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Advances in ceramic armour / Hazell, Paul J

Hazell, Paul J	Journal Article
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2009.

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There appears to be an everincreasing demand to make armour systems more light-weight and less bulky. Armoured fighting vehicles are expected to be lighter and smaller, due to the ever demanding requirement for better stratetic mobility. Modern armour ceramics are very strong materials in fact, they can be significantly stronger that the strongest steels available. This is a useful property in armour where the projectile or shaped charge jet applied a compressive load to the material.

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Ceramic Armour ; Armour Construction ; Ceramics

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Sites, survey, and ceramics: settlement patterns of the first to ninth centuries CE in the Upper Mun River Valley, northeast Thailand / Evans, Caitlin ; Chang , Nigel ; Shimizu, Naho

Caitlin Evans, Nigel Chang and Naho Shimizu	Journal Article
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Our understanding of the transition from the last centuries of prehistory to the Pre-Angkorian period in northeast Thailand has been limited by a lack of projects bridging both periods. This article examines settlement patterns of the first to the ninth centuries CE in the Upper Mun River Valley based on recent (2012–14) surveys. The findings highlight the gradual settlement trends in the region, with a focus on local modification rather than the sudden adoption of external ideas. Results reinforce the fourth to sixth centuries CE as a pivotal period, when large centres consolidated and cautiously expanded upriver, into previously uninhabited regions. A relatively modest, flexible, and resilient settlement strategy developed, attuned to wider supra-regional trends, but allowing for the demands of the local cultural and physical landscape.

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Survey ; Ceramics ; Settlement Patterns ; Northeast Thailand ; Sites ; Mun River Valley

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