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On the investigation of decorative elements and architecture of the minarets of the Seljuk period in Isfahan [PDF]

open access: yesپیکره, 2020
Problem definition: The minaret is one of the special decorative-functional elements in religious buildings and has an ancient background in pre-Islamic Iranian architecture.
Esmaiel Nasri, Hesam Aslani
doaj   +1 more source

A few observations on the adornments and dress accessories found in the hoard from Țifești (Vrancea County)

open access: yesVjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu, 2021
Found by chance in 1912, the hoard from Țifești (in the former Putna County) immediately came to the attention of numismatists. First published in 1915 by Constantin Moisil, it remained in oblivion for a long time, at most barely mentioned in various ...
Silviu Oța
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Burial Complexes and Hoards as Sources for the Reconstruction of Ceremonial Adornments of the Representatives of Komarovo Culture

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2017
The article features an analysis of metal adornments from burial complexes of the Komarovo culture dating back to the late Bronze period for the reconstruction of the characteristics of the costume complex and adornment elements.
Lysenko Svetlana S., Lysenko Sergey D.
doaj   +1 more source

Glass Pendants from the Burials of Nomads of the 13th–14th Centuries

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей, 2021
Glass pendants originating from the nomad burials of the 13th–14th centuries form a most numerous category of the finds. A total of 63 items have been studied.
Natalya P. Kuryshova
doaj   +1 more source

Locked and Unlocked Chains of Planar Shapes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We extend linkage unfolding results from the well-studied case of polygonal linkages to the more general case of linkages of polygons. More precisely, we consider chains of nonoverlapping rigid planar shapes (Jordan regions) that are hinged together ...
Ares Ribó   +26 more
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Burial clothing in Neolithic cemeteries of the Ukrainian steppe

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2010
Over 600 skeletons from numerous Neolithic cemeteries are known from the Pontic steppe. They came from the Lower Don, Azov-Dnieper and Surskaja cultures, with different sets of adornments on their burial clothing.
Nadezhda Kotova
doaj   +1 more source

Santa Elina, Mato Grosso, site ancien au centre de l’Amérique du Sud

open access: yesBrésil(s), 2022
Due to its geographical location and its Pleistocene-era antiquity, the Santa Elina rock shelter renews the analysis of prehistoric settlements in South America. In the mountains where the shelter is hidden, Pleistocene men hunted a Glossotherium, 27,000
Denis Vialou, Águeda Vilhena Vialou
doaj   +1 more source

Spoon-shaped pendants in the culture of the Livonians and inhabitants of Ancient Russia in the 11th–13th centuries: preliminary study results

open access: yesEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2022
In the culture of the ancient Livonians and Russians there was a particular group of pendants in the shape of household utensils, mostly made of copper alloys.
Roberts Spirgis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shine on you crazy diamond: Symbolism and social use of fluorite ornaments in Iberia’s late prehistory

open access: yesJournal of Lithic Studies, 2021
Fluorite ornaments have been recorded in different sites of Europe since Upper Paleolithic. Due to its visual appearance and physical properties, some translucent or transparent mineralogies like fluorite were searched for or casually acquired by late ...
José Ángel Garrido-Cordero   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aztec obsidian industries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Obsidian was the primary lithic or stone material used for cutting activities in Aztec society, including domestic food production, craft production, hunting, warfare, and ritual.
Carballo, David M., Pastrana, Alejandro
core   +1 more source

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