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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The frequency of tobacco use during the postmedieval period is widely underexplored; this has repercussions for our understanding of the intoxicant's health impacts during this time. Our study assesses the frequency rates of tobacco consumption in different social groups in England and the Netherlands, two countries in which tobacco use became
Anna M. Davies‐Barrett +1 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Sorghum is a staple food for hundreds of millions of people in dry regions worldwide, and improving its nutritional quality is vital for global food and health security under climate change. In this study, we evaluated traditional Sudanese sorghum varieties grown in eastern deltas to better understand their natural health‐promoting properties. We found
Khitma A. Sir Elkhatim +5 more
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Archaeological evidence of luxury textiles from Late Antique Serdica
Българско е-Списание за АрхеологияEvidence of archaeological textiles from antiquity, and in particular of luxury textiles, has long attracted the interest of researchers. Clothing in every historical period is among the clearest markers of prestige and social status.
Iliana Borisova-Katsarova
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Heritage Science, 2023 Cotton (Gossypium species) was used as textile fibre already in the early Indus culture, and since then it has been cultivated in Tropical and Subtropical regions around the whole planet. The species G.
Jenni A. Suomela +4 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios +7 more
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When data becomes information: visualizing archaeological textiles
, 2010 The main focus of this work is on web visualization technologies that could be applied to visualize archaeological textile data. The datasets used for the project contain more than seven thousand records of textile fragments.The web application Textile ...
Pagi, Hembo
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The peculiarities of archaeological textile materials and the methods of their attribution
Поволжская археология, 2015 The main peculiarities of textile materials, discovered in different archaeological sites with various conditions of archaeological transformation are considered in the article.
Glushkova Tamara N.
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Textilní produkce ve starém Egyptě a její doklady z Abúsíru | Ancient Egyptian textile production with the focus on finds from Abusir [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2019 The aim of this article is to present the textile production in ancient Egypt. This material figured prominently in all aspects of life of the Egyptians.
Dorotea Wollnerová
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Identity Entanglement: Rethinking Marginality through the Intersectional, Liminal, and Antithetical
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.While identity research has given sustained attention to marginality, intersectionality, and the effects of power on identity, the formal interactional dynamics through which identities are constituted remain limited. I present identity entanglement as a useful framework for better understanding and articulating the relational complexities of identity.
Jules Vivid
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Searching for late neolithic spinning bowls in the central Balkans [PDF]
Starinar, 2017 Over the past twenty years, research on textile has received increasing attention in archaeology worldwide, providing new insights into one of the most important crafts in human history. In contrast, activities related to spinning and weaving in
Svilar Marija M.
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