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Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
The distribution of the black rat (Rattus rattus) has been heavily influenced by its association with humans. The dispersal history of this non-native commensal rodent across Europe, however, remains poorly understood, and different introductions may ...
He Yu   +58 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Traces of Pre-Greek Linguistics Substratum in Early Byzantine Toponymy: Lists Related to Macedonia and Thessaly in Procopius’ "Buildings"

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2023
In our contribution, we will focus on the traces of the old Pre-Greek linguistics substratum in certain names of forts from Justinian’s building program presented in the Procopius’ Buildings (Περὶ κτισμάτων, De aedificiis).
Jasminka Kuzmanovska
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Limits of Understanding in the Study of Lost Martial Arts

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2016
The paper is organised around the notion of embodied technique. The recent attempts to formulate scientific methodologies for the reconstruction of medieval fighting techniques based on a study of premodern fight books raise questions about the ...
Burkart Eric
doaj   +3 more sources

History and the Social Sciences: Shock Therapy with Medieval Economic History as the Patient

open access: yesSocial science history, 2016
Since the turn of the Millennium, major changes in economic history practice such as the dominance of econometrics and the championing of “big data,” as well as changes in how research is funded, have created new pressures for medieval economic ...
Daniel R. Curtis   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia

open access: yesNature Communications, 2020
The island of Sardinia has been of particular interest to geneticists for decades. The current model for Sardinia’s genetic history describes the island as harboring a founder population that was established largely from the Neolithic peoples of southern
Joseph H. Marcus   +37 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Cambridge History of Medieval Music

open access: yes, 2018
Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the Middle Ages.
Mark Everist, T. Kelly
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Environmental History of Medieval Europe

open access: yes, 2014
How did medieval Europeans use and change their environments, think about the natural world, and try to handle the natural forces affecting their lives? This groundbreaking environmental history examines medieval relationships with the natural world from
R. Hoffmann
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Medievalism: a Critical History

open access: yesChoice Reviews Online, 2015
An accessibly-written survey of the origins and growth of the discipline of medievalism studies. The field known as "medievalism studies" concerns the life of the Middle Ages after the Middle Ages. Originating some thirty years ago, it examines reinventions and reworkings of the medieval from the Reformation to postmodernity,from Bale and Leland to HBO'
openaire   +5 more sources

History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages

open access: yes, 2019
0. Hamelin once said that Descartes was a direct successor of the ancients, almost as if, with the exception of a few naturalists, there had been no philosophical thought between the ancients and Descartes.
É. Gilson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neolithic and medieval virus genomes reveal complex evolution of hepatitis B

open access: yesbioRxiv, 2018
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the most widespread human pathogens known today, yet its origin and evolutionary history are still unclear and controversial.
Ben Krause-Kyora   +21 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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