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Roman Bone Artefacts – First Steps Towards a New Approach

EXARC Journal, 2021
To date, archaeologists often use a typological approach to assess the functions of bone artefacts from the Roman period. In some of these assigned typological groups, certain artefacts do not have a clear definition.
Hildegard Müller, Sabine Deschler-Erb, Dorota Wojtczak   +2 more
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Roman: A New Era in Astronomy

Overview for the Roman Science Writers ...
openaire   +1 more source

The construction of the orator in the early Imperial period (3IBC- ADI38) [PDF]

, 2006
This thesis explores the construction of the orator and oratory in Roman Imperial Literature and Social History and engages with theoretical works on gender definition to ask the questlon 'What does it mean to be an oratOr in the hundred and fifty years ...
Furse, Adrian Thomas
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The human foundations of anatomy at The University of Sydney: One hundred and one years of body procurement

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Body procurement at The University of Sydney has a long history. Anatomy legislation (1881 Anatomy Act) modeled on the British Anatomy Act 1832 legalized procurement of unclaimed bodies from public institutions for anatomical dissection at licensed Schools of Anatomy, effectively conferring the University of Sydney an exclusive license until ...
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
wiley   +1 more source

An Experimental Exploration of the Earliest Soapmaking

EXARC Journal
Soap is a substance now taken for granted, but there is uncertainty, myth and misinformation about its development, and little scholarly attention has been paid to the likely circumstances surrounding its discovery.
Sally Pointer
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The situated professional: Preservice teachers' profiling of globally competent teachers and visions of their ‘possible professional self’

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In response to globalisation, teacher education programmes worldwide are tasked with preparing globally competent teachers (GCTs). Prevailing conceptions of global competence are largely derived from Western‐centric humanistic, neoliberal and transformative narratives, creating a complex landscape for teacher identity formation.
Ji Ying
wiley   +1 more source

Roman Amoralism Reconsidered: The Political Culture of the Roman Republic and Historians in an Era of Disillusionment

, 2018
No ancient evidence supports the view that the political culture of the Roman Republic was amoral. Nevertheless, this view can be found in the works of many important twentieth-century historians who wrote about the Roman Republic.
Michael C. Alexander (8422923)
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Erwin Schrödinger und die Versuchungen der (Wissenschafts‐)Biografik: Vorurteilsgefüge und Mechanismen der Skandalisierung

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
Since late 2021, serious allegations have been made against physicist Erwin Schrödinger, ranging from pedophilia to serial sexual abuse. These accusations have significantly tarnished the Nobel Prize winner's public reputation. The ongoing debate has repeatedly raised the question of whether, and to what extent, these grave allegations are justified ...
Magdalena Gronau, Martin Gronau
wiley   +1 more source

Review of Maria Nowak, Bastards in Egypt. Social and Legal Illegitimacy in the Roman Era

, 2022
Critical review of Maria Nowak's book "Bastards in Egypt. Social and Legal Illegitimacy in the Roman Era".
Mario Varvaro
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The extension of the taxon cycle model to island plants: insights from the Canarian vascular flora

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taxon cycle models describe eco‐evolutionary patterns of lineage colonization, diversification, and decline across archipelagos, inferring an important role for competition amongst ecologically similar taxa in driving concurrent niche changes.
José María Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, Robert J. Whittaker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source