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Burials of martial character in the British Iron Age [PDF]

open access: yes
The significance of the decision to bury an individual with martial objects during the British Iron Age cannot be overstated. It is a rare subset of funerary practice, conferred upon select individuals.
Inall, Yvonne
core  

Reinterpreting the Funerary Rites of the Mediaeval Necropolis at Trnjane in the Light of Taphonomic Processes

open access: yesEtnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology
The Mediaeval necropolis at Trnjane, in today’s eastern Serbia, was excavated during the 1970s and the results were published in the 1980s. Based on the material recovered from the graves, it was concluded that the necropolis was used from the end of ...
N. Pantić
semanticscholar   +1 more source

‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
wiley   +1 more source

Mormântul din Prima Epocă a Fierului de la Podu Rizii (jud. Dâmbovița). Din nou despre prezența grupului Ferigile în câmpie [PDF]

open access: yesCercetări Arheologice
The article deals with an urn cremation grave recently discovered (2023) during an archaeological diagnosis, near the village of Podu Rizii (Sălcioara commune, Dâmbovița County).
Dragoș Măndescu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

"Pars Pro Toto" and Personhood in Roman Cremation Ritual: New Bioarchaeological Evidence for the Rite of "Os Resectum"

open access: yesBioarchaeology International, 2019
Os resectum , or “cut bone,” is an obscure Roman funerary rite known primarily from literary sources. To date, archaeological examples have been recovered from Rome, Ostia, Herculaneum, and Pithekoussai, but no cases have been positively identified in ...
E. Graham, C. Weaver, A. Chamberlain
semanticscholar   +1 more source

What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explores the possibility of justice for the wretched of the earth. Using escrevivência (writing the experience/existence) and drawing on the theoretical insights and political praxis of the Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa (APMF, Maria Felipa Advocacy Group)—a Brazilian abolitionist organization led by Black activists—we analyze how ...
Fernanda Oliveira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary results of studies on the necropolis in the southern part of the Bolghar settlement site (2012 excavations, trench CLXXIV)

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2014
The results of excavations on architectural ruins of the mausoleum and adjacent open-air cemetery plot held near the Southern gate of the Bolghar fortified settlement site in 2012 are presented. The necropolis is dated to the mid-14th – first half of the
Lazukin Alexandr V.
doaj   +1 more source

The social semiotics of funerary rites in Iran

open access: yes, 2013
Speech acts find occasion in two different contexts: (a) interpersonal, and (b) social. While the aim of speech acts produced in the former context is to create a communicative effect, the speech acts produced in the latter context aim at creating a social effect.
openaire   +1 more source

Queen Anne's Wardrobe: Fashion, Sartorial Politics, and the Representational Strategies of the Last Stuart Queen

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The final Stuart monarch, Queen Anne, has often been overlooked in studies of visual and material culture, particularly of fashion and dress. This article is the first to undertake a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the wardrobe accounts of Queen Anne, situating her consumption within the context of the eighteenth‐century fashion ...
Sarah A. Bendall
wiley   +1 more source

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