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From modern humans to the advent of writing [PDF]
The essays which follow, covering the Prehistory and Protohistory of the territory which is nowadays Portugal, result from critical discussion of key themes associated with the two major periods prior to the introduction of writing (Prehistory) or ...
Cardoso, João Luís
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The paper is dedicated to the study of organic remains in ceramic drinking vessels from protohistoric Northern Italy. These one-handled mugs are a typical item of the prealpine area, dating from the 5th to the 1st century BCE, and possibly carried high ...
Paolo Rondini +2 more
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Megalithic Structures of the northern Sahara (Chott el Jérid, Tunisia)
Megalithic monuments are a distinctive archaeological feature of Saharan landscape, as indicated by different systematic research projects undertaken so far.
Andrea Monaco +10 more
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Abstract Archaeological campaigns carried out at the emporic sanctuary of Gravisca (Tarquinia, Italy) have revealed extraordinary evidence for ritual depositions and ceremonies linked to the divinities/guarantors of the sanctuary. The ritual of one such deposition was reconstructed using a multidisciplinary approach, comprising an in‐depth analysis of ...
Giulia Patrizi +7 more
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Analizele compoziției metalice a pieselor de harnașament și mărgelelor de argint de la Agighiol și comparația lor cu monedele histriene de argint de la Capul Dolojman [PDF]
The X-ray fluorescence analyses of 19 harnesses pieces and 13 beads from Agighiol show that they were made from silver, gold and copper; some items include copper to strengthen the alloy and some phalerae were gilded and contain more gold in the protome.
Emilian TELEAGA +2 more
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Le site mégalithique de Wanar (Sénégal)
This article presents the results of the first excavations conducted on the World Heritage megalithic site of Wanar, which are part of a new program of scientific cooperation between France and Senegal (2008-2011).
Luc Laporte +8 more
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The uncertain death. Estimating mortality structure by random sampling
Abstract Imprecise data produced by commonly applied osteological age‐at‐death estimations profoundly affect all research on age‐dependent mortality in past societies. With uncertain death estimation (UCD), we propose a novel approach to estimating the mortality structure from imprecise data and present a corresponding R package for simple application.
Daria Moser +4 more
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Water in protohistory. Urban hydraulic structures in Catalonia [PDF]
En el present article volem il·lustrar el ventall de primerenques solucions que l’home va enginyar per a la recollida, l’emmagatzematge i l’evacuació de les aigües en l’àmbit urbà a Catalunya, amb l’examen i l’estudi de les principals obres hidràuliques ...
Oliach Fàbregas, Meritxell
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Connected peripheries – North Danube Thrace in the 4th-3rd centuries BC. Exploring settlement patterns in the environs of the ostentatious grave of Peretu [PDF]
The following analysis emerged as an attempt to explain and contextualize a very rich grave, already historiographically notorious, with analogies equally famous, traditionally dated around the middle of the 4th c.
Maria-Magdalena ȘTEFAN, Dan ȘTEFAN
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What future for EU foresight? A critical perspective on the institutionalisation of foresight
Abstract What are the potential strengths and weaknesses in the current reconstruction of foresight at the EU level? In questioning foresight's institutionalisation processes from both a historical and a political sociology perspective, the article claims that charting the future is an issue of political power and that, hence, foresight's ...
Brigitte Gaïti, Didier Georgakakis
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