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Buffalo Hunt: International Trade and the Virtual Extinction of the North American Bison [PDF]

In the 16th century, North America contained 25-30 million buffalo; by the late 19th century less than 100 remained. While removing the buffalo east of the Mississippi took settlers over 100 years, the remaining 10 to 15 million buffalo on the Great ...
M. Scott Taylor
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Atlantic trade and regional specialisation in nothern Spain 1550-1650: an integrated trade theory-institutional organisation approach [PDF]

, 2001
Based on an in-depth study of the northern Spanish economy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this paper argues that commercial expansion was a major source of the diverging performance of European regions.
Grafe, Regina
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Stable isotope evidence for late medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery [PDF]

, 2011
Although recent historical ecology studies have extended quantitative knowledge of eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) exploitation back as far as the 16th century, the historical origin of the modern fishery remains obscure.
Amundsen, C, Barrett, JH, de Roo, T, Enghoff, IB, Ervynck, A, Hamilton-Dyer, S, Harland, J, Heinrich, D, Hufthammer, AK, Johnstone, C, Jones, AK, Jonsson, L, Locker, A, Lõugas, L, MacKenzie, BR, Makowiecki, D, O'Connell, TC, Orton, DC, Pope, P, Richards, M, Van Neer, W   +20 more
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Exploring the Metric Systems of Medieval New Towns in Central Europe: Reconstruction of Urban Plot Scheme Using Cosine Quantogram and Modular Analysis

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines plot divisions and units of measurement in regular medieval new towns in Central Europe, with a particular focus on historical Silesia. By applying the cosine quantogram method alongside GIS‐referenced cartographic sources and modular analysis, the research reconstructs the spatial organization of urban layouts. The results
Maria Legut‐Pintal, Anna Kubicka‐Sowińska, Krzysztof Fokt, Mikołaj Grosel   +3 more
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A Monument to Culture and Achievement: The Samurai Suit of Armor and Katana at Gettysburg College [PDF]

, 2018
Of the many artifacts found in Gettysburg College’s Musselman library, perhaps the most unusual and seemingly out of place may be the centuries-old replica of a samurai suit and katana standing guard over visitors and students from an oversized glass ...
Hauk, Carolyn
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A Lesson from Past Energy Crises [PDF]

, 2017
open1noAfter dealing with the very recent history of Moore's law in the previous issue of IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, I will jump far back into the past for this issue, taking the opportunity given by a present-world economic event.

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U/Th Dating of Secondary Carbonate Deposits in Underground Galleries of Fourvière Hill (Lyon, France) Reveals a Water Supply System in Operation From the Roman Period to the Middle Ages

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The recent discovery of a water draining structure known as the Antiquaille galleries in Fourvière hill, in the center of Lyon, France (ancient Lugdunum), sheds light on the water drainage system built by the former inhabitants of this area for their water needs.
E. Pons‐Branchu, E. Bernot, E. Bertrand, M. Branchu, I. Caffy, A. Dapoigny, J. P. Dumoulin, S. Gaillot   +7 more
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Newton Hall and the cruck buildings of North West England [PDF]

, 2010
This study is an introduction to the archaeology and history of Newton Hall, Hyde, in Tameside. As a timber-framed cruck building from the late medieval period it is one of the oldest homes in North West England, and was one of the first such buildings ...
Nevell, MD
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Fats, Fire and Bronze Age Funerary Rites: Organic Residue Analysis of Wide Horizontal Rim Vessels From Burial Contexts in Northwest Portugal

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the first GC‐MS–based analyses of wide horizontal rim vessels with well‐defined funerary contexts, from Middle Bronze Age Portugal (Quinta do Amorim 2 and Pego). Organic residues from two vessels revealed ruminant fats and plant oils, alongside molecular markers of heat exposure.
João Vinícius Back, César Oliveira, Ana M. S. Bettencourt, Hugo Aluai Sampaio, Luciano Vilas Boas, Luís Gonçalves   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source