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SOME REMARKS ON THE ROMAN NECROPOLISES OF POTAISSA

Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2015
In this paper are analyzed the two Roman necropolises of Potaissa (modern day Turda, Cluj County, Romania) in order to establish a general overview of the burial spaces. Even if the Roman graves are found here beginning with the 19th century, there is no
Horatiu Cocis
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An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

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, Federica Spagnoli, Vittorio Vinciguerra, Stefania Garzoli   +3 more
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Wari Lithic Technology on the Northern Coast of the Andes: Geochemical, 2D Geometric Morphometric, and Technological Analyses of Obsidian Bifaces From San José de Moro

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines Wari obsidian production in a cache of 39 bifaces found at the Late Moche site of San José de Moro (Jequetepeque Valley, North Coast of Peru, 700–850 ad). Portable X‐ray fluorescence, geometric morphometric, and technological analyses were used to investigate raw material provenance and bifacial production.
Antonio Pérez‐Balarezo, Luis Jaime Castillo, Jalh Dulanto   +2 more
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Back to the Land: Museum Practices, Collections, and Other‐Than‐Human Politics in Southern Chile

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the 2000s, Mapuche communities' participation has transformed the Mapuche Museum of Cañete. This participation shifted the institution's concept, curation, and conservation practices. From the second half of the 2010s onwards, other‐than‐human politics reshaped the participatory process.
Lucas da Costa Maciel
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Archaeological Analysis of the Newly Discovered Tomb with a Relief of a Couple at the Funerary Area of Porta Sarno in Pompeii

Heritage
In July 2024, the “Investigating the Archaeology of Death in Pompeii Research Project” carried out a scientific and methodical excavation of the areas outside two of the gates to the city of Pompeii.
Llorenç Alapont, Rachele Cava, Joaquin Alfonso Llorens, Juan José Ruiz Lopez, Ana Miguélez González, Pilar Mas Hurtuna, Tomas Hurtado Mullor, Victor Revilla, Antoni Puig Palerm, Silvia Alfayé Vila, Altea Gadea Matamoros, Esther Alba Pagan, Sophie Hay   +12 more
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Les abris sépulcraux de la presqu’île de Narinda (Province de Mahajanga, Madagascar)

Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2007
This paper presents the preliminary results of an archaeological survey carried out in five funerary rock shelters in the karst (tsingy) of the Narinda region, on the North-West side of Madagascar.
Frédérique Valentin, Beby Ramanivosoa, Dominique Gommery, Sabine Tombomiadana-Raveloson   +3 more
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CULTURAL FUSION IN LATE BRONZE AGE GOLDWORK: DIADEMS AND MOUTH‐PIECES FROM HALA SULTAN TEKKE, CYPRUS

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, EarlyView.
Summary This study investigates recently discovered gold diadems and mouth‐pieces from seven chamber tombs and one shaft tomb at the Late Bronze Age cemetery of Hala Sultan Tekke, dating from the fifteenth to the thirteenth centuries BC. The chamber tombs, all containing multi‐generational burials, yielded a variety of ornaments, which are analysed in ...
Peter M. Fischer
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The lithic assemblage from Lapa da Galinha (Alcanena, Portuguese Estremadura) and the “Cave Megalithism” phenomenon in the 4th and 3rd millennium BCE

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2019
The present work proposes to present the analysis results of the flaked stone artefacts from Lapa da Galinha, a cave necropolis, located in the Estremadura Limestone Massif, that is a classic example of the funerary practices of the 4th and 3rd ...
Daniel van Calker
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Fractured selves, contested lands: Marlpa identity and the politics of native title

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the constitution of marlpa identity in the Pilbara, emphasising the interplay between Aboriginal ontologies, kinship systems and the institutional frameworks of native title. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and oral histories, it argues that marlpa belonging is constituted through cognatic descent, consubstantial ...
Nayeli Torres‐Montenegro
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New data on the Late Roman Cemetery (4th–5th centuries AD) from the Extra Muros Basilica at Histria: burial and reburial of two young people

Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2021
This study presents an atypical burial from the Late Roman cemetery at Histria. During previous archaeological excavations at the same site and the Scythia Province, no such discoveries were identified. This case consists of a burial in a simple pit with
Dabîca, M., Pavel, C., Soficaru, A.
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