Results 61 to 70 of about 95,564 (256)
A small intruder. A Medieval marble winged lion from Ravello [PDF]
, 2018 An image of a 12th century marble winged lion was provocatively included among the slides accompanying a lecture by the author at a recent conference at the American Academy in Rome to illustrate Umberto Scerrato’s work on Islamic archaeology and art ...
Fontana, Maria Vittoria
core
The precarious conviviality of water mills [PDF]
, 2018 Social institutions such as the water-powered grain mills of Ottoman Cyprus are elaborately interconnected with a wide range of human and non-human players, from millers and villagers to water, gradient, stone and climate.
Given, Michael
core +1 more source
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
wiley +1 more source
Ножче със сребърен обков от Плиска
Българско е-Списание за Археология, 2017 This report presents a luxury knife with silver. It was found in 2014 during the archaeological campaign in ‘Palace centre – east’ in the inner town of Pliska. The casing has been decorated with various motifs. A major component of this decoration is the
Valeri Grigorov
doaj
State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies
History, EarlyView.Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
wiley +1 more source
The legacy of nineteenth-century replicas for object cultural biographies : lessons in duplication from 1830s Fife [PDF]
, 2014 Peer ...
Blackwell, Alice +2 more
core +2 more sources
Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
wiley +1 more source
La arqueología medieval en un grado de arqueología. Medieval archaeology in a degree of archaeology [PDF]
La Arqueología Medieval ha tenido un desarrollo tardío en España pero en los últimos años ha logrado una madurez en la investigación que no se corresponde con su escasa presencia en la enseñanza universitaria actual.
Izquierdo Benito, Ricardo
core +1 more source
Purity in Seclusion: Exploring the Anchoritic Lifestyle through an Archaeological Lens [PDF]
, 2013 This paper uses both archaeological and ethno-historical data to cross-examine theoretical explanations for understanding the anchoritic lifestyle, which are grounded in gender and feminist theory, sexuality and queer theory, as well as theories of ...
Stewart, Monica
core +2 more sources