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The Material Basis of 18th‐Century Meissen Porcelain

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the summer of 1708, the quest for making hard‐paste porcelain from Saxonian clay and other mineral resources succeeded. This was achieved by applying as its essential ingredient newly discovered pure kaolin from Heidelsberg near Aue, western Saxon Ore Mountains.
Robert B. Heimann
wiley   +1 more source

Horticultural intensification and plant-based diets of 18^th century CE Waikato Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Kinaston RL, Keith S, Hudson B, Geber J, Kleffmann T, Stirling C, Reid M, Barr D, Kramer R, Sudron E, Waka Kotahi Tangata Whenua Working Group.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Isotopic evidence for anthropogenic lead exposure on a 17th/18th century Barbadian plantation. [PDF]

Am J Phys Anthropol, 2020
Laffoon JE, Shuler KA, Millard AR, Connelly JN, Schroeder H.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Multi‐Analytical Approach for the Compositional Characterization and Chronological Discrimination of Benin (Nigeria) Metal Sculptures

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a multi‐analytical archaeometric approach for the compositional characterization and chronological discrimination of Benin metal sculptures in relation to the 1897 Punitive Expedition. The methodology integrates elemental composition (XRF and ICP), stable lead isotope ratios (MC‐ICP‐MS) for alloy system characterization ...
I. Torraba, D. A. Ahumada, H. Bagán, A. Tarancón, S. Eisenhofer, J. F. García   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

One‐Class Autoencoders for Porcelain Art Attribution: The Case of William Billingsley

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This comprehensive study explores the application of advanced machine learning techniques, specifically one‐class autoencoders, for the authentication and attribution of English porcelain artworks. Focusing primarily on the works of William Billingsley (1758–1828), one of England's most celebrated porcelain decorators, we demonstrate how ...
Hassan Ugail, Morgan Denyer, Rachel Denyer, Howell Edwards   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

P4s Are Either Unhelpful or Unnecessary. Proposing a Better AI‐Powered Solution to Predict Patients' Preferences

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Personalized Patient Preference Predictor (P4) has been proposed as an AI tool to aid surrogate decision‐making when incapacitated patients lack advance directives. Unlike population‐level Patient Preference Predictors (PPPs), which infer preferences from demographic correlations, P4s fine‐tune large language models (LLMs) on a patient's ...
Beatrice Marchegiani
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Attitudes Roles Evaluation in Collections‐Based Organizations: Overcoming the Gender Bias

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collections‐based organizations (CBOs) have historically been institutions that reinforce values and power structures including gender inequalities. However, in recent decades, feminism and critical theory have promoted significant changes in how CBOs address gender issues in their collections, exhibitions, and educational programmes ...
Mar Gaitán
wiley   +1 more source

1173. Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G. Mey

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, EarlyView.
Summary Ipomoea pandurata is a Morning Glory from North America which develops a large storage root. There is much uncertainty about its discovery before its formal description in the middle of the 18th century. Originally described as a Convolvulus, almost a hundred years passed before its recognition as a species of Ipomoea.
John R.I. Wood, Christabel King, John Grimshaw   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some observations on the signs of certain death in the 18th century. [PDF]

Acta Biomed, 2018
Gorini I, Martini M, Licata M.
europepmc   +1 more source