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The shaken realist: Bernard Williams, the war, and philosophy as cultural critique
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 226-247, March 2023., 2023 Abstract Bernard Williams thought that philosophy should address real human concerns felt beyond academic philosophy. But what wider concerns are addressed by Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, a book he introduces as being “principally about how things are in moral philosophy”? In this article, we argue that Williams responded to the concerns of his
Nikhil Krishnan, Matthieu Queloz
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Do Ut Des – the Relation of Material History and Archaeology of Religion to the Study of Religions*
Journal of Religious History, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 726-758, December 2022., 2022 Archaeology as “material history” and the study of religions mutually reciprocate through their shared interest in the ability of people to establish memories and create imaginaries. Starting from this presupposition, the article evaluates the approaches used in archaeology to analyse the practices of past peoples.
Anna‐Katharina Rieger
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Nonmarine Ostracoda as proxies in (geo‐)archaeology — A review
Geoarchaeology, Volume 37, Issue 5, Page 711-732, September/October 2022., 2022 Abstract Ostracods as bioindicators are extremely useful for reconstructing palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate and can also indicate the provenance of sediments and materials, for example, in studies on ancient commercial networks. Ostracods are small crustaceans that live in almost all aquatic habitats, both natural and man‐made.
Ella Quante, Anna Pint, Peter Frenzel
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Patricia Crone and the “secular tradition” of early Islamic historiography: An exegesis
History Compass, Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Patricia Crone famously identified three distinct sub‐traditions within early Islamic historiography: a “religious tradition”, a “tribal tradition”, and a “secular tradition”. Whereas the first is extremely unreliable and the second is partially unreliable regarding early Islamic history in general (c.
Joshua J. Little
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De Excidio Patriae: civic discourse in Gildas’ Britain
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 137-160, May 2021., 2021 This article explores the use of civic discourse in Gildas’ De Excidio Britonum. It argues that such language and imagery functioned within a larger dialectical argument that exhorted readers to choose virtue over vice. Gildas assigned the Britons collective moral agency by styling them citizens (cives) of a shared homeland (patria) defined by cities ...
Robert Flierman, Megan Welton
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Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Over the last two decades, the identification of ancient artifacts has been regarded as one of the most challenging tasks for archaeologists. Chinese people consider these artifacts as symbols of their cultural heritage. The development of technology has helped in the identification of ancient artifacts to a greater extent.
Qiang Zhao, Vinoth Babu Kumaravelu
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The Database of Hellenistic Inscribed Epigrams from Doric-speaking Areas
Journal of Open Humanities Data, 2023 The dataset comprises a compilation of inscriptions featuring epigrams from Ancient Greece, dated to the Hellenistic age (3rd–1st c. BC), from Doric-speaking areas, comprehensively collected for the first time.
Dalia Pratali Maffei
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, 2023 Renaissance Studies, Volume 37, Issue 5, Page 751-766, November 2023.
Charles Beirouti
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Zeus and Hera Souideptēnoi: The sanctuary at Belava mountain near Turres/Pirot [PDF]
Starinar, 2022 In the border zone between the Roman provinces of Upper Moesia and Thrace a sanctuary dedicated to Zeus and Hera, defined by the toponymic epithet Souideptēnoi, was discovered on the Belava mountain, near Turres (today’s Pirot).
Gavrilović-Vitas Nadežda, Dana Dan
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Humanités Numériques, 2020 This article highlights the importance of a knowledge management approach for the digitization of cultural heritage. We present a hybrid system automatizing the cycle of information and knowledge collecting and storing for future research. This system is
Stefan du Château +3 more
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