Aniba Research Articles

„… bringt sehr hübsche Beigaben aus Fayence“

Summary The thigh of a cattle leads to a tomb in Aniba with a set of opening the mouth objects. The woman‘s name is Tachat and she presumably worked in the temple of Horus in Aniba. A certain preference for faience can be assumed on the basis of the tomb‘s equipment.

SPACE, COLOR AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN A NUBIAN ENVIRONMENT.

The Egyptian Nubians relocated after the construction of the High Dam South of Aswan to a completely different setting, adjusted with difficulty to their new environment and changed part of it to suit their needs. This paper is a longitudinal study; it deals with the issue of continuity in the patterns of lifestyle within the present Egyptian Nubian community. The aim is to seek evidence on such continuity and to explain the repercussions of previous socio-economic values on the actual residential built and lived-in environment. The methodology is based on earlier studies that were done before relocation and immediately after, also on site visits made by the authors to detect the current aspects of the built-environment. The field study focuses on changes made to the interior and exterior spaces, on the use of decorative patterns and color of the walls and on the residents’ lifestyle. The tools for data gathering are annotated photographs and semi-structured interviews. The cases are chosen from a random sample in one of the 33 villages that constitute the Kom-Ombo site – the village of Eneba (Aniba). Results show evidence of change in all investigated aspects with a slight continuity in some of the culturally related values.

Biomassa da rebrota de copas de pau-rosa (Aniba rosaeodora Ducke) em plantios sob sombra parcial em floresta primária

Este estudo propõe uma nova metodologia de exploração do pau-rosa (Aniba rosaeodora Ducke) em substituição ao método tradicional, predatório, de corte raso. Avaliando-se a biomassa da rebrota de copas (galhos e folhas) e de cepas cortadas a 1 m de altura do solo, será possível inferir sobre o manejo de plantios visando maximizar a produção de óleo essencial desta espécie. Os plantios estão localizados na Reserva Florestal Adolph Ducke, Manaus, Brasil. Treze anos após a poda das copas e do corte das árvores a 1 m do solo, o peso seco da rebrota da copa (39,5 kg) foi significativamente superior ao peso seco de galhos e folhas das árvores testemunha (23 kg) e da rebrota das cepas (13,7 kg), revelando que a poda da copa estimulou maior produtividade de galhos e folhas das árvores do plantio. Como o peso do fuste representou 85,5% da média do peso total das árvores e a produtividade de óleo é diretamente proporcional á biomassa aérea, a exploração atual é predominantemente feita através do corte raso das árvores. A alta capacidade de rebrota da copa e o maior rendimento de óleo a partir de galhos e folhas em relação à madeira, no entanto, indicam que o manejo dos plantios desta espécie poderá ser feito através da poda da copa das árvores, evitando a destruição total das árvores e uma possível extinção da espécie.

Neolignans from Aniba lancifolia

The branches of the shrub Aniba lancifolia Kubitzki et Rodrigues (Lauraceae) contain besides 2-hydroxy-4,5- dimethoxyallylbenzene and its dimer cyclohexan-2-allyl- 5-en-4,5-dimethoxy-4- O-(2′-allyl-4′,5′-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-one (lancilin, 2) 6 further novel neolignans: (4 S,2′ R)- and (4 R,2′ E)-cyclohexan-2-allyl-2,5-dien-4,5-dimethoxy-4-[2′-(1′-guaiacyl)-propyl]-1-one (lancifolins A and B, 3a and 3b), (4 S,2′ R)- and (4 R,2′ R)-cyclohexan- 2-allyl-2,5-dien-4,5-dimethoxy-4-[2′-(1′-veratryl)-propyl]-1-one (lancifolins C and D, 3c and 3d), (4 S,2′ R)-and (4 R,2′ R)-cyclohexan-2-allyl-2,5-dien-4,5-dimethoxy-4-[2′-(1′-piperonyl)-propyl]-1-one (lancifolins E and F, 3e and 3f).

Tri- O-methylgalangin from Aniba riparia

Tri- O-methylgalangin from Aniba riparia

Constituents of Aniba hostmanniana

Constituents of Aniba hostmanniana