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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg +3 more
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The Material Basis of 18th‐Century Meissen Porcelain
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the summer of 1708, the quest for making hard‐paste porcelain from Saxonian clay and other mineral resources succeeded. This was achieved by applying as its essential ingredient newly discovered pure kaolin from Heidelsberg near Aue, western Saxon Ore Mountains.
Robert B. Heimann
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The discovery of archaeological sites traditionally entails the utilisation of physically demanding exploration methodologies, including terrain surveying and the analysis of historical records. Recent technological developments have led to an increased use of non‐invasive remote sensing techniques, including Google Earth, LiDAR and aerial ...
Mncedisi J. Siteleki
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Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2011 The British « veiled protectorate » in Egypt from 1882 has changed the archaeological situation in this country. The excavations were until then kept for a Antiquities Service which was directed by a French, also Egyptian state servant.
Éric Gady
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Geomagnetic Intensity of Hellenistic Pottery and Stamped Rhodian Wine Amphorae From Jerusalem
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Stamped amphora handles produced on Rhodes during the Hellenistic period are well suited for archaeointensity studies because they often bear the names of annually appointed magistrates (eponyms) and fabricants, allowing dating to narrow time intervals.
Yael Hochma +4 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The inland rock‐cut site of Teniky, located in the Isalo massif of southern Madagascar, represents an exceptional archaeological context recently dated to the 11th–12th centuries ad, corresponding to the early phases of settlement on the island.
Jean Rodier +2 more
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The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract From a sample of the most prominent Greek city‐states, data involving a total of 999 hoards and 160,007 coins from 550 to 300 BC were collected to discern the relative magnitudes, consistency of issue, and distribution of Classical Greek coinages.
Zane Mullins
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مغزى تصوير فيثاغورس على عملات مدينة ساموس إبان القرنين الثانى والثالث الميلاديين "دراسة فى ضوء المصادر الأدبية الرومانية" The Significance of Representing Pythagoras on Samos Coinage during the Second and Third Centuries A.D. “Study in Light of Roman Literary Sources” [PDF]
Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologistsالملخص: تستهدف هذه الورقة البحثية إلقاء الضوء على تصوير الفيلسوف فيثاغورس على عملات مسقط رأسه ساموس، الذى شاع إبان القرنين الثانى والثالث الميلاديين، فمن خلال المصادر الأدبية يتضح أن فيثاغورس كان موضع إعجاب واهتمام الكتاب الرومان طيلة العصر الرومانى ...
Doaa Abd Elmoniem Abd Elrahman Rehan
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Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.Palermo became the new capital of Sicily after the Aghlabid conquest in 831. The transformation of the city into a capital took many forms, including the production and consumption of pottery. The perspective from ceramic evidence shows that Palermo underwent faster and deeper processes of Islamization than other urban and rural contexts across the ...
Viva Sacco
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Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 1997 Although Egyptian mummies appeared in America in the late 18th century, an active American presence in Egyptian archaeology did not begin until the very last of the 19th century. These volumes derive from an exhibition featuring
Andrew L. Christenson
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