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Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes
Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract Stone artifacts (lithics) preserve for extended periods; thus they are key evidence for probing the evolution of human technological behaviors. Africa boasts the oldest record of stone artifacts, spanning 3.3 Ma, rare instances of ethnographic stone tool‐making, and stone tool archives from diverse ecological settings, making it an anchor for ...
Deborah I. Olszewski +2 more
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Making financial history: The crisis of 2008 and the return of the past [PDF]
, 2014 The past does not simply provide conditions of possibility for capitalist finance; it also serves as a vital resource for those who might seek to understand or negotiate it in a particular present.
Samman, A.
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We present the application of a new quantitative approach to space study in Palaeolithic cave art. Using GIS, we analysed the distribution and position of hand stencils in El Castillo cave to track the gestures and behaviours of Palaeolithic societies.
Olga Spaey +7 more
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The Rising Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae [PDF]
, 2014 We present an analysis of the early, rising light curves of 18 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) and the La Silla-QUEST variability survey (LSQ). We fit these early data flux using a simple power-law $(f(t) = {\
Baltay, C. +13 more
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Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines contemporary museum practices in light of media and history theory, and understandings of representation. Through a content analysis of in‐depth interviews with museum and IT professionals involved in creating a virtual reality (VR) exhibition piece, we demonstrate how theoretical concepts addressing the mediated nature of ...
Ilkka Lähteenmäki, Marjaana Puurtinen
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Northrop Frye y la revolución historiográfica finisecular [PDF]
, 2009 Uno de los postulados básicos del postmodernismo historiográfico es la asimilación formal del texto histórico al texto literario. Esto ha posibilitado un mayor acercamiento de la disciplina histórica con la crítica literaria en los últimos decenios ...
Aurell, J. (Jaume)
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Hayden White, Tropika diskursu
Teorie vědy, 2011 Review: Hayden WHITE, Tropika diskursu: kulturně kritické eseje. Praha: Karolinum 2010, 364 s. (Tropics of Discourse: Essays in Cultural Criticism, 1978, přeložil Ladislav Nagy).
Radim Hladík
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Inventando a Hayden White. Imaginación y narrativas, Norma Durán
Revista de Filosofía Universidad Iberoamericana, 2021 Una constante a lo largo de la vida del historiador Hayden White fue que recibió numerosas críticas por parte de sus detractores. Inmediatamente después de la publicación de su polémica Metahistoria en 1973, muchos tomaron la pluma para ...
Matteo Arias Díaz
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REALISM OR IDEALISM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY FROM A PRACTICING HISTORIAN
History and Theory, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This review essay argues that the realist philosophy of history, as represented by Adam Timmins in Towards a Realist Philosophy of History, raises interesting questions about the nature of historical writing and challenges some of the foundations of idealist philosophy of history.
Stefan Berger
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Práticas da História, 2018 This article deals with Hayden White’s chapter on Giambattista Vico’s tropological model of historical transformation, which is part of his seminal collection of essays Tropics of Discourse.
Maria-Benedita Basto
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