1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910563076603321

Autore

McDonald Jo (Josephine)

Titolo

Dreamtime superhighway : an analysis of Sydney Basin rock art and prehistoric information exchange / / Jo McDonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-921536-16-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 pages) : colour illustrations, charts

Collana

Terra Australis ; ; 27

Disciplina

709.011309944

Soggetti

Petroglyphs

Visual communication in art

Rock paintings - Australia - Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)

Petroglyphs - Australia - Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)

Visual communication in art - Australia - Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)

Art, Aboriginal Australian - Australia - Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)

Aboriginal Australians - Australia - Sydney Basin (N.S.W.) - Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Dreamtime Superhighway presents a thorough and original contextualization of the rock art and archaeology of the Sydney Basin. By combining excavation results with rock art analysis it demonstrates that a true archaeology of rock art can provide insights into rock art image-making in people’s social and cultural lives. Based on a PhD dissertation, this monograph is a significantly revised and updated study which draws forcefully on rich and new data from extensive recent research—much of it by McDonald herself. McDonald has developed a model that suggests that visual culture—such as rock artmaking and its images and forms—could be understood as a system of communication, as a way of signaling group identifying behaviour. For the archaeologist of art, the anthropologist of art and those of us who try to think about past worlds… this monograph is a must read.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557643603321

Autore

Shi Qiongfeng

Titolo

Energy Harvesters and Self-powered Sensors for Smart Electronics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Soggetti

Information technology industries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Energy Harvesters and Self-Powered Sensors for Smart Electronics" that was published in Micromachines, which showcases the rapid development of various energy harvesting technologies and novel devices. In the current 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) era, energy demand for numerous and widely distributed IoT nodes has greatly driven the innovation of various energy harvesting technologies, providing key functionalities as energy harvesters (i.e., sustainable power supplies) and/or self-powered sensors for diverse IoT systems. Accordingly, this book includes one editorial and nine research articles to explore different aspects of energy harvesting technologies such as electromagnetic energy harvesters, piezoelectric energy harvesters, and hybrid energy harvesters. The mechanism design, structural optimization, performance improvement, and a wide range of energy harvesting and self-powered monitoring applications have been involved. This book can serve as a guidance for researchers and students who would like to know more about the device design, optimization, and applications of different energy harvesting technologies.