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Pottery Making in the First Oases: Comparison Between Bat and Bisya Domestic and Tower Assemblages

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The earliest known significant pottery production in Oman appears in the first oases of the Hajar mountains southern foothills during the Umm an‐Nar period (ca. 2700–2000 bc) of the third millennium bc. Despite the history of ceramic research in southeast Arabia, the modalities of the establishment and organisation of this craft are little ...
Jennifer Swerida, Mathilde Jean
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From politics to economics: The investigation of the determinants of local administrative hierarchy in the Tang–Song transition

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 39-78, March 2025.
Abstract This study collects original data to examine the determinants of classification criteria of county hierarchy and its rank variations during the Tang–Song period. The results reveal that the county hierarchy was affected by both economic and political situations, with more emphasis on politics in Tang and economics in Song.
Nan Li, Heqi Cai
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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
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Power and Limitations of Inferring Genetic Ancestry

Annals of Human Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The recent emergence of technologies that capture and analyse genetic variation patterns obtained from a person's DNA sample has led to numerous academic and commercial endeavours to infer individuals' ancestries. In theory, a person's genome contains a wealth of readily accessible information regarding their ancestors, despite only
Nancy Bird, Turi King, Garrett Hellenthal   +2 more
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Peers, equals, and jurors: New data and methods on legal equality in Leveller thought

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We consider the Levellers' conception of equality relative to their contemporaries during the Civil War(s) period. We compile a corpus of hundreds of seventeenth−century pamphlets and combine this with novel word embedding techniques trained on millions of Early Modern English documents to make statements about word “meanings.” We focus on ...
Melissa Schwartzberg, Arthur Spirling
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This Language Is Mine: US College Students Navigating Contradictions of “Mother Tongue” and Heritage Language

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this essay, I draw on both autoethnography and ethnographic research among college students studying their Heritage Language (HL)—or Heritage Language Learners (HLLs)—at a US university. I explore the felt contradictions and tensions that get voiced when attempting to navigate the uneasy relationship between two terms: “mother tongue” and ...
Arnaaz Khwaja
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The mythological and archaeological perspectives on penectomy and orchiectomy: The case of Cybele and Attis

Andrology, EarlyView.
Abstract Castration has been a significant theme in mythology, religious traditions, and historical practices, often symbolizing transformation, sacrifice, and divine punishment. While the term is frequently associated with orchiectomy (removal of the testes), this study argues that penectomy (removal of the penis) must also be considered, particularly
Coskun Kaya
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“ELIAS GEVERI OF DAMASCUS” IN RUSSIAN STUDIES OF CHURCH HISTORY: A WITNESS TO THE TWO-FINGER SIGN OF THE CROSS IN A MEDIEVAL TREATISE ON DENOMINATIONS OF SYRIAN CHRISTIANITY [PDF]

, 2013
Nikolai N. Seleznyov
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Folk Narrative and the History of Culture. Reflections of Different Eras in the Texts and Perceptions of the Old Folk Ballads of Denmark Exemplified through Ballads about the Medieval King Valdemar II and His Queens Dagmar and Bengerd

, 2007
Lené I. Jorgensen
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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