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From commodity to money: The rise of silver coinage around the Ancient Mediterranean (sixth-first centuries bce). [PDF]
Archaeometry, 2021 The reasons why the Western Mediterranean, especially Carthage and Rome, resisted monetization relative to the Eastern Mediterranean are still unclear. We address this question by combining lead (Pb) and silver (Ag) isotope abundances in silver coinage from the Aegean, Magna Graecia, Carthage and Roman Republic. The clear relationships observed between
Albarède F +13 more
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 482-509, July/August 2023., 2023 Abstract The Monforte de Moyuela dam, also known as Ermita de la Virgen del Pilar dam, is a Roman reservoir built on a tributary of the Aguasvivas River (Ebro basin, Spain). A multidisciplinary study has been carried out to investigate this kind of Roman water infrastructure. It is the fifth‐highest dam (16.8 m) in the Iberian Peninsula and the seventh
José Luis Peña‐Monné +6 more
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Archaeological Prospection, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 323-341, July/September 2022., 2022 Abstract Underground mapping is of paramount importance at archaeological sites with natural or man‐made caves. Techniques of different complexity are available for underground surveying, from compass and tape to light detection and ranging (LiDAR). However, there are scenarios where it is impossible to use heavy and/or delicate instrumentation, or ...
N. Ayuso +7 more
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INSIDE OPPIDA TERRITORIES: THE LATE IRON AGE IN THE IBERIAN EASTERN MESETA (CENTRAL SPAIN)
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 187-207, May 2022., 2022 Summary Since the beginning of Iron Age archaeology, urban agglomerations have dominated the debate on urbanism. The rural settlements – their types, functions and socio‐political dynamics – have been practically absent from the general discussion. The territorial backdrop of the Late Iron Age communities can provide both a new comparative framework in
Raquel Liceras‐Garrido
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THE BATTLE OF KURSK: HOW THE WESTERN HISTORIANS APPRECIATE IT
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2013 In the article the author analyses how the largest battle of the Great Patriotic War and the second World War, the Battle of Kursk, is shown in the west historiography: the intentions of the opposite sides, the degree of preparation to the coming battle,
A. A. Paderin
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Le territoire celtibère : essai de définition
Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, 2005 The boundaries of Celtiberian territory are uncertain inasmuch as we do not know exactly which different peoples were considered Celtiberian. If we ignore the significance of the adjective «Celtiberian» as it is used by geographers, we find that the term
Pierre-Yves Lambert
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Archaeometry, Volume 62, Issue 3, Page 577-592, June 2020., 2020 We present the results of geochemical analysis of silver coinage issued by Rome and dated between the fourth and second century BCE, which are complemented by data of coinage issued by Carthage, the Brettii, and the Greek colony of Emporion. Each of these minting authorities represents one of the major parties involved in the struggle for hegemony in ...
K. J. Westner +5 more
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FEATURES OF PRE-ROMAN HISTORY OF SPAIN AND MODERN TIME: WHERE ARE SOURCES OF SEPARATISM?
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2013 Presently in collective consciousness there was a steady perception of Spain as the safe state entering into group of the countries, being a support of the European integration.
A. A. Orlov
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Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, 2013 A study of palaeo-Hispanic writings and supporting media of pre-Latin epigraphs in the Iberian Peninsula in the 1st millennium BCE provides a means of gauging the influence of exogenous epigraphs on the techniques used by Iberians and Celtiberians. While
Nathalie Barrandon
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The Novallas bronze tablet: An inscription in the Celtiberian language and the Latin alphabet from Spain [PDF]
, 2021 The Novallas Bronze may be considered one of the most important epigraphic finds in recent years in Spain. It is a fragment of a public document datable to the last decades of the 1st c.
Beltrán Lloris, Francisco +3 more
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