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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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Peeling the onion: an approach to comparing vessel glass assemblages [PDF]
, 1999 Baxter, MJ, Cool, HEM
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“Of the Ruin and Conquest of Britain”: The Anglo-Saxon Transformation of the British Isles
, 2015 The history of Britain after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire has traditionally been perceived as one of invasion and domination at the hands of Germanic peoples most commonly known as the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.
Caswell, Bryan G.
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Representing, Re‐presenting, or Producing the Past? Memory Work amongst Museum Employees
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Though it is widely understood that the past can be an important resource for organizations, less is known about the micro‐level skills and choices that help to materialize different representations of the past. We understand these micro‐level skills and choices as a practice: ‘memory work’ – a banner term gathering various activities that ...
Jeremy Aroles +3 more
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Journal of Ancient History and ArchaeologyThe present paper is focusing on another case in the series Coins in archaeological context. The case under study is the farmstead/villa rustica from Rapoltu Mare – La vie (Hunedoara County, Romania) in the former Roman province of Dacia.
Cristian GĂZDAC +2 more
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Animal 'Ritual' Killing: from Remains to Meanings [PDF]
, 2011 As humans, we interact with our environment and the other species inhabiting it in a variety of ways. Animals not only provide a source of sustenance, but a means for humans to express their social concepts through interaction.
Morris, James
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Expert Memories: The Professional Construction of the Past and the Mnemonic Making of Occupations
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article introduces the special issue on occupations and memory in organizations. To foster increasing collaboration from scholars from both fields, we offer a general argument connecting memory and occupations on two levels. At the societal level, we show how memory experts, such as historians, archivists, and museologists, have played a ...
Diego M. Coraiola +4 more
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Castrum Corcagiensis - Roman Experimental Archaeology in Ireland
EXARC Journal, 2017 Barrack blocks were a central feature in any Roman fort and functioned as the living spaces for a Century and its officers. While Roman forts varied in size from just over an acre for a simple ‘numerius’ fort, to over 55 acers for some large ‘legionary ...
Martin McAree
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Markov Determinantal Point Process for Dynamic Random Sets
Journal of Time Series Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Law of Determinantal Point Process (LDPP) is a flexible parametric family of distributions over random sets defined on a finite state space, or equivalently over multivariate binary variables. The aim of this paper is to introduce Markov processes of random sets within the LDPP framework. We show that, when the pairwise distribution of two
Christian Gouriéroux, Yang Lu
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Archaeological evaluation : New High School, Matthews Lane, Gorton, Manchester [PDF]
, 2017 In February 2017, Salford Archaeology was commissioned by Laing O’Rourke to undertake an archaeological evaluation on land located adjacent to Matthews Lane, Gorton, Manchester (centred on NGR SJ 87861 95024).
Cattell, SJ
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