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Quality from Kent: Preliminary results from the analysis of fifth‐ to seventh‐century silver alloys

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores early results from the chemical and lead isotope analysis of 30 silver‐alloy objects from southeast England dating between the fifth and seventh centuries CE, presenting limited aspects of the three main analyses that were conducted. First, a comparison of the results gained from surface x‐ray fluorescence (pXRF) values and
Toby F. Martin, Matthew J. Ponting
wiley   +1 more source

Ancient mitogenomes from Neolithic, megalithic and medieval burials suggest complex genetic history of Kashmir valley, India. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Dwivedi A, Kumar L, Konar S, Pasupuleti N, Gahlaud SKS, Rajpal R, Shah MA, Yatoo MA, Kumar S, Patel SK, Singh NS, Rai N.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Bioarcheological Perspectives on the Timing of Adolescence in Rural Avar-Age Austria, 7th-9th Centuries ce. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
Klostermann P, Lewis M, Berner M, Eggers S, Tobias B, Wang K, Hofmanová Z, Pany-Kucera D.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tin–Lead Sewn Tokens From 13th‐Century Gdańsk: Assessing Local and Non‐Local Production Through Archaeometric Analysis

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the results of an interdisciplinary investigation of 98 tin–lead sewn tokens from 13th‐century Gdańsk, the largest assemblage of its kind in Central Europe. Combining archaeological context, typology, SEM‐EDS and lead isotope analysis, the research explores provenance, production and function.
Sławomir Wadyl, Jakub Karczewski, Ewelina Miśta‐Jakubowska, Jakub Karasiński, Klaudia Tetfejer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medieval Medicine in Medieval Society

This issue focuses on the history of medieval medicine in Western and Latin Europe, but the ensemble may appear lacking on several topics. In fact, none of the authors directly addresses diseases and therapies, nor do they, in some way, center their studies on the medical thinking produced by the great authorities of the past.
openaire   +3 more sources

Assessing Mobility Among Inferred Elites Interred in Crypts 1–3 on Kom H at Tungul (Old Dongola), Sudan

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the capital of Makuria, Tungul was a major sociopolitical center within medieval Nubia, being the seat of a bishopric and a monastic community. During the excavation of the Kom H monastery, three burial crypts (Crypts 1–3) were uncovered.
Robert J. Stark, Artur Obłuski, Robert Mahler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

More continuity than change following the Black Death epidemic in medieval Cambridge. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Robb J, Dittmar JM, Inskip SA, Rose AK, Mitchell PD, O'Connell TC, Price M, Cessford C.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Medicine for the Material World

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
wiley   +1 more source

At the Crossroads of Continents: Ancient DNA Insights into the Maternal and Paternal Population History of Croatia. [PDF]

Genes (Basel)
Marjanović D, Šarac J, Havaš Auguštin D, Novak M, Bašić Ž, Kružić I, Novokmet N, Cheronet O, Gelabert P, Pinhasi R, Lauc G, Primorac D.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source