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The swan chariot of a solar deity: Greek narratives and prehistoric iconography

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2016
Literary testimonies for the Greek concept of Apollo’s swan chariot and the accompanying set of ideas were often discussed alongside some comparable Central and North European iconographic representations.
Tomislav Bilić
doaj   +1 more source

Introduction

open access: yes, 2022
Abstract This chapter outlines the rationale for a volume devoted to Museum Archaeology and argues that it is the concept of ‘archaeological context’ that provides a disciplinary centre. This entails a shift from curation of single objects to the curation of relationships among objects, archives, fieldsites, and people.
openaire   +2 more sources

Estimating European Pilchard (Sardina pilchardus) Total Length: New Equations for the Ichthyoarchaeological Record

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Throughout its area of distribution, in particular in the Iberian Peninsula, the European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus Walbaum 1792) has been an extensively exploited species since Prehistoric times. Our knowledge of the past fisheries of this clupeid nevertheless remains limited due to a scarcity of ichthyoarchaeological data, which reflects,
Arnau Brosa‐Planella   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skeletal Dysplasia During the Bronze Age in Northeast Thailand (3000–2500 BP)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines a case of skeletal dysplasia in an adult male (B290) from the Bronze Age at the site of Ban Non Wat, Northeast Thailand. Skeletal dysplasia, a group of genetic disorders affecting bone and cartilage growth, presents diagnostic challenges due to overlapping clinical features.
Nuttheera Kaoboriboon   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic Disease and Disability in an 18th‐Century Portuguese Nun: An Integrative Multisource Approach

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents an integrative approach to chronic disease and disability in a Portuguese nun who died in 1779. The aim is to interpret her condition by combining osteopathological and burial context evidence with written sources. It offers a concise example of how bringing these sources together can enhance pathological interpretation and
Nathalie Antunes‐Ferreira
wiley   +1 more source

The archaeological and architectonic heritage management of ituiutaba district, Minas Gerias State, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Actualmente, acciones para la conservación del patrimonio cultural están dentro de las agendas de instituciones como de proyectos de investigación en áreas afines.
Barbosa, Luciano   +2 more
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The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Fragility [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Impermanence and fragility have become the defining conditions of the digital age. Technologies that were ubiquitous barely a decade ago, like floppy disks, now look like archaeological relics.
Rubio, Fernando Dominguez   +1 more
core  

Dental Stigmata and Skeletal Lesions of Congenital Treponematosis in Early Agricultural Vietnam (4000–3500 bp)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior research has documented treponematosis at a single site in Mainland Southeast Asia from northern Vietnam dated to the early agricultural transition (~4000–3500 bp). To date, no other cases in Southeast Asia's prehistory have been identified.
Melandri Vlok   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

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