building
P.O. Box 1622
Lepapaigalagala Campus, Apia, Samoa
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Keyboard Treasures, a reference and guidebook for adult music ·students and teachers as well as piano enthusiasts, is a broad and comprehensive survey of piano literature from about 1700 through the 1960's. Musical forms, along with harmonic, melodic, and technical aspects, are included in the discussions of the various compositions. Brief biographies of noted composers are given.
The book opens with a short summary of our keyboard heritage from the Baroque Era and then takes up the works of J.S. Bach. Next is a section on the Rococo Era, the sons of J.S. Bach, and the transition from clavichord and harpsichord to pianoforte. The keyboard sonatas of Haydn and Mozart are reviewed individually.
Beethoven and his thirty-two sonatas are described, showing the amazing development of both the composer's skill and the solo sonata as it evolved through his efforts. The major sets of variations, e.g., the Diabelli, are given special attention.
The Romantic Era follows, each of its composers presented with his principal contributions: Schubert and his sonatas; Schumann and his remarkable originality in such works as the Carnival and Kreisleriana; Brahms and his powerful Sonata in F Minor and Paanini Variations (also the melodic Intermezzi of later years), and Franz Liszt's influence on the music and composers of his time.
The divergent styles of the Russians, the Schoenberg school, Bela Bartok, Paul Hindemith and Igor Stravinsky point up the contrasts and variety which mark the first forty years of piano composition in this century.
The volume concludes with a discussion of American composers: Edward McDowell, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and others, and their wide range of innovative contributions to our rich legacy of keyboard treasures.
The structure is a maritime barge as evidenced by the angled hulls, maritime carpentry methods such as coak-and-dowel and mortise-and-tenon joinery, thousands of cages of different sizes, some with wood prongs to feed larger animals, sloping ramps, three decks, ballast features, walls and features covered with pitch coatings of bitumen and resin, marine crustaceans on the exterior of the hull, floors covered with cyrodessicated animal dung, furniture fixed to the walls of the vessel, and large cargo holds with a prehistoric diet of bitter vetch, pea, and chickpea seeds.
The maritime barge shows veneration for thousands of years and a unique placement of artifacts, where later cultures left ceramic containers, stone carvings, and other offerings near entrances to the vessel. The Ark’s wood architecture is shaped by stone tools and its interior has stone artifacts, vegetal baskets, textiles and cords, bone and wood artifacts, and botanical remains of grape and pre-domesticated cereals that were frozen and cryodesiccated causing enhanced preservation for millennia.
Conversely, Respondents Liberty University, John Randall Price, Michael S. Heiser and Don Ross Patton perpetrated a multi-year fraud, beginning around 2008, raising funds for a faux Noah’s Ark excavation on Mount Ararat, in eastern Turkey, by digging a hole in the ice near the summit. Here, Respondents made a film entitled “Finding Noah” despite not finding a single cultural artifact.
Respondents hired Murat Şahin, the co-owner of Murat Kamping, who was released from prison in April, 2010, after murdering Yavuz Tasdemir; cutting the ear off of Cetin Tasdemir, the handicapped son of Yavuz; and shooting the jaw off of Mehmet Cetin Kaya, with a shotgun. Petitioner alleges that Murat Şahin murdered Donald Mackenzie, a Scottish man wanting to verify the Ark discovery who disappeared near Mt. Ararat. Şahin had an extensive criminal history including murder and the motive to dispatch Mackenzie
because the latter’s verification of the Ark’s discovery would impact the monies Şahin acquired from the Respondents. Also, Sahin was released from prison five months before Mackenzie vanished, had regular contact with Mackenzie, and possessed Mackenzie’s personal effects after Mackenzie’s disappearance, facts confirmed by Donald’s brother, Derick Mackenzie.
Respondents also hired Amy Louise Beam, an advocate for a Marxist terrorist organization, Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê (“PKK”). During this cause, the Republic of Turkey expelled Beam for associations with terrorism. Respondents also worked with another felon, Richard C. Bright.
After Petitioner advocated for the protection, preservation, and research the archaeological site and shrine, Respondents and other defendants outside this appeal, including Amy Beam and Richard Bright, posted on internet doxing websites, web pages, and video platforms, Petitioner’s U.S. Passport, financial documents, a personal diary, travel documents, and malicious and defamatory statements.
