Feature (archaeology)In archaeological excavation, a feature is a collection of one or more contexts representing some human non-portable activity, such as a hearth or wall. Features serve as an indication that the area in which they are found has been interfered with in the past, usually by humans. Features are distinguished from artifacts in that they cannot be separated from their location without changing their form. Artifacts are portable, while features are non-portable.
Geographic information scienceGeographic information science (GIScience, GISc) or geoinformation science is a scientific discipline at the crossroads of computational science, social science, and natural science that studies geographic information, including how it represents phenomena in the real world, how it represents the way humans understand the world, and how it can be captured, organized, and analyzed. It is a sub-field of geography, specifically part of technical geography.
Art et mathématiquesArt et mathématiques sont souvent associés dans le cadre d'analogie platonicienne sur la beauté et la vérité. Les prémisses de cette question convoquent souvent le nombre d'or. Mais si l'on souhaite comprendre le rôle des mathématiques dans l'histoire de l'art et dans les révolutions esthétiques contemporaines, il est plus efficace de s'interroger sur les formes, la façon dont elles apparaissent et sont perçues.
Maisonthumb|Maison québécoise à Causapscal (Bas-Saint-Laurent), dans un quartier résidentiel. thumb|Modeste maison mauritanienne dans le Trarza. thumb|Une maison fleurie en Bretagne. thumb|Maison à Cuenca (Espagne), datée du . Une maison est un bâtiment d'habitation, souvent de taille moyenne destiné au logement d'une famille, ou encore plus imposante divisée en plusieurs résidences ou appartements. Une maison est, en droit civil français, un immeuble, mot qui désigne aussi couramment un édifice de plusieurs étages divisé en plusieurs appartements occupés par diverses familles.
Mathematics and architectureMathematics and architecture are related, since, as with other arts, architects use mathematics for several reasons. Apart from the mathematics needed when engineering buildings, architects use geometry: to define the spatial form of a building; from the Pythagoreans of the sixth century BC onwards, to create forms considered harmonious, and thus to lay out buildings and their surroundings according to mathematical, aesthetic and sometimes religious principles; to decorate buildings with mathematical objects such as tessellations; and to meet environmental goals, such as to minimise wind speeds around the bases of tall buildings.
