Collecting coins and connecting collectors : government and social networks in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816-1860) [PDF]
Recent archival research has revealed new data on the history of collecting and archaeology in northern Sicily during the nineteenth century, when Sicily was ruled by the Bourbons and annexed to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Crisa, Antonino
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Interpretation at the controller's edge: designing graphical user interfaces for the digital publication of the excavations at Gabii (Italy) [PDF]
This paper discusses the authors’ approach to designing an interface for the Gabii Project’s digital volumes that attempts to fuse elements of traditional synthetic publications and site reports with rich digital datasets.
Johnson, Tyler D., Opitz, Rachel S.
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Within the context of climate change, sea-level rise is threatening not only coastal communities globally, but also the archaeological record of their history, knowledge, and culture.
I. Rivera-Collazo
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Abstract Basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, Brugden [Squalus maximus], Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, 1765, vol. 3, pp. 33–49), feed by gaping their mouths and gill slits, greatly reorienting their cranial skeletons to filter food from water.
Tairan Li+12 more
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Kuwaiti Youth Attitudes toward Archaeology
This study assesses the level of knowledge, interest, and awareness of archaeology among Kuwaiti youth in keeping with the social learning theory (Bandura 1977), which emphasises the social context in which learning takes place.
Majed Almutairi
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Introduction: Doing Archaeology as a Feminist [PDF]
Gender research archaeology has made significant contributions, but its dissociation from the resources of feminist scholarship and feminist activism is a significantly limiting factor in its development.
Wylie, Alison
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The Professionalisation of Science – Claim and Refusal: Discipline Building and Ideals of Scientific Autonomy in the Growth of Prehistoric Archaeology. The Case of Georges Laplace's Group of Typologie Analytique, 1950s–1990s [PDF]
The majority of analyses investigating the professionalisation of scientific domains tend to assume the linear and general features of this transformation.
Plutniak, Sébastien
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The Pacific Archaeology Radiocarbon Database
ABSTRACT This paper describes the Pacific Archaeology Radiocarbon Database (PARD), which includes radiocarbon data from archaeological sites excavated in an area commonly described as Near and Remote Oceania. The collated 14C database is available using ArcGIS Online, an online geospatial system with searchable fields and locational navigation.
Simon H. Bickler+6 more
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Imaging in conservation: looking at artefacts under new light’ ICON Archaeology and Science groups conference review [PDF]
Review of conference. ‘Imaging in Conservation: Looking at Artefacts Under New Light’ was held on 10th–11th November 2011 at STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire.
Holt-Farndale, Joanna, Skipper, Lynda
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ABSTRACT Waste disposal processes and landfill management are crucial subjects in the field of settlement archaeology. Our study is focused on understanding the processes that are connected to the formation of the infills of settlement features and the recycling of the building materials (daub and wood) and waste management.
Tereza Šálková+10 more
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