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Assessing representations of the imperial cult in New Testament studies
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2004 A distinct conceptualisation of the imperial cult is common in NT scholarship, in which worship of the emperor is portrayed as a foreign development which served primarily political aims, with little integrity and no serious religious significance ...
Pieter J J Botha
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Aquatic Diversity and Fishing Practices at Tell Tayinat (Türkiye) in the Iron Age
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While agrarian societies of the Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean relied predominantly on crops and herding of domestic stock for subsistence, local wild aquatic fauna offered a welcomed enrichment, and when opportunities occurred, it could have been a staple in the human diet.
Radovan Kabatiar
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To investigate oral health in the fragmented human remains from the Punic necropolis of Monte Luna, Sardinia, and evaluate what dental pathologies reveal about lifeways and diet. Human remains from 227 individuals recovered from 70 tombs were analyzed, including 21 females, 16 males (> 15 years), and 59 non‐adults (1–15 years).
Rossella Paba, Anna Willis, Kate Domett
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The Roman City of Tarsus in Cilicia and its Terracotta Figurines
Les Carnets de l’ACoSt, 2018 From the Bronze Age to Greco-Roman antiquity, Tarsus was an important urban center because of its proximity to the famous Cilician Gates that connected central Anatolia to the Mediterranean coast and northern Syria, as well its maritime connections to ...
Isabelle Hasselin Rous, Serdar Yalçin
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King +2 more
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Greek and Roman Epigrammatists in the Later Imperial Period
, 2022 The literary epigram is one of the most versatile ancient literary genres, and epigrammatists have often used it as a testing ground for the recollection and construction of their literary past. This chapter compares the corpus of Decimus Magnus Ausonius and Palladas of Alexandria, two eminent representatives of the epigrammatic genre from the later ...
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Concrete in architecture: Redefining form, space, function, and insights from bibliometric analysis
Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract Concrete has become a cornerstone in architectural and engineering innovation, as it seamlessly integrates structural performance with artistic expression. Its evolution from ancient opus caementicium to contemporary ultra‐high‐performance concrete illustrates its adaptability to the change in technological, environmental, and design paradigms.
Mouhcine Benaicha +2 more
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Atlas Patrimonii Caesaris (APC). a Digital Atlas of Imperial Properties in the Roman World.
, 2021 Digital Atlas of Imperial Properties in the Roman ...
Dalla Rosa, Alberto +8 more
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Late Roman necropolis of Romuliana, area south of the fortified palace: Research 2005-2006 [PDF]
Starinar, 2007 The purpose of research conducted from 2004-2007 within the scope of international cooperation with the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Institute of Archaeology in Frankfurt was to investigate the site of Gamzigrad - Romuliana in the extra muros ...
Petković Sofija
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Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
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