Other livesAnthropologyObituaryNicholas David obituaryMy brother Nicholas David, who has died aged 85, was a leading figure in the field of ethnoarchaeology who undertook important research in west Africa and became professor of anthropology and archaeology at the University of Calgary.
Long after he retired in 2002 Nic continued to receive funding to carry out his research. He developed and maintained a website about the people of the Sukur in the Mandara mountains of Cameroon, and he contributed to adding the Sukur cultural landscape to the Unesco World Heritage list. Read More...
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Difficulty:A common way for umbrellas to break is for the fabric to come loose at the end of a spoke. With some minor sewing skills you can quickly fix it. If you are lucky, then rather than the fabric itself ripping, the thread that holds it to the spoke will have broken.
Thread your needle twice with nylon thread (or another water-resistant thread). Read More...
The rural networkCrocodiles This article is more than 8 months oldAuthorities still baffled by headless crocodile found on north Queensland beachThis article is more than 8 months old WARNING: IMAGES MAY DISTURB SOME READERS Wildlife photographer who examined the reptile says its head was ‘obviously surgically removed’
Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community The mystery of a headless crocodile found on a beach in far north Queensland has baffled authorities and set the internet buzzing with theories of an interspecies face-off, but experts say it’s likely a human took the animal’s head. Read More...
