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Animal 'Ritual' Killing: from Remains to Meanings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
As humans, we interact with our environment and the other species inhabiting it in a variety of ways. Animals not only provide a source of sustenance, but a means for humans to express their social concepts through interaction.
Morris, James
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Experimental Archaeology as Participant Observation: A Perspective from Medieval Food

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2017
Central to anthropology is the concept of participant observation, where a researcher engages in immersive learning through ethnographic fieldwork. This concept is also important for archaeologists as immersive learning provides an avenue for more robust
Scott D. Stull
doaj  

Expert Memories: The Professional Construction of the Past and the Mnemonic Making of Occupations

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article introduces the special issue on occupations and memory in organizations. To foster increasing collaboration from scholars from both fields, we offer a general argument connecting memory and occupations on two levels. At the societal level, we show how memory experts, such as historians, archivists, and museologists, have played a ...
Diego M. Coraiola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

NEW DATA ON THE SERTORIAN WAR AT THE VASCON SITE OF IRULEGI (ARANGUREN VALLEY, NAVARRE)

open access: yesOxford Journal of Archaeology, EarlyView.
Summary Literary sources provide limited information on specific developments during the civil wars of the late Roman Republic, including the Sertorian War. This study describes the attack on the Vascon settlement of Irulegi (Aranguren valley, Navarre), in northern Spain, within the context of this conflict, using the methodological and theoretical ...
Mattin Aiestaran   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Who is the Gael who Would Not Weep?’: The Book of the O’Conor Don, Fearghal Óg Mac an Bhaird, and Late Bardic Poetry of Exile

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how late bardic poetry transforms the condition of exile into a literary mode that reimagines community and tradition. I argue that poetry of lament, blessing and devotion articulates a broader literary consciousness that anticipates modern notions of a national consciousness. The compilation of bardic verse in manuscript
Daniel T. McClurkin
wiley   +1 more source

From Mounds to Monasteries: A Look at Spiro and Other Centers Through The Use of Metaphor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Previous study of the extensive and elaborate funerary offerings at the Spiro site have explained their presence by an exchange system with Spiro functioning as a gateway center.
Brooks, Robert L.
core   +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

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 173-183, April 2026.
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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 274-285, April 2026.
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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bone and antler combs: towards a methodology for the understanding of trade and identity in Viking Age England and Scotland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper outlines the methodology of a doctoral research project at the University of York. The medium of study is the bone and antler hair comb, and the approach is one of integration.
Ashby, S.P.
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Статистическо изследване на битовата керамика от обект „Дворцов център – изток” в Плиска (първи етап)

open access: yesБългарско е-Списание за Археология, 2016
The article present the first stage of the statistical analysis of the pottery from the ‘Palace centre-east’ site in Pliska. The pottery has been grouped according to technological and functional properties in the following categories: pottery made on ...
Valeri Grigorov, Liubka Todorova
doaj  

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