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A Healed Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture, Shoulder, and Rib Fractures in an Ancient Nubian Female: An Osteoarchaeological Perspective. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournalThis report is a case of a healed proximal intertrochanteric femur fracture nonunion in an ancient Nubian adult female, approximately 58 years old at the time of death, from the Tombos archaeological site in present day northern Sudan. Tombos was founded as an Egyptian colonial town during the New Kingdom Period (14001070 BC).
Loder RT, Buzon MR, Sanders KE.
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Burial offerings in intramural tombs at Middle Bronze Age Megiddo
Archaeometry, Volume 65, Issue 6, Page 1353-1373, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Tel Megiddo is a major type‐site for the Middle Bronze in the Levant. During this period a new burial custom appeared in which the dead were interred beneath occupied houses. This tradition is well attested in Area K at the site. Area H, near the palatial complex, revealed a monumental masonry‐constructed chamber tomb.
Ayala Amir +7 more
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Overseas imports on the Blue Nile: Chemical compositional analysis of glass beads from Soba, Nubia
Archaeometry, Volume 65, Issue 5, Page 1018-1031, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Archaeological evidence as well as textual sources leave no doubt about Alwa's (Alodia's) intense transcultural connections, further corroborated by understudied overseas glass bead imports found there. This paper presents results of an analysis of 23 glass beads from Soba, the most prosperous capital of medieval Nubia.
Joanna Then‐Obłuska, Laure Dussubieux
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Alternative raw material research for decarbonization of UK glass manufacture
International Journal of Applied Glass Science, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 341-365, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Based on the current UK decarbonization policy, a general outlook on potential routes for the glass industry to achieve net‐zero is discussed and the differentiation during decarbonization is specified. Biomass ash is considered a potential alternative raw material for low‐carbon glass manufacture as it is rich in certain advantageous ...
Wei Deng +8 more
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Archaeometry, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 653-690, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Inlays range among the most aesthetically pleasing and technically challenging glasses produced in the Ptolemaic period. Despite the central role of this phase in the history of glass technology, little is known about the recipes and the technological knowledge of the Egyptian artisans.
Cinzia Bettineschi, Ivana Angelini
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 444-460, May/June 2023., 2023 Abstract Throughout Egypt and Nubia's state formation periods (4400–1750 BCE), broad transformations impacted Nile Valley communities, which experienced agricultural consolidation, sedentarization, and more complex social organization. The current study examines the various patterns and levels of physical activity in the skeletal remains of 259 ...
Jared Carballo‐Pérez +1 more
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Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023 Nanomaterials have unique physicochemical properties compared to their bulk counterparts. Besides, biologically synthesized nanoparticles (NPs) have proven superior to other methods. This work aimed to biosynthesize zinc oxide (ZnO) NPs using an aqueous extract of Lepidium sativum seed.
Adnan Alnehia +8 more
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Jordanian migration and mobility in the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2100–1550 BCE) at Pella
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 339-357, March/April 2022., 2022 Abstract The site of Pella, located in the foothills of the east Jordan valley, was a prosperous city–state throughout the Middle Bronze Age (MBA, ca. 2000–1500 BCE). As part of a widespread trading network, Pella enjoyed extensive socio‐economic relationships with Egypt, Cyprus, and the Aegean, Anatolia, and Babylonia during this period.
Chris Stantis +6 more
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Archaeometry, Volume 63, Issue 6, Page 1255-1271, December 2021., 2021 The mobility of the Blemmyes between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea coast, and their skill in trading, are well attested in the literary sources and in the archaeological record. While they operated mainly in the Eastern Desert, their cemeteries, dated to the mid‐fourth century ce, were located in the strategic region of the Dodekaschoinos of Lower ...
J. Then‐Obłuska, L. Dussubieux
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 31, Issue 6, Page 1155-1168, November/December 2021., 2021 Abstract Objectives Found throughout the ancient Near East during the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), many modern scholars emphasize that weapon‐associated burials are ideological and symbolic associations, not reflections of occupation. However, the term “warrior burial” still carries interpretive value that misinforms popular perception.
Arwa Kharobi +3 more
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