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An Archaeological look into simple pit burials at Tepe Qara Hasanlu, Namin, Ardabil [PDF]
Excavations at the historical mound of Qara Hasanlu, in the Namin County of Ardabil Province of northwestern Iran, brought to light several pit graves set on a massive mudbrick artificial platform. Cut into the uppermost courses of the mud bricks forming
Fariborz Tahmasebi +3 more
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Burials of Lugovskaya Culture from Murzikha II Burial Ground in the Estuary Trans-Kama Region
The Murzikha II burial ground is a multicultural necropolis which operated for several thousand years from the Eneolithic to the Early Iron Age. This paper addresses the burials of the Late Bronze Age belonging to the Lugovskaya culture.
Lyganov Anton V. , Chizhevsky Andrei A.
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The transport and fate of marine plastics in South Africa and adjacent oceans
South Africa is thought to be one of the worst contributors of plastic into the sea globally. Although some plastic items derive from offshore sources (mainly fishing and other maritime activities, but also long-distance transport), the importance of ...
Peter G. Ryan
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Divine ‘Pastness’ and the Creation of Hope: The Significance of the Sepultus est…
This article explores Karl Barth’s exegesis of the ‘sepultus est…’ from the Apostles’ Creed, as articulated in his 1935 Credo lectures. I argue that Barth accords the sepultus a degree of theological significance that is against the grain, not only of ...
Mark R. Lindsay
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AbstractThe fear of being buried alive or taphophobia remains a significant concern for a number of individuals. In previous centuries however, reports of live burials were frequently promulgated in the media fostering an industry focused around the manufacturing and selling of security coffins which either facilitated egress or enabled the recently ...
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Unusual burial of an adolescent with military equipment from the Rouran time necropolis of Choburak-I (Northern Altai) [PDF]
n this article we introduce into scientific discourse and provide diverse interpretation of the extraordinary burial of a young man of 13–15 years old, investigated during the excavation of the necropolis of the Bulan-Koby Archaeological Culture within ...
Seregin N.N. +3 more
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Mechanisms of Surviving Burial: Dune Grass Interspecific Differences Drive Resource Allocation After Sand Deposition [PDF]
Sand dunes are important geomorphic formations of coastal ecosystems that are critical in protecting human populations that live in coastal areas. Dune formation is driven by ecomorphodynamic interactions between vegetation and sediment deposition. While
Courtemanche R. P. +10 more
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Preliminary soilwater conductivity analysis to date clandestine burials of homicide victims [PDF]
This study reports on a new geoscientific method to estimate the post-burial interval (PBI) and potential post-mortem interval (PMI) date of homicide victims in clandestine graves by measuring decomposition fluid conductivities.
Cassella, JP, Jervis, JR, Pringle, JK
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Archaeoentomology is the study of insects and other arthropods recovered from an archaeological site; they can be found in association with ancient human and animal remains, food, artefacts or they can be related to the environment and its changes ...
Paola Annarosa Magni +2 more
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The Early Sarmatian Sites of the Orel-Samara Interfluve
The paper critically analyzes the burials of the Orel-Samara interfluve published as the early Sarmatian assemblages. Due to wrongly determined ceramics and confusion in numbering of barrows and other subjective reasons they were interpreted and dated ...
Аleksandr V.Symonenko
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