Results 141 to 150 of about 4,291 (289)

Bonds, Bounds, and Borders: Crafting Hospitality with Unauthorized Migrants in Southern France

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the everyday politics of migrant hospitality in rural Southern France. Drawing on four years of fieldwork alongside benevolent residents hosting unauthorized migrants at their home or volunteering in migrant shelters, I consider how residents attempted to make up for the state's abandonment of migrant lives, the ethical ...
Céline Eschenbrenner
wiley   +1 more source

Roads and road networks in Anatolia in Roman Imperial Period

open access: yes, 2017
Roma İmparatorluğu'nu büyük kılan siyasi, mimari, ticari etmenlerin yanı sıra hiç kuşkusuz imparatorluk boyunca yürüttüğü yol politikası büyük rol oynamıştır.
Altun, Sinan
core  

The Fiery Eyes of a Maenad: Origin Determination of Faceted Garnet Eye Inlays in a Roman Bronze Bust From Southern Tyrol

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Roman roads and communications in the area of Petrovo Polje

open access: yes, 2018
Ovaj rad je kratak pregled rimskih cesta i njihove uloge u romanizaciji Dalmacije, opisane su tehnike gradnje cesta i prilagodba grubom lokalnom terenu. Opisana je povijesna pozadina, posebno kampanje Julija Cezara i Oktavijana protiv Delmata.
Sučić, Josip
core  

Bilateral Supracondylar Process in a Subadult in the Late Antique Age: A Case Report

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the excavation procedures for the railway trait Napoli‐Cancello, in the city of Afragola (Naples), several burials dating back to the Late Antique Age were found. One of them was an amphora burial (enchytrismòs) and contained the skeletal remains of a subadult individual affected by bilateral supracondylar process. Supracondylar process
Barbara Albanese   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strabo's roads

open access: yes, 2017
To ancient geographers, roads were important not only as arteries of communication, but also as sources of information, since mileages measured along the Roman highways were among the very few precise distances available to the ancient geographer.
Bekker-Nielsen, Tønnes; id_orcid
core  

Growth and Variation in Fallow Deer (Dama dama L.) From Two Contrasting Habitats in Southern Britain

open access: yesActa Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We have compiled a unique data set on the age, sex, body weight and dimensions of over 500 European fallow deer from two contrasting areas of habitat in southern England: a high‐density managed parkland population and a lower‐density feral woodland one.
Adrian M. Lister, Norma G. Chapman
wiley   +1 more source

Roman roads and crossroads as religious networks in the central Balkans' provinces: a few case studies

open access: yes
Upon the Roman conquest of Central Balkans' provinces, development of settlements and instalment of Roman administration correlated to the building of a roads network at first for the transfer of army, merchants and different goods.
Gavrilović Vitas, Nadežda
core  

Inhibition of peripheral CB1 receptors modulates food intake and metabolic efficiency in obesity independently of the gut–brain vagal axis

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Obesity involves profound disruptions in neuronal circuits, neuroendocrine communication and the endocannabinoid system. While global blockade of cannabinoid CB1 receptors improves metabolism, its clinical use is limited by neuropsychiatric side effects.
Oriane Onimus   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating Permanence for Young People in Long‐Term Foster Care: A Process of Co‐Creation Between Young People and Their Foster Carers

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Establishing permanence for young people growing up in care is widely recognized as central to promoting stability and positive outcomes. Historically, permanence has been understood primarily as a legal status; however, contemporary scholarship increasingly emphasizes relational permanence, highlighting the importance of enduring, supportive ...
Sinead Whiting
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy