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Medieval Stained Glass: Text and Context

, 2006
Lecture held April 4, 2006, 7 p.m. in Woodward Hall, UNM as the third lecture of the Institute for Medieval Studies' Spring Lecture Series 2006.The development of a method for creating stained glass windows was one of the outstanding technical ...
Raguin, Virginia Chieffo
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Southern Portugal hydroclimate of the last millennium from near‐annually resolved speleothem records

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydroclimate in Portugal is influenced by the North Atlantic subtropical high‐pressure system (the Azores High) and by internal climate modes, most prominently the North Atlantic Oscillation, which may shift in position and/or intensity due to anthropogenic climate change.
Alaina Chormann, Alan D. Wanamaker, Diana Thatcher, David P. Gillikin, Yemane Asmerom, Victor Polyak, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Frederico Tátá Regala, Anouk Verheyden, Suzanne Ankerstjerne, Rhawn F. Denniston   +10 more
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The Burning Question: Frequencies of Tobacco Consumption in Postmedieval (16th–19th c. ce) England and the Netherlands

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The frequency of tobacco use during the postmedieval period is widely underexplored; this has repercussions for our understanding of the intoxicant's health impacts during this time. Our study assesses the frequency rates of tobacco consumption in different social groups in England and the Netherlands, two countries in which tobacco use became
Anna M. Davies‐Barrett, Sarah A. Inskip   +1 more
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The medieval chronicle VIII /

, 2013
Contributions en anglais, français et allemand.N° de "The medieval chronicle"Bibliogr. en fin de contributions. Notes bibliogr.Contributions issues pour la plupart de la 6ème International Conference on the Medieval Chronicle organisée à Pécs, en ...
Levelt, Sjoerd,, Kooper, Erik(viaf)76358794, International Conference on the Medieval Chronicle(06 ;2011 ;Pécs, Hongrie).aut   +2 more
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Aquatic Diversity and Fishing Practices at Tell Tayinat (Türkiye) in the Iron Age

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While agrarian societies of the Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean relied predominantly on crops and herding of domestic stock for subsistence, local wild aquatic fauna offered a welcomed enrichment, and when opportunities occurred, it could have been a staple in the human diet.
Radovan Kabatiar
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Cults of political martyrs in late medieval England [PDF]

, 2005
PhDA number of prominent men who lost their lives during political struggles were posthumously venerated as martyrs in later medieval England. This dissertation aims to recreate some of the context - religious and cultural as well as political - in ...
Piroyansky, Danna
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Tradition, Innovation, and the Illuminated Manuscript in the Middle Ages

, 2006
Lecture held April 3, 2006, 7 p.m. in Woodward Hall, UNM as the first lecture of the Institute for Medieval Studies' Spring Lecture Series 2006."Innovation" was a quality often viewed with suspicion during the Middle Ages-it could even lead to ...
Brown, Michelle P.
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Bone Adaptation and Labor Organization in Co‐Located Medieval Anatolian Populations

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Skeletal evidence from geographically co‐located populations offers a rare opportunity to disentangle subsistence‐driven bone adaptation from socially organized labor. This study examines upper limb morphology in two Byzantine communities—the urban center of Tyana (10th–13th c.
Gökhan Çakan, Ahmet G. Erdemir, Adalet E. Yıldız, Üstün Aydıngöz, Osman Doğanay, Ömür Dilek Erdal   +5 more
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Body Size, Dental Pathology, and Maternal Genetic Diversity of Ancient Horses in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region and Western Russia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The early evolutionary history of modern domestic horses (Equus caballus/Equus ferus caballus), known as the DOM2 lineage, is well documented due to numerous archaeological and ancient DNA (aDNA) studies. Although many uncertainties remain in the domestication timeline, current evidence suggests that the domestication of modern horses began in
Johanna Honka, Daniela Salazar, Arthur O. Askeyev, Igor V. Askeyev, Oleg V. Askeyev, Jouni Aspi, Gulshat Sh. Asylgaraeva, Markku Niskanen, Kristiina Mannermaa, Suvi Olli, Noora Piipponen, Giedrė Piličiauskienė, Dilyara N. Shaymuratova, Renat R. Valiev, Laura Kvist   +14 more
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Needle in a haystack: Holocene history of European larch in Central Europe revisited

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Defining nativity of species is crucial for their management. However, this is a complex task, especially for species that have been used and spread by humans for a long time. We combined paleoecological records with extensive genetic data to investigate the Holocene history of European larch—a common and economically important tree species in Central ...
Martin Prach, Petr Pokorný, Kristýna Hošková, Daniel Vondrák, Pavel Bednář, Jindřich Prach, Jana Hanzal Šedivá, Hana Drahošová, Kateřina Podrábská, Přemysl Bobek, Jan Smyčka, Tomáš Fér   +11 more
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