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HIMALAYA, 2023 This article explores the use of amulets on children’s bodies, drawing on empirical examples from Mugum in western Nepal and theoretical insights from anthropology of personhood, kinship and infrastructure.
Heidi E. Fjeld, Inger K. Vasstveit
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Proceedings of the 14th ACM Conference on Embedded Network Sensor Systems CD-ROM, 2016 Wearable technology enables a range of exciting new applications in health, commerce, and beyond. For many important applications, wearables must have battery life measured in weeks or months, not hours and days as in most current devices. Our vision of wearable platforms aims for long battery life but with the flexibility and security to support ...
Josiah Hester +12 more
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Кавказология, 2023 The article examines objects from the Russian Ethnographic Museum’s collection, the primary purposes of which are protective. The collection of things with defensive or protective properties dates back to the first museum excursions to the Caucasus and ...
Ritsa Sh. Zelnitskaya
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KEPERCAYAAN DAN PERLAKUAN MASYARAKAT BANJAR TERHADAP JIMAT-JIMAT PENOLAK PENYAKIT
Jurnal Studia Insania, 2016 This study is an important part of exploring on local valuable object development related to belief and treatment of Banjarese society in using amulets for medication.
Arni Arni
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Revisiting the ‘Valkyries’: Armed Females in Viking Age Figurative Metalwork
Current Swedish Archaeology, 2022 This paper offers an in-depth exploration of a group of small Viking Age figurines commonly referred to as ‘valkyries’ in Viking and Old Norse scholarship.
Leszek Gardela, Peter Pentz, Neil Price
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A history of amulets in ten objects
Science Museum Group Journal, 2019 What are amulets? How are they situated in the larger narrative of European healing? Varied and complex objects, amulets present both challenges and opportunities for historians and museums alike. Yet an examination of these often-overlooked items within
Annie Thwaite
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Finger Rings with the Image of Archangel Michael of the Late 6th – 7th Centuries from Crimea
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2019 Introduction. In the Early Middle Ages, Crimea was in the sphere of influence of the Eastern Roman Empire. In the material culture of the Early Medieval population of Crimea imprinted with archaeological monuments “Byzantine components” are quite clearly
Elzara A. Khairedinova
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Eesti 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
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Rituals, Hoards and Travellers? Archaeometry of the Iron Age Bronze Wheel Amulets
, 2020 This paper aims to discuss the origin and significance of the so-called spoked-wheel amulets from the late Iron Age (3rd to 1st century BC). The type with eight spokes, which most resembles a real chariot wheel, was discovered to be made of a specific ...
Alžběta Danielisová +8 more
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Comparative Analysis of the Khazar and Slavic-Russian Attire of Adornments
Поволжская археология, 2017 The author analyzes the development traditions of the costume and associated attire of adornments characteristic of the Slavs and Khazar Khaganate peoples.
Zhilina Natalia V.
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