This paper discusses an infinite regress that looms behind a certain kind of historical explanation. The movement of one barbarian group is often explained by the movement of others, but those movements in turn call for an explanation.
Ammianus Marcellinus +8 more
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Diagonal Burials as a Marker of Succession of Sarmatian Cultures in the First Centuries AD
The paper is devoted to studying diagonal funerary complexes as markers of Sarmatian cultures succession in the first centuries AD. The research is based on the analysis of the Middle Sarmatian and Late Sarmatian diagonal burial rite and on the ...
Mariya A. Balabanova +1 more
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Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Black Sea: a test of depth-dependent stretching models [PDF]
Subsidence analysis of the eastern Black Sea basin suggests that the stratigraphy of this deep, extensional basin can be explained by a predominantly pure-shear stretching history.
Edwards, Glyn R.H. +6 more
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Late Sarmatian Swords and Daggers from the Burials of the Berezovsky Kurgan Burial Ground
Introduction. One of the main types of Sarmatian weapons is bladed weapons, represented by daggers and swords. The relatively small number of Late Sarmatian burials in the forest-steppe Podonye determines the importance of publishing new ...
Valerij Berezutskij
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Eastern Traditions and Innovations in Sarmatian Monuments of Second Half of the 2nd – 4th cc. AD
The appearance of the monuments of the late Sarmatian culture has been recorded since the middle of the 2nd century AD on a vast territory from the Southern Urals to the Lower Don.
Mikhail V. Krivosheev
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Рассмотрен характер антропоморфизации и вероятная идентификация девяти сарматских богов и богинь. При этом визуализированных женских божеств в два раза меньше, чем мужских. Одни из персонажей были визуализированы лишь в единичном случае, другие имели два или даже три варианта иконографии.
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Formation of Burial Mounds of the Sarmatian Time in the Basin of the Esaulovsky Aksai River
The article deals with the features of the formation of the burial mounds in the basin of the Esaulovsky Aksai river in the Sarmatian period. Most of the burial mounds of the region begin to form in the Bronze Age and continue to function throughout the ...
Elena A. Korobkova
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Periodic Revival or Continuation of the Ancient Military Tradition? Another Look at the Question of the Katáfraktoi in the Byzantine Army [PDF]
This article discusses the question of origin and identity of katáfraktoi – heavy-armoured cavalry in Byzantium. In the specialist literature on the subject, there is a widespread opinion that the heavily-armoured elitist cavalry, defined as catafracti
Wojnowski, Michał
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New data on the geology of the archaeological site at Vinča (Belgrade, Serbia) [PDF]
Landslides threaten Vinča, a world famous archaeological site of Neolithic culture. For this reason, a field investigation and geologic-geotechnical research of the cores of seven exploration boreholes were carried out.
Knežević Slobodan +3 more
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Features of Funeral Rite of Middle Sarmatian Monuments of Esaulovsky Aksai
The article characterizes the peculiarities of the burial ritual of Middle Sarmatian complexes from the territory of Esaulovsky Aksai river basin. On the basis of the analysis, two groups of sites having their own characteristics were allocated.
Korobkova Elena Alekseevna
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