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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the use of otolith shape analysis for species identification and size estimation in Ariopsis felis and Bagre marinus, based on 181 modern otoliths obtained from a scientific collection and recent sampling in the coastal regions of Campeche and Yucatán, as well as 39 archaeological otoliths corresponding to the Early ...
Ariana Solis‐Gómez +7 more
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Cartography and iconography as diachronic analysis tools of the urban fabric ─ Évora and Setúbal [PDF]
, 2017 The evolution of cities can be interpreted through graphic elements, such as that recommended by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (1st century bC.) (Maciel, 2006), whose forms of expression were plans, elevations and perspectives, which prove to be precious and ...
Monteiro, Maria +2 more
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'Gnosticism' in fourth century Britain: the Frampton mosaics reconsidered [PDF]
, 2003 Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the significance of the mosaic designs employed in Roman houses. Studies have concentrated on establishing the mythological sources of the images chosen, and on describing the social and architectural contexts
Perring, D
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi +3 more
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Images du Travail, Travail des ImagesIn Canada, Indigenous peoples represent a distinct minority that has been the target of policies of cultural assimilation and discrimination. Today, these Peoples, victims of considerable cultural loss, unite in common movements in which they exhibit a ...
Elisa Tripotin
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The shifting iconography of drinking horns in the Western Grassfields, Cameroon
Cogent Social Sciences, 2017 This paper examines the shifting iconography and iconology of the buffalo and cow horn drinking cup in the western Grassfields of Cameroon. It highlights the extraordinary creativity of how cow horn drinking cups have provided young people who were ...
Mathias Fubah Alubafi, Molemo Ramphalile
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines Wari obsidian production in a cache of 39 bifaces found at the Late Moche site of San José de Moro (Jequetepeque Valley, North Coast of Peru, 700–850 ad). Portable X‐ray fluorescence, geometric morphometric, and technological analyses were used to investigate raw material provenance and bifacial production.
Antonio Pérez‐Balarezo +2 more
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Assyrian Music and Iconography
Classica, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos, 2012 The sources about music in ancient Mesopotamia are numerous, there are hundreds of cuneiform tablets in Sumerian and Akkadian language, and also iconic representations of material culture have been rescued by archeology.
Katia Maria Paim Pozzer +2 more
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Information and affective valence influence judgments of complexity, liking and understanding
British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Visual complexity is a key factor in perceptual and evaluative judgments. People's representation of visual complexity is constructed from quantitative and structural image features, but it is also influenced by familiarity and expertise. We examined how people represent visual complexity and its impact on perception and evaluation, focusing ...
Xiaolei Sun +3 more
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Specular suffering: (staging) the body in pain [PDF]
, 2008 For the abstract see the PDF ...
Richards, M
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