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Phantasmic Encounters in the Arctic: Haunting Materialities Beyond the Ghosts of War

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the vast north, ghostly experiences are common for locals and outsiders alike. Here, we explore how cultural‐natural attributes, like remoteness and extreme seasonal variation, compound experiences of the haunting in visceral ways. This provides the Arctic region with an unusually pronounced baseline of other‐than‐human agency, which in the
Aki Hakonen, Oula Seitsonen
wiley   +1 more source

Journal of African Christian Biography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: WOMEN --- 1.
Belcher, Wendy Laura   +6 more
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Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

Wątek składania ofiar w dekoracji budowli sakralnych Dura Europos

open access: yesVox Patrum, 2015
Dura Europos, or as proposed today Europos Dura, was a fortified settlement on the border between the Roman Empire and the East. The archeological dis­coveries reflected the character of the settlement – the fortified agglomeration grouped at the ...
Ilona Skupińska-Løvset
doaj   +1 more source

Constructing citizenship and indigeneity in Jordan: The politics of Bedouin rights and identities in cultural heritage sites

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper explores the relationships between Bedouin rights, citizenship and indigeneity in cultural heritage sites in Jordan. Through interviews and ethnographic fieldwork with Bedouin communities, we argue that a more critical engagement with indigeneity is necessary in Jordan.
Taraf Abu Hamdan, Olivia Mason
wiley   +1 more source

Vascones in the Roman army during the “Bellum Cantabricum”? The coin pendant appeared in Campo de Las Cercas (Cantabria)

open access: yesZephyrus, 2010
A Vasconian coin recovered from the Roman military camp known as El Campo de Las Cercas is interpreted as a hanging object used by a Vasconian auxiliary during the Cantabrian Wars.
Antxoka MARTÍNEZ VELASCO
doaj  

La Palma: Un campamento de Publio Cornelio Escipión “Africano” durante la Segunda Guerra Púnica en Iberia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Este artículo presenta el descubrimiento del campamento romano más antiguo en la Península Ibérica, un campamento temporal de la Segunda Guerra Púnica situado en La Palma (Tarragona, España), en la desembocadura del río Ebro.
Ble, Eduard   +3 more
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EIGENSINN AND DOMINATION IN LIBERAL AND ILLIBERAL SOCIETIES

open access: yesHistory and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article is a posthumously published text that was written by Alf Lüdtke and Alexandra Oeser but was left unfinished when Lüdtke died in February 2019. It examines two central notions—and their articulations—that Lüdtke and Oeser use differently in their work: domination and Eigensinn. On domination, it focuses on perspectives of Max Weber'
Alf Lüdtke, Alexandra Oeser
wiley   +1 more source

Ad Palatinas acipensem mittite mensas: Fish remains from Viminacium [PDF]

open access: yesStarinar, 2019
The paper presents the results of archaezoological analysis of fish remains from three locations at Viminacium (the Amphitheatre, Nad Klepečkom and Pirivoj), discussed jointly with finds of fishing equipment and relevant written sources on the ...
Živaljević Ivana R.S.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adhuc Tacfarinas: the causes of the Tiberian war in North Africa (AD ca. 15-24) and the impact of the conflict on Roman imperial policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
During the reign of Tiberius successive governors of Africa Proconsularis struggled to suppress a serious revolt by a number of semi-nomadic tribes led by Tacfarinas.
Vanacker, Wouter
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