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Eye makeup in Northwestern Iran at the time of the Assyrian Empire: a new kohl recipe based on manganese and graphite from Kani Koter (Iron Age III)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Kohl was ubiquitous in ancient Egypt and the Middle East, and routinely included among the toiletries deposited in burials. For Egypt, kohl recipes are increasingly well‐studied and known to use a range of inorganic and organic ingredients. Although these are often lead‐based, manganese‐ and silicon‐rich compounds are also attested.
Silvia Amicone   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women Artists and the 1944 Canadian Army Art Exhibition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In 1944, the Canadian Army held an art exhibition in Ottawa. Among the 33 exhibitors were five women: Cathryne Blackley, Beulah Jaenicke, Molly Lamb, H.E. Herbert, and Mary Wilson.
Brandon, Laura
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Assessing Mobility Among Inferred Elites Interred in Crypts 1–3 on Kom H at Tungul (Old Dongola), Sudan

open access: yesArchaeometry, 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Special Libraries, December 1940 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1940
Volume 31, Issue 10https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1940/1009/thumbnail ...
Special Libraries Association
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Morphological and Morphometric Analysis of Animal Hair From 18th Century Burial Sites in Mazamet (Southwest France)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Morphological and morphometric analysis of archaeological animal hairs offers a nondestructive method to explore past clothing. We examined hair from two 18th‐century burial areas (SP03 and SP04) in Mazamet, France. SP03 specimens exhibited a continuous medulla, a low medullary index (0.2 ± 0.03) and cuticular features suggesting goat or ...
C. Michel   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preoccupied by the past - the case of Estonia's Museum of Occupations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The nation is born out of the resistance, ideally without external aid, of its nascent citizens against oppression [...] An effective founding struggle should contain memorable massacres, atrocities, assassinations and the like, which serve to unite and ...
Burch, S, Zander, U
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Identification and Quantification of Volatile Organic Compounds and Bioaerosols in the Conservation Processes of Guanche Mummies

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Guanche mummies, ancient inhabitants of the Canary Islands, represent a significant part of the historical heritage preserved at the Museum of Nature and Archaeology (MUNA) in Tenerife, Spain. These mummies, subjected to artificial conservation practices, are of great interest to conservators seeking to understand their mummification ...
Benigno Sánchez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

How the United States funds the arts, third edition [PDF]

open access: yes
This report looks at the infrastructure for arts and cultural support in the United States which is complex and adaptive. Citizens who enjoy the arts can choose from a wide array of drama, visual and media arts, dance, music, and literature available in ...

core  

Contested Memories in Stone: The Memorial Landscape of Waterloo Battlefield

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This article examines the Waterloo battlefield as a spatially contested memorial landscape shaped by competing national and transnational narratives. Through GIS mapping and inscription analysis, it demonstrates how spatial arrangements and commemorative rhetoric reproduce different narratives while enabling grassroots actors ...
Bowen Chai
wiley   +1 more source

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