Guardians of Ink and Vellum: Ethiopian Magical Scrolls
, 2017 Ethiopian magical scrolls are powerful tools to combat sickness and demons in Ethiopian folk belief. As works of art, they display influences from Muslim, Jewish, and Christian sources.
Wesley, Zachary A.
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract Cultural and natural values form the core of World Heritage designation. Properties displaying both values, however, comprise a fraction of inscriptions (currently c. 3%) to the World Heritage List. In 1992, when that fraction stood at c. 5%, adoption of the popular ‘cultural landscapes’ category of cultural heritage in 1992 was therefore ...
Ryan J. Rabett
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An Impossible Utopia: People’s Art and the Cultural Revolution
, 2014 The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution period of the People’s Republic of China (1966-1976) was crucial in the creation of modern-day China. The material culture of that period mirrors the turbulent political activity of students and the directives of
Reynolds, Molly E.
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Introduction to Library Trends 47 (3) Winter 1999: Folkloristic Approaches in Library and Information Science [PDF]
, 1999 published or submitted for ...
Hearne, Betsy
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“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori +10 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi +3 more
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Proposals for adaptation to new economic change through the promotion and selection of holiday villages in Romania [PDF]
Any settlement that is chosen to promote rural tourism is based on the following fundamental components: the centre of the village where most households are concentrated and which expresses the economic functions of the village; its outskirts (work area)
Florentina MIU
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Usos da ruralidade na arquitectura paisagista The uses of rurality in landscape architecture
Etnográfica: Revista do Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, 2007 Procurarei pensar os projectos e o processo de trabalho do arquitecto paisagista João Gomes da Silva através do conceito de objectificação da cultura de Richard Handler.
Sandra Xavier
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Cognitive Architecture, Concepts, and Introspection: An Information-Theoretic Solution to the Problem of Phenomenal Consciousness [PDF]
, 2004 This essay is a sustained attempt to bring new light to some of the perennial problems in philosophy of mind surrounding phenomenal consciousness and introspection through developing an account of sensory and phenomenal concepts.
Aydede, Asoc Prof Murat +1 more
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Open-air museums of folk architecture: overview of creation and development in Russia
, 2021 Maria Gaiduk +2 more
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