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Ancient genomes from a rural site in Imperial Rome (1st–3rd cent. CE): a genetic junction in the Roman Empire

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology, 2021
Background Rome became the prosperous Capital of the Roman Empire through the political and military conquests of neighbouring areas. People were able to move Romeward modifying the Rome area’s demographic structure. However, the genomic evidence for the
Flavio De Angelis   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mid‐ to late Holocene environmental changes and human‐environment interactions in the surroundings of La Silla del Papa, SW Spain

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 4, Page 573-600, July/August 2021., 2021
Abstract In southern Iberia, the surroundings of the Strait of Gibraltar are known as a crossroad for population movements, cultural exchanges, and trade from Late Prehistory to modern times. However, questions remain about the impact of this historical development on the environment.
Simon M. May   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Quail of Heracles/Melqart: an Unusual Punic Funerary Eschatology from Carthage Razors?

open access: yesGerión, 2017
The review of two razors from the Carthaginian necropolis of Sainte Monique shows how much the funerary eschatology punic is connected with the colonial experience of Sicily and Sardinia.
Enrico Acquaro
doaj   +1 more source

La semántica de los símbolos

open access: yesMélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, 2017
On the basis of the archaeological work carried on in the eastern necropolis of Baelo, we present a body of new information bearing on the actual funeral practices typically followed in this necropolis in the high imperial period. Thanks to a painstaking
Fernando Prados Martínez
doaj   +1 more source

The politics of being Norman in the reign of Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy (r. 942–996)

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 23, Issue 3, Page 308-328, August 2015., 2015
In 966, by the end of the reign of its third duke, Richard I, Normandy had overcome the crises that had beset it in the middle of the century. Much of this success came from the coherence of its ruling group, which expressed itself partly in terms of ‘Norman’ identity.
Fraser McNair
wiley   +1 more source

Banquetes rituales en la necrópolis púnica de Gadir

open access: yesGerión, 2006
The excavations carried out since the end of the Nineteenth century in Cadiz (Spain) have brought to light a great part of the Punic cemetery (6th-3rd centuries BC) of the ancient Phoenician colony of Gadir.
Ana Mª Niveau de Villedary y Mariñas
doaj   +2 more sources

FROM ETERNITY TO APOCALYPSE: TIME, NEWS, AND HISTORY BETWEEN THE MUGHAL AND BRITISH EMPIRES, 1556–1785

open access: yesHistory and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 201-228, June 2025.
ABSTRACT The eighteenth‐century origins of colonial orientalism in India spurred not just the translation of Indian texts but the production of interstitial histories, works that were forged in the intellectual culture of the Mughal Empire and created by individuals who explicitly sought to inform and influence their new colonial patrons.
Abhishek Kaicker
wiley   +1 more source

The necropolis of Jebel Zebouzi (El Kef): integrated and multiscale archaeological analysis of protohistoric megalithic structures from Northern Tunisia

open access: yesCartagine. Studi e Ricerche
This paper focuses on the integrated and multiscale archaeological analysis of the necropolis of Jebel Zebouzi in El Kef, Northern Tunisia, shedding light on the complex and diverse megalithic structures that characterize the region.
Rocco Rotunno   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tackling the Thorny Dilemma of Mapping Southeastern Sicily's Coastal Archaeology Beneath Dense Mediterranean Vegetation: A Drone‐Based LiDAR Approach

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 139-158, January/March 2025.
ABSTRACT Airborne laser scanning (ALS), commonly known as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), is a remote sensing technique that enables transformative archaeological research by providing high‐density 3D representations of landscapes and sites covered by vegetation whose analysis reveals hidden features and structures.
Dario Calderone   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isla del Fraile. Reconstructing Coastal Dynamics in Southeastern Spain Through Underwater Archaeological Survey

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 149-170, April/June 2024.
ABSTRACT A new archaeological research project analyses the history of Isla del Fraile (Águilas, Spain), a small island off the coast occupied since at least Roman times. Its isolation means that the sea has always conditioned its connectivity and relationship with land.
Alejandro Quevedo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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