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“Cuts Stones of all Sorts, In the Best Manner…”: Experiments in 18th Century lapidary work in America

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2022
Unusual or rare gems have been valued for as long as there have been humans to appreciate them. The making of beads and ornaments provides some of the earliest examples of the manipulation of materials solely for aesthetic reasons. Throughout history, we
E. Giovanna Fregni
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Experimental Archaeology and the Sustainability of Dental Calculus Research: The Case of Chocolate and the Nuns Of S. Maria Della Stella’s Church, Saluzzo, Italy

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2023
In Italy, chocolate (Theobroma cacao L.) was introduced during the Columbian exchange, and it quickly became both an important and accessible part of the Italian culinary tradition. Today, Italy is Europe’s second-largest chocolate producer. This project
Sarah Sandron   +6 more
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Discussion: The Concept of Authenticity in Collections of Open-Air Museums

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2021
How is it possible that if you go into an arts museum, the ceramics you see may be made yesterday and may be a valued and legitimate part of the museum collection, while in open-air museums, a similar object may be produced by a master craftsperson ...
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Emerging Innovations in Cataract Surgery

open access: yesDelhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
Cataract surgery is one of the most commonly performed ophthalmic surgeries worldwide and has evolved to improve patient safety and better visual outcomes.1 Several technological innovations include advanced biometry, viscosurgical devices, pupil ...
Nirupama Kasturi   +3 more
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Book Review: Weaving a Realm, Vietnamese clothing from around 1500 AD

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2021
What a pleasure it was when this book landed on my coffee table! The book is bilingual Vietnamese – English, well designed and covers over 200 pages with hundreds of full-colour images.
Roeland Paardekooper
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Perpetuating proficiency in donor right hepatectomy for living donor liver transplantation

open access: yesAsian Journal of Surgery, 2014
Background/Objective: Donor right hepatectomy (DRH) was developed by master liver surgeons and has been applied in many liver transplant centers as the mainstay for adult living donor liver transplantation.
See Ching Chan   +6 more
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Bast, Ferns, and Mud: Experimental Recreation of a Kapa Kaha (Barkcloth)

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2021
Kapa (Hawaiian barkcloth) was the ubiquitous fabric of historic Hawaiʻi, used for everything from clothing to bedding, from swaddling newborns to enshrouding the deceased, and all things in between.
Avalon Paradea
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X-Ray Tomography and Infrared Spectrometry for the Analysis Of Throwing Sticks and Boomerangs

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2019
Throwing sticks, including boomerangs as a subclass, are prehistoric objects as old as humanity. They have endured on many continents in different forms, uses, and traditions of manufacture.
Luc Bordes
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Experimental Bonfirings of Pottery with Camel Dung Fuel, Jordan, July 2018

open access: yesEXARC Journal, 2019
The objective of this series of experimental pottery firings with camel dung fuel was to isolate the function of this fuel type within the context of a simple mode of pottery firing for data applicable to studies of ancient pottery manufacture.
Maria-Louise Sidoroff
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TRANSFORMATION OF LUDRUK PERFORMANCES: FROM POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT AND STATE HEGEMONY TO CREATIVE SURVIVAL STRATEGY

open access: yesHumaniora, 2014
This article discusses the transformation of ludruk performances, from Soekarno to Reformation era. In discussing the problem, we apply a cultural studies perspective.
Ikwan Setiawan, Sutarto .
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