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The Tripartite Qibla Wall as a Visual Form of Embodied Belief: From Al-Andalus to Mudejar and Morisco Mosques in Exile—Memory and Identity

Religions
The maqṣūrah commissioned by Caliph al-Hakam II in the 10th-century Mosque of Córdoba epitomizes the blend of sacred grandeur and political symbolism in Islamic architecture.
Belén Cuenca-Abellán
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Yuriy Kosach’s Dramaturgy of the 1940s: Aspects of Genre, Style and Structure [PDF]

Alfred Nobel University Journal of Philology
The primary objective of this paper is to define the genre-stylistic and structural-compositional characteristics of six extant landmark plays by Yuriy Kosach written during the 1940s, and to elucidate their pivotal role in the modernization of ...
Vadym Vasylenko
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Mortars From Punic and Hellenistic–Roman Solunto: Materials, Formulations, and Technology

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents an archaeometric investigation of 18 hydraulic rendering and bedding mortars from Punic and Hellenistic–Roman Solunto (NW Sicily). The research aimed to characterize raw materials, reconstruct manufacturing sequences, and evaluate technological proficiency through mineralogical and petrochemical analyses.
G. Montana, G. Polizzi, C. Portale, M. Gasparo Morticelli, L. Randazzo   +4 more
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Geomagnetic Intensity of Hellenistic Pottery and Stamped Rhodian Wine Amphorae From Jerusalem

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stamped amphora handles produced on Rhodes during the Hellenistic period are well suited for archaeointensity studies because they often bear the names of annually appointed magistrates (eponyms) and fabricants, allowing dating to narrow time intervals.
Yael Hochma, Lisa Tauxe, Debora Sandhaus, Oded Lipschits, Erez Ben‐Yosef   +4 more
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Provisioning a Silk Road City: Herd Management Strategies at the Urban Site of Dzhankent, Kazakhstan

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents evidence for herd management at the early medieval city of Dzhankent in southern Kazakhstan. Located along the Northern Silk Road, Dzhankent was a key trading node linking northern and southern areas between the 9th and 10th centuries ce.
Kara Larson, Iride Tomažič, A. Haruda, A. Tazhekeyev, S. Bilalov, H. Härke, I. Arzhantseva, Alicia R. Ventresca‐Miller   +7 more
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Talc‐Tempered Pottery From Bala Hissar, Kabul: An Analytical Study

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Potsherds of cooking ware excavated at Bala Hissar archaeological site in Kabul were studied using X‐ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscope‐energy dispersive X‐ray spectrometry (SEM‐EDS), Raman spectroscopy, X‐ray powder diffraction (XRPD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and optical microscopy.
Parviz Holakooei, Babak Rafiei‐Alavi, Hafizullah Hazim, Hasti Pezeshkanjalili, Lara Maritan   +4 more
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Types of cultural palimpsest landscapes in the Mediterranean basin delimitation and mapping

European Journal of Geography, 2017
Cultural heritage sites in the Mediterranean basin reflect long–term cultural and land-use changes associated with different regional civilizations. We integrated data on historical heritage sites and civilization areas using GIS-mapping and modeling ...
Oxana A. Klimanova, Eugeny Yu. Kolbowsky   +1 more
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The “Ruinscape”, Traveling Bodies, and Images: The Case of Spolia in Moissac Abbey

Eikón Imago
The present article examines the use and functions of spolia within the architecture of Moissac Abbey, France, during the late 11th and 12th centuries. The overarching goal of the text is to delve into the question of how the medieval monastery rewrote ...
Jana Cernocka
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Marxism and Decolonizing Praxis: From Decolonial Misinterpretations to Marxist Contributions

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article intervenes in postcolonial and decolonial critiques that portray Karl Marx and Marxism as intrinsically Eurocentric and inattentive to race, colonialism and non‐European revolutionary agency. It argues that such critiques often rely on selective, historically limited interpretations that overlook Marx's later writings, in which he
Ana Cecilia Dinerstein
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The theme of a Domed Rotunda in Ani School of Armenian Architecture during the Bagratids' Era: Interpretation of the Classical Image

Disegnare con, 2020
This article briefly reviews the advancing of a domed rotunda to Ani (or metropolitan) school of Armenian architecture being a significant and in some aspects unique tendency of medieval church architecture. The evidence will be considered in the context
Armen Kazaryan
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