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A History of Dystonia: Ancient to Modern [PDF]

open access: yesMovement Disorders Clinical Practice, 2017
AbstractBefore 1911, when Hermann Oppenheim introduced the term dystonia, this movement disorder lacked a unifying descriptor. While words like epilepsy, apoplexy, and palsy have had their meanings since antiquity, references to dystonia are much harder to identify in historical documents.
Deborah Ellen Thorpe   +7 more
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Statistics in Ancient History [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
This paper uses new data to extend the argument that there was an integrated wheat market in the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. I explore the meaning of randomness when data are scarce, and I investigate how we recreate the nature of ancient societies by asking new questions that stimulate the discovery of more information.
Peter Temin, Peter Temin
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The Iron Age Necropolis of El Toro (Alcubillas, Ciudad Real-Spain)—Combination of Archaeological and Geophysical Techniques with Ground Penetrating Radar in the Area around the Jabalón River

open access: yesLand, 2022
The necropolis of El Toro is characterised as a space of prolonged use in northern Oretania. Several important archaeological finds were made in 1975 and 2012, leading to the excavation of six test pits in 2017.
Francisco Javier Catalán González   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inglämnlagare: a tool for restructuring Swedish HER record site data for statistical analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2023
Background: This paper presents a new software tool, Inglämnlagare, developed to be open-source, that restructures information about ancient remains in Sweden for analysis.
Daniel Löwenborg, Filipp Antomonov
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Preliminary Study on the Knowledge Graph Construction of Chinese Ancient History and Culture

open access: yesInf., 2020
The domestic population has paid increasing attention to ancient Chinese history and culture with the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, the rapid economic growth, and the rapid advancement of information science and technology. The use
Shuang Liu   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Entangled Phenology of the Olive Tree: A Compiled Ecological Calendar of Olea Europaea L. Over the Last Three Millennia With Sicily as a Case Study

open access: yesGeoHealth, 2023
Seasonal cycles in plants and animals drive key timings of human practices in an agrosystem like the best time for harvest, planting, or pruning. Within the framework of historical phenological studies, we attempt a reconstruction of the olive (Olea ...
Vincenza Ferrara, Dominic Ingemark
doaj   +1 more source

Yersinia pestis genomes reveal plague in Britain 4000 years ago

open access: yesNature Communications, 2023
Extinct lineages of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of the plague, have been identified in several individuals from Eurasia between 5000 and 2500 years before present (BP). One of these, termed the ‘LNBA lineage’ (Late Neolithic and Bronze Age), has
Pooja Swali   +23 more
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Depth and Dimension: Exploring the Problems and Potential of Photogrammetric Models for Ancient Coins

open access: yesJournal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 2022
In numismatic collections, coins are typically documented and studied using 2D images of their obverse and reverse. While two photographs, under the correct lighting, provide adequate information for basic research, detailed numismatic study has ...
Gala Morris   +2 more
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A Critical Analysis on the Concept of "Philhellen" on Parthian Coins [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی, 2020
The approach of contemporary western historians on the term of “Philhellen” on the coins of the Parthian kings has two types of interpretations. Some consider the superiority of Greek culture to Persian culture in Parthian period, and it is considered as
Esmaeil Sangari, Alireza Karbasi
doaj   +1 more source

أوضاع التوسل والخضوع أمام السلطة الملکیة فى العصر الآشورى الحدیث (911-612 ق.م) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2017
Begging are considered one of the means used in prayer and to closer to those who are the god, as they are responsible for the life and self-determination Suppliant used in prayer and to those who are closer to the god verbal expression or gestures ...
Dr. Heba Dahy Mohammed
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