Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Internet Archaeology, 2018 Archaeologists in the UK and elsewhere have developed standards and guidelines for recording, analysing and archiving information about Roman pottery. A survey of Roman pottery specialists conducted for the 'Big Data on the Roman Table' (BDRT) research ...
Sarah Colley, Jane Evans
doaj +1 more source
Siteless Survey and Intensive Data Collection in an Artifact-rich Environment: Case Studies from the Eastern Corinthia, Greece [PDF]
, 2006 Archaeological survey in the eastern Mediterranean has become increasingly intensive over the last 20 years, producing greater and more diverse data for smaller units of space.
David K. Pettegrew +2 more
core +1 more source
The last gates to the East: the Roman army outpost of Biğān on the Euphrates revisited [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2021 The army outpost on Biğān Island on the Euphrates (in Iraq) was excavated in the early 1980s, but it is only now that a thorough examination of the material from the Roman layers has been completed, giving grounds for a revisiting of issues related to ...
Jerzy Oleksiak
doaj +1 more source
Roman diet and trade: evidence from organic residues on pottery sherds recovered at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester Hants.) [PDF]
, 2008 The analysis of organic residues from pottery sherds using Gas-Chromatography with mass-spectroscopy (GC-MS) has revealed information about the variety of foods eaten and domestic routine at Silchester between the second and fourth–sixth centuries A.D ...
Copley +16 more
core +1 more source
The making of Britain’s first urban landscapes: the case of late Iron Age and Roman Essex [PDF]
, 2006 This paper presents preliminary research into the social and economic impact of early urban settlement in Britain, focusing on the case-study area of Late Iron Age to Roman Essex.
Perring, D, Pitts, M
core +1 more source
Figurative elements in mosaics and roman painting at Algarve (Portugal) [PDF]
, 2017 The figurative mosaics with marine fauna at Algarve region, in the south of Portugal, are various and well known, particularly from Roman villa of Milreu.
Bernardes, João Pedro
core +1 more source
What was a mortarium used for? Organic residues and cultural change in Iron Age and Roman Britain. [PDF]
, 2011 The Romans brought the mortarium to Britain in the first century AD, and there has long been speculation on its actual purpose. Using analysis of the residues trapped in the walls of these ‘kitchen blenders’ and comparing them with Iron Age and Roman ...
Cramp, Lucy J E +2 more
core +1 more source
Archaeology from A to Z: Abu Zarad, an ancient town in the heartland of Palestine [PDF]
, 2015 A new agreement on cooperation for the archaeological exploration, cultural and tourist valorization of Tell Sheikh Abu Zarad, in central Palestine, has been signed in April 2015 by Rome Sapienza University and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of ...
Fiaccavento, Chiara +3 more
core +1 more source
Roman pottery from the C4 Building in the Qasr al-Bint area at Petra [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2021 The remains of a Nabataean private complex located west of the Roman-period apsidal building in the Qasr al-Bint area of Petra, excavated by the French archaeological team between 2005 and 2008, turned out to be reused by squatters during the Roman ...
François Renel
doaj +1 more source