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Dealing With Inbuilt Age: A Bayesian Approach to Radiocarbon Dating of Rice, Bamboo and Charcoal From Non Ban Jak, Thailand

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New radiocarbon determinations from rice grains and bamboo have been obtained from Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand. These, along with charcoal, date a late Iron Age building sequence. The results come from short‐lived species and charcoal with potential inbuilt age. We built a series of Bayesian models to obtain a reliable chronology.
C. F. W. Higham, T. F. G. Higham
wiley   +1 more source

Ritual and setting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
My research has for many years been concerned with ceremonial objects, the spaces they occupy and other associated elements (music, ritual, contemplation).
Howard, Ashley
core   +1 more source

The cost of the consumer revolution: Prices, material living standards, and real inequality in Amsterdam (1630‒1805)

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article measures the cost of the early modern consumer revolution through a quantitative analysis of product and process innovations in Amsterdam and examines their variegated social impact in two distinct datasets of probate inventories.
Bas Spliet, Anne E. C. McCants
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Colour Palette in Pottery from Western Anatolia and East Asia—Colour Schemes to Inspire

open access: yesHeritage
In the present case study, the manufacturing technology for glazed pottery was investigated, with particular focus on the great variety of colours and glaze recipes used in Western Anatolia and East Asia and observed in finds from rescue excavation sites
Adamantia P. Panagopoulou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deux vases remarquables en céramique à glaçure plombifère du début du Ier siècle mis au jour à Saint-Vulbas (Ain)

open access: yesRevue Archéologique de l’Est, 2019
A test operation realized in 2015 in a mortuary sector of the site of Saint-Vulbas (Ain) yielded a pit containing three nearly complete vases, including two lead-glazed pieces, which are exceptional for their uncommon shape, and especially for the ...
Pauline Gohier   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Two New Pahlavi Inscriptions from Fars Province, Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
First edition of two previously unknown Middle Persian inscriptions from the region of Fars in ...
Asadi, Ali, Cereti, Carlo G.
core  

Ceramics and coastal communities in medieval (12th-14th Century) Europe: negotiating identity in England's Channel ports [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Using the example of pottery imported into the Channel ports of southern England, an approach to examining the role of pottery in the emergence and mediation of coastal communities is proposed.
Jervis, Ben
core   +2 more sources

Reconceptualizing Crisis: An Empirically Based Investigation

open access: yesSociological Inquiry, EarlyView.
Crisis is predominantly characterized in terms of its detrimental consequences. Drawing on in‐depth semi‐structured interviews in Melbourne and Taipei, the article provides a critical and distinctive understanding of crisis. Crisis is conceptualized here as a disruptive prefiguring of new possibilities, both agentic and structural.
Xiaoying Qi
wiley   +1 more source

Multifaceted Analysis of Glazed Ceramics from Jordan: Raw Materials and Technological Aspects

open access: yesConservation Science in Cultural Heritage, 2019
The aim of this work was to study the chemical and micro-structural composition of Ayyubid/Mamluk glazed ceramics excavated from Tal Al Husun, Jordan. The investigations were conducted to obtain information on raw materials and their technical processing
Firas Alawneh, Fadi Balaawi
doaj   +1 more source

A short historical overview on the use of lead [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This historical introduction to the use of lead in art and technology was originally written to give context to lead conservation studies by the authors.
Adriaens, Mieke   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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