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Antiquity in Antiquity : Jewish and Christian Pasts in the Greco-Roman World.

open access: yes
Hauptbeschreibung Leading scholars in early Christianity, Judaic studies, classics, history and archaeology explore the ways that memories were retrieved, reconstituted and put to use by Jews, Christians and their pagan neighbours in late antiquity, from
Gardner, Gregg., Osterloh, Kevin.
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‘The gleaming mane of the serpent’: the Birka dragonhead from Black Earth Harbour

open access: yes, 2018
The Birka dragon' symbol is synonymous with the famous Viking Age town of that name, an association born from the 1887 discovery of a casting mould depicting a dragonhead.
Sven Kalmring   +3 more
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Body mass and sex estimation from lower carnassial tooth morphometry in the endangered Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus): An ecomorphological analysis of sexual size dimorphism

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) is an endangered subspecies characterized by highly fragmented populations and increasing human–carnivore conflict across the Iberian Peninsula. Although body mass strongly influences predator–prey dynamics and ecological performance, quantitative assessments of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and body mass
Leonardo Cotts   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Redescription of the cranial morphology of Amphisbaena braestrupi and Amphisbaena laurenti (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Pleistocene of Brazil using x‐ray computed tomography

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Amphisbaenians (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) are fossorial reptiles with highly specialized cranial morphology, yet their fossil record is frequently limited by fragmentary preservation. This study provides a detailed osteological redescription of the skulls of Amphisbaena braestrupi and Amphisbaena laurenti from the Pleistocene of Lagoa Santa ...
Carolina L. Paiva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging Big Multitemporal Multisource Satellite Data and Artificial Intelligence for the Detection of Complex and Invisible Features: The Case of Extensive Irrigation Mapping

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The detection of buried or obscured archaeological features remains a central challenge in landscape archaeology, particularly in the irrigated floodplains of Mesopotamia where levees and canals formed the basis of complex agrarian systems. This study presents a deep learning–based approach for the large‐scale, automated detection of ancient ...
Nazarij Buławka   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scanning Parametric Sediment Echosounder as Tool for Underwater Archaeological Prospection

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Underwater cultural heritage 3D prospection techniques, especially for remains that are partly buried in the ground, are only very rarely available and often can only be applied with considerable technical effort. To overcome this limitation, we evaluate a methodological adaption of widely used and available single channel parametric sediment ...
Dennis Wilken   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whither archaeologists? Continuing challenges to field practice

open access: yes, 2019
Current archaeological practice in the UK and elsewhere focuses on the collection of empirical data. While scholars have proposed theoretical advances in field techniques, very few of these methods have been adopted in commercial archaeology.
Watson, Sadie
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CONCEPT BOWL IN ANCIENT SEMIOSPHERE OF A. S. PUSHKIN’S WORKS

open access: yesВестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2014
The paper addresses the image of the bowl as the embodiment of a cultural concept in the works of Alexander Pushkin. The archetypal basis of the image, dating back to the ancient culture is set.
N. S. Pavlyuk
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Statistical Learning Improves Classification of Limestone Provenance

open access: yesHeritage
Determining the lithostratigraphic provenance of limestone artefacts is challenging. We addressed the issue by analysing Roman stone artefacts, where previously traditionalpetrological methods failed to identify the provenance of 72% of the products due ...
Rok Brajkovič, Klemen Koselj
doaj   +1 more source

Timbres amphoriques inédits du Secteur Acropole Centre-Sud (ACS) d’Histria (2013-2018) [PDF]

open access: yesPeuce, 2018
Our paper deals with the amphora stamps (from Rhodos, Sinope, Thasos and Tauric Chersonesus; all unpublished) discovered during several excavation campaigns at Histria, the ACS (Acropolis Center-South) sector.
Alexandra LIȚU   +3 more
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