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Este artículo pretende valorar tres conceptos claves para la economía antigua: valor, prestigio e intercambio. La utilización de los métodos que sirven para dar a conocer el valor socioeconómico de los ítems encontrados en yacimientos... more
Many real-life graphs such as social networks and peer-to-peer networks capture the relationships among the nodes by using trust scores to label the edges. Important usage of such networks includes trust prediction, finding the most... more
The point of departure is a short definition of prestige: “The prestige of a person, an object or a cultural practice is higher, the more exclusive its bearers and the more widespread its estimation in the relevant group are”. This... more
The task of studying the impact of social class on physical and mental health involves, among other things, the use of a conceptual toolbox that defines what social class is, establishes how to measure it, and sets criteria that help... more
As means of locomotion, mount animals, sedan chairs or chariots are known from ancient Egypt for overland travel (Köpp, 2008b, 401-412; Köpp- Junk, 2013: 6-9; 2014: 199-276). The oldest mode of travel, however, was simply to walk... more
The Prestige disaster occurred off the Galician coast (North-West Spain), after the sinking of Prestige oil tanker in November 2002. The breaking up and sinking of the ship in heavy seas resulted in the discharge of thousands of tonnes of... more
Online social networks are ever-present due to the global use of social network sites in todays connected world. The variety of online social network sites makes it difficult to determine the impact of an actor in a general way. A generic... more
English abstract: Since the discovery in 1860 of La Pastora, one of the most beautiful and outstanding megalithic constructions of Iberia, the Copper Age and Bronze Age site of Valencina de la Concepción – Castilleja de Guzmán has... more
University preference is an important subject in that it is effective in the future lives of the students and for the universities to know the factors that are affecting the preferences of the students. Based on this importance, the... more
Language attitudes toward Standard Arabic (SA) and French in Moroccan sociolinguistic literature (Bentahila 1983; Ennaji 2005; Marley 2004) have been presented as occupying a relationship of functional complementarity, where SA epitomizes... more
Discerning prestige branding is not as easy as it may seem, there is certainly a lot of causality to be involved. Because quite simply “extravagance is a state of mind, not a budget” and it is closely twisted with indoctrination of... more
The production of faience in ancient Egypt seems to represent a historical market paradox, as it does not fit into a theoretical bipolar prestige/common) partition of goods. Made of common and inexpensive components, faience artefacts are... more
Archaeologists across all fields of research make generous use of the concepts ‘prestige’ and ‘prestige goods.’ In the process, prestige and social status are usually conflated. It follows that discussions of prestige goods solely focus... more
Marc Champagne argues that the supposedly ‘professional’ style of the analytic
tradition does not ensure professionalism, nor indeed, clear-mindedness.
tradition does not ensure professionalism, nor indeed, clear-mindedness.
This study is an insider’s examination into an orchestral world, using the theoretical framework of a prestige economy as a way to understand perceptions of orchestral musicians within their orchestral context. I bridge the theoretical... more
La población inmigrante en España experimentó un crecimiento rápido y progresivo desde la última década del siglo XX hasta los comienzos de XXI. En este contexto, los flujos migratorios procedentes de Ecuador han sido unos de los más... more
Football is a cultural phenomenon that has become with time a significant instrument in the political life of Cameroon. Football is now seen as a catalyst of social facts, practices related to identities, an innovative trade, a means... more
The set of spacers from the Iberian Peninsula has allows us to update our knowledge, setting up the hypothesis of a chronological and typological development, at least, from the Neolithic. Our critical evaluation denies the interpretation... more
This study examined the process, correlates, and outcomes of compromise in career-related decisions, as a test of Gottfredson's (2002) theory of circumscription and compromise. Sex-type, prestige, and work activities are important... more
Final report on the exclusive belt of late Jastorf Culture found near Hohen Viecheln in Mecklenburg-Pommerania, Germany.
Difficulties in comparing the position of women in different countries & cultures are discussed, with particular attention to problems arising from attempts to translate local customs, practices, & concepts into English or to label &... more
RESUMEN En las siguientes páginas se presentan otros resultados complementarios sobre las actitudes lingüísticas de los dominicanos en Madrid. Nos interesa saber, entre otras cosas, cuáles factores pueden estar fundamentando las... more
Turkey as a developing country, while increasing the number and quality of labor besides the troubles in finding a job may cause individuals to work in an inappropriate job for their educational background and skills. Surplus qualified... more
EINIGE GESELLSCHAFT- UND WIRTSCHAFTSGESCHICHTLICHE LEHREN DER METALLURGIE DER SPÄTEN BRONZEZEIT TRANSDANUBIENS ( Zusammenfassung ) Die zweite Hälfte der späten Bronzezeit ist eindeutig die Epoche der Entfaltung der ersten europäischen... more
Diese Bachelorarbeit beschäftigt sich mit Rudolf I. von Habsburg und die Beziehungen zu den anderen Herrscher in Europa. Hierbei wird eine Netzwerkanalyse durchgeführt und sein Prestigewert innerhalb der Gruppe mithilfe mathematischer... more
In Life Advice from Below, Eric C. Hendriks offers the first systematic, comparative study of the globalization of American-style self-help culture and the cultural conflicts this creates in different national contexts. The self-help guru... more