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Management mechanisms of immovable cultural heritage in Ethiopia: an assessment of heritage protection institutions and frameworks

Cogent Arts & Humanities
This study critically examines the existing immovable cultural heritage management mechanisms in Ethiopia, with the aim of assessing the opportunities and challenges related to heritage management institutions and laws.
Tsegaye Ebabey Demissie, Tekle Hagos, Thomas Demewez Tiku   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Megalithic Monuments of Nagas

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2019
The practice of setting up megalithic monuments among the Nagas was widespread and associated with their social, economic and ritual ties. It is also an important attribute of identity.
_ Mepusangba, Yabangri Changkiri
doaj   +1 more source

Remote Roca: Integrating Data From Archaeological Survey, Remote Sensing and Geophysics in the Hinterland at the Long‐Lasting Mediterranean Site of Rocavecchia (Apulia, Italy)

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a multi‐method non‐invasive investigation of an approximately 4‐ha area associated with the long‐occupied coastal settlement of Rocavecchia (Apulia, southern Italy), situated between the prehistoric fortified peninsula and the Hellenistic‐Messapian walls.
Giuseppe Guarino, Francesco Iacono, Giovanna Agostini, Davide Susini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insular artefacts from Viking-Age burials from mid-Norway. A review of contact between Trøndelag and Britain and Ireland

Internet Archaeology, 2014
This article presents a detailed overview of the Insular artefacts found in Viking-Age burials from the Trøndelag region of mid-Norway, most of which have not previously been published in English.
Aina Margrethe Heen-Pettersen
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Poseidon's Sanctuary at Samikon—The Discovery of an Ancient Temple Through an Integrated Geophysical and Geoarchaeological Survey Approach for Lagoonal and Swampy Environments

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Below the classical fortress of Samikon at the coast of the western Peloponnese, ancient writer Strabo mentioned a sanctuary of Poseidon which served as the centre of the religious association of the Triphylian cities. In this paper, we describe the discovery and investigation of a building structure by means of geophysical and ...
Dennis Wilken, Birgitta Eder, Sarah Bäumler, Elena Appel, Peter Fischer, Tina Georg, Federica Iannone, Lena Slabon, Timo Willershäuser, Erofili‐Iris Kolia, Andreas Vött   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbial differences between dental plaque and historic dental calculus are related to oral biofilm maturation stage

Microbiome, 2019
Background Dental calculus, calcified oral plaque biofilm, contains microbial and host biomolecules that can be used to study historic microbiome communities and host responses. Dental calculus does not typically accumulate as much today as historically,
Irina M. Velsko, James A. Fellows Yates, Franziska Aron, Richard W. Hagan, Laurent A. F. Frantz, Louise Loe, Juan Bautista Rodriguez Martinez, Eros Chaves, Chris Gosden, Greger Larson, Christina Warinner   +10 more
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Leveraging Big Multitemporal Multisource Satellite Data and Artificial Intelligence for the Detection of Complex and Invisible Features: The Case of Extensive Irrigation Mapping

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The detection of buried or obscured archaeological features remains a central challenge in landscape archaeology, particularly in the irrigated floodplains of Mesopotamia where levees and canals formed the basis of complex agrarian systems. This study presents a deep learning–based approach for the large‐scale, automated detection of ancient ...
Nazarij Buławka, Hector A. Orengo, Felipe Lumbreras Ruiz, Iban Berganzo‐Besga, Ekta Gupta   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Horsemeat consumption in Late Bronze Age Estonia: a case study from the Iru fortified settlement [PDF]

Eesti Arheoloogiaajakiri
Horsemeat consumption has been one of the most intriguing questions about ancient dietary practices. Zooarchaeological materials from the Late Bronze Age in Estonia (850–500 BCE) contain high proportions of the domestic horse (Equus caballus) compared ...
Eve Rannamäe, Valter Lang, Kristiina Johanson, Sandra Sammler, Ester Oras   +4 more
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Scanning Parametric Sediment Echosounder as Tool for Underwater Archaeological Prospection

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Underwater cultural heritage 3D prospection techniques, especially for remains that are partly buried in the ground, are only very rarely available and often can only be applied with considerable technical effort. To overcome this limitation, we evaluate a methodological adaption of widely used and available single channel parametric sediment ...
Dennis Wilken, Philipp Held, Jacob Geersen, Marcel Bradtmöller, Peter Feldens, Jens Schneider v. Deimling   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tal I — an archaeological site of the medieval principality of Emder [PDF]

Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии
The paper reports on the materials of the settlement of Tal I located on the Endyr River, left tributary of the Ob River. Remains of two medieval dwellings, which appeared at different times, have been discovered at the settlement, and also data have ...
Koksharov S.F., Zykov A.P., Yakovleva E.A.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source