Survey methods and biases in the Al‐Mudhaybi Regional Survey, Sultanate of Oman
Abstract The Al‐Mudhaybi Regional Survey uses different methods to reconstruