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, 2009 Faience has been described as “the first high-tech ceramic,” which aptly describes its artificial nature. Unlike conventional, clay-based ceramics, the raw material of faience is a mixture of silica, soda, and lime reacted together during firing to make a new medium, quite different in nature to its constituents.
Nicholson, Paul Thomas +2 more
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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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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 182, Issue 2, Page 237-263, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Objectives The Bell Beaker period witnessed the rise of individual inhumations with “wealthy” burial contexts containing archery‐related grave goods, leading archaeologists to label the individuals in these tombs as “archers.” This study looks to (1) compare the skeletons from male “archer” burials with those from male “non‐archer” burials ...
J. Ryan‐Despraz +3 more
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BEATS: BEAmline for synchrotron X-ray microTomography at SESAME. [PDF]
J Synchrotron RadiatThe recently inaugurated beamline ID10‐BEATS for hard X‐ray full‐field tomography at the SESAME synchrotron in Jordan is presented. The design, performance and scientific applications of the beamline, which was developed within the European Horizon 2020 project BEAmline for Tomography at SESAME, are illustrated.The ID10 beamline of the SESAME ...
Iori G +42 more
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Re‐assessing regional chronologies for island southeast Asian voyaging to Aboriginal Australia
Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 245-274, October 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT According to written histories, trepang fishers from Island Southeast Asia (“Makassans”) frequented coastal northern Australia from c.1750 to 1907 CE. Yolŋu oral traditions and old Austronesian borrow words in coastal Aboriginal languages suggest a long and complex history of foreign voyaging to northern Australia.
Chris Urwin +4 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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Color, light, and birth space design: An integrative review
Color Research &Application, Volume 48, Issue 5, Page 413-432, September/October 2023., 2023 Maternity care facilities are not meeting the needs and desires of birthing women. Current research shows that birth spaces have influence on how birth processes, experiences, and caregiving unfold. This is the first integrative review of existing literature on color and light related to birthspace design.
Doreen Balabanoff
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Looking Beyond Jerusalem: A Fifteenth‐Century Exercise in Image Comparison
Art History, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 640-666, September 2023., 2023 Critical image comparison is a widespread art‐historical practice. This essay explores why a Brabantine artist encouraged viewers to exercise it in the late fifteenth century. At the time, northern European artists tested out how images could be means of transcending the visible world while simultaneously showcasing their very constructedness. The self‐
Hanna Vorholt
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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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