During this time, four persons submitted declarations, under the penalty of perjury, that Petitioner’s verification of the archaeological discovery on Mount Ararat was truthful and the Respondents were lying.
O ma'a faataamilo faalapotopoto i luga o le 'ele'ele ma tafāmaota, o le faailoga vaaia lena o tuugamau anamua atoa ai ma mea faitino ua lē o ni tuugamau, e pei o tapu'e ufi ma esi. O totonu o Sāmoa, ua faatuputupulaia le fuainumera o polōketi ma atina'e, (construction projects), o le ala lea ua faalauteleina ai foi ma le vaega o su'esu'ega faatino i tala 'eli (applied archaeology), i le Laumua o Su'esu'ega o Mata'upu tau Sāmoa (Centre for Sāmoan Studies). E tāua tele le sa'ilia o ni metotia po'o ni auala, ina ia mafai ai ona iloa gofie le 'ese'esega o tuugamau ma tapu'e ufi atoa ma esi. I lenei suesuega, o le masini e suesueina le ele'ele ("GPR") sa pu'eina ni ata faapitoa (GPR images) mo le atu Sāmoa i sona aotelega faa-onaponei e tusa e lua (two dimensional) i le tolu ituaiga fuataga, (three dimensional) mo tuugamau (burials) atoa ai ma tapu'e ufi ma esi (cultivation pods). E ui ina faigata ona mata'itūina le 'ese'esega o tuugamau faapea tapu'e ufi ma esi i luga o le lau'ele'ele, ona e faalapotopoto uma lo latou fausaga aepeita'i, ua fesoasoani tele ata faapitoa (GPR images) na pu'eina i ituaiga fuataga e lua (two dimensional) o tuugamau faatasi ai ma ata na pueina i le tolu ituaiga fuataga (three dimensional) o ponaivi o tagata (osteological remains) poo avanoa i tuugamau (grave cavities). O tagata su'esu'e faapitoa i tala'eli (archaeologists) ua mafai ona latou aoina ni ata faapitoa (GPR images) mai le masini su'esu'e ele'ele ("GPR") i se taimi puupuu, pe a faatusa atu i mea faitino (material) o loo aoina i taimi o 'eli'eliga (excavations). O le vaai a lenei su'esu'ega, o le faaaogaina o le masini suesue i le ele'ele ("GPR"), o se auala ua faafaigofie ai ona iloa le 'ese'esega atoa ai ma le puipuiga o tuugamau, tapu'e ufi ma esi 'a'o faaauau pea atina'e ma galuega faatino.
Keyboard Treasures, a reference and guidebook for adult music ·students and teachers as well as piano enthusiasts, is a broad and comprehensive survey of piano literature from about 1700 through the 1960's. Musical forms, along with harmonic, melodic, and technical aspects, are included in the discussions of the various compositions. Brief biographies of noted composers are given.
The book opens with a short summary of our keyboard heritage from the Baroque Era and then takes up the works of J.S. Bach. Next is a section on the Rococo Era, the sons of J.S. Bach, and the transition from clavichord and harpsichord to pianoforte. The keyboard sonatas of Haydn and Mozart are reviewed individually.
Beethoven and his thirty-two sonatas are described, showing the amazing development of both the composer's skill and the solo sonata as it evolved through his efforts. The major sets of variations, e.g., the Diabelli, are given special attention.
The Romantic Era follows, each of its composers presented with his principal contributions: Schubert and his sonatas; Schumann and his remarkable originality in such works as the Carnival and Kreisleriana; Brahms and his powerful Sonata in F Minor and Paanini Variations (also the melodic Intermezzi of later years), and Franz Liszt's influence on the music and composers of his time.
The divergent styles of the Russians, the Schoenberg school, Bela Bartok, Paul Hindemith and Igor Stravinsky point up the contrasts and variety which mark the first forty years of piano composition in this century.
The volume concludes with a discussion of American composers: Edward McDowell, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and others, and their wide range of innovative contributions to our rich legacy of keyboard treasures.
The structure is a maritime barge as evidenced by the angled hulls, maritime carpentry methods such as coak-and-dowel and mortise-and-tenon joinery, thousands of cages of different sizes, some with wood prongs to feed larger animals, sloping ramps, three decks, ballast features, walls and features covered with pitch coatings of bitumen and resin, marine crustaceans on the exterior of the hull, floors covered with cyrodessicated animal dung, furniture fixed to the walls of the vessel, and large cargo holds with a prehistoric diet of bitter vetch, pea, and chickpea seeds.
The maritime barge shows veneration for thousands of years and a unique placement of artifacts, where later cultures left ceramic containers, stone carvings, and other offerings near entrances to the vessel. The Ark’s wood architecture is shaped by stone tools and its interior has stone artifacts, vegetal baskets, textiles and cords, bone and wood artifacts, and botanical remains of grape and pre-domesticated cereals that were frozen and cryodesiccated causing enhanced preservation for millennia.
Conversely, Respondents Liberty University, John Randall Price, Michael S. Heiser and Don Ross Patton perpetrated a multi-year fraud, beginning around 2008, raising funds for a faux Noah’s Ark excavation on Mount Ararat, in eastern Turkey, by digging a hole in the ice near the summit. Here, Respondents made a film entitled “Finding Noah” despite not finding a single cultural artifact.
Respondents hired Murat Şahin, the co-owner of Murat Kamping, who was released from prison in April, 2010, after murdering Yavuz Tasdemir; cutting the ear off of Cetin Tasdemir, the handicapped son of Yavuz; and shooting the jaw off of Mehmet Cetin Kaya, with a shotgun. Petitioner alleges that Murat Şahin murdered Donald Mackenzie, a Scottish man wanting to verify the Ark discovery who disappeared near Mt. Ararat. Şahin had an extensive criminal history including murder and the motive to dispatch Mackenzie
because the latter’s verification of the Ark’s discovery would impact the monies Şahin acquired from the Respondents. Also, Sahin was released from prison five months before Mackenzie vanished, had regular contact with Mackenzie, and possessed Mackenzie’s personal effects after Mackenzie’s disappearance, facts confirmed by Donald’s brother, Derick Mackenzie.
Respondents also hired Amy Louise Beam, an advocate for a Marxist terrorist organization, Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê (“PKK”). During this cause, the Republic of Turkey expelled Beam for associations with terrorism. Respondents also worked with another felon, Richard C. Bright.
After Petitioner advocated for the protection, preservation, and research the archaeological site and shrine, Respondents and other defendants outside this appeal, including Amy Beam and Richard Bright, posted on internet doxing websites, web pages, and video platforms, Petitioner’s U.S. Passport, financial documents, a personal diary, travel documents, and malicious and defamatory statements.
During this time, four persons submitted declarations, under the penalty of perjury, that Petitioner’s verification of the archaeological discovery on Mount Ararat was truthful and the Respondents were lying.
O ma'a faataamilo faalapotopoto i luga o le 'ele'ele ma tafāmaota, o le faailoga vaaia lena o tuugamau anamua atoa ai ma mea faitino ua lē o ni tuugamau, e pei o tapu'e ufi ma esi. O totonu o Sāmoa, ua faatuputupulaia le fuainumera o polōketi ma atina'e, (construction projects), o le ala lea ua faalauteleina ai foi ma le vaega o su'esu'ega faatino i tala 'eli (applied archaeology), i le Laumua o Su'esu'ega o Mata'upu tau Sāmoa (Centre for Sāmoan Studies). E tāua tele le sa'ilia o ni metotia po'o ni auala, ina ia mafai ai ona iloa gofie le 'ese'esega o tuugamau ma tapu'e ufi atoa ma esi. I lenei suesuega, o le masini e suesueina le ele'ele ("GPR") sa pu'eina ni ata faapitoa (GPR images) mo le atu Sāmoa i sona aotelega faa-onaponei e tusa e lua (two dimensional) i le tolu ituaiga fuataga, (three dimensional) mo tuugamau (burials) atoa ai ma tapu'e ufi ma esi (cultivation pods). E ui ina faigata ona mata'itūina le 'ese'esega o tuugamau faapea tapu'e ufi ma esi i luga o le lau'ele'ele, ona e faalapotopoto uma lo latou fausaga aepeita'i, ua fesoasoani tele ata faapitoa (GPR images) na pu'eina i ituaiga fuataga e lua (two dimensional) o tuugamau faatasi ai ma ata na pueina i le tolu ituaiga fuataga (three dimensional) o ponaivi o tagata (osteological remains) poo avanoa i tuugamau (grave cavities). O tagata su'esu'e faapitoa i tala'eli (archaeologists) ua mafai ona latou aoina ni ata faapitoa (GPR images) mai le masini su'esu'e ele'ele ("GPR") i se taimi puupuu, pe a faatusa atu i mea faitino (material) o loo aoina i taimi o 'eli'eliga (excavations). O le vaai a lenei su'esu'ega, o le faaaogaina o le masini suesue i le ele'ele ("GPR"), o se auala ua faafaigofie ai ona iloa le 'ese'esega atoa ai ma le puipuiga o tuugamau, tapu'e ufi ma esi 'a'o faaauau pea atina'e ma galuega faatino.
In addition, an evaluation was completed of the usage of the Hebrew terms for each division during the creation week, after the Fall, during the Flood, and later in Biblical history. The analysis exhibits that dinosaurs declined significantly, after the Fall and before the Noachian Deluge. Conversely, after the Fall, mammals increased markedly. This conclusion runs contrary to most creationist theories which suggest that most dinosaurs died during or after the Flood. These Biblical trends follow the conclusions of paleontological research in that dinosaurs perished before the floruit of mammalian fauna.
Although many regions are mentioned in the Tanakh that associate with Europe, Russia, Iran, Iraq and other nations – one country, the United States, is arguably omitted from the prophetic texts. This alleged absence has mystified many scholars since the United States has played the most significant role in the spread of Christianity and Judaism, holds the largest populations of both faiths on earth, aided in the foundation and preservation of Israel, and is currently a hegemonic power.
This manuscript examines former claims about the United States in Biblical prophecy, evaluates newly identified passages that correlate with this polity, and attempts to discover the destiny of the American nation.
The first chapter discusses the origins of Canaanite civilization during the MB IIA (ca. 2000-1800/1750 B.C.) period and the data that archaeologists use to support that cultures of Canaan, the Phoenician coast, and Syria were ethnically, culturally, and ideologically related. In addition, continuing similarities are reviewed during the MB IIB/C (1800/1750-1550 B.C.) between cultures of Canaan, the Phoenician coast, and Syria, with special emphasis on their cultic contexts, especially the artifacts and architecture from cemeteries and temple complexes.
The second chapter describes the MB IIB/C temple complex, well, and equid burial excavated at Tel Haror, paying special attention to the proposed Canaanite temenos in Area K. The temple complex, donkey burial, and associated artifacts are compared to similar material from contemporary sites in Canaan, the Phoenician coast, and Syria. Similarities between the architecture and artifacts from the temenos at Tel Haror and other previously documented cultic sites support the conclusion that the structures in Area K were part of a temple complex.
The third chapter presents the core data on the animal bones from the temple complex, equid burial, and well. Descriptions are provided of the methods used to retrieve and analyze the fauna at Haror and the different contexts from which the bones from the temenos were found: the midden floors and ritual deposits. Analyses are provided of the zooarchaeological data from all contexts including the taxa, skeletal parts, and age information. Also discussed are patterns in the faunal data in relation to the quantity of bones that were butchered, burned, gnawed, weathered, accreted, smoothed by running water, and colored by metal corrosion.
The fourth chapter provides an analysis of the corvid and canid remains in the temple complex. A discussion is provided as to how the corvids and canids were dispatched. Furthermore, evidence is presented showing that Tel-Haror’s inhabitants changed their treatment of puppies and corvids over time.
In the final chapter, comparisons are made between the faunal data from Tel Haror and accounts from ancient texts and ethnographic studies. Using these sources, suggestions are provided as to how the Middle Bronze Age inhabitants of Tel Haror killed, butchered, prepared, and deposited animals in the temple complex, donkey burial, and well. Also provided are suggestions as to the reasons Tel-Haror's inhabitants sacrificed the taxa found in the temple deposits.
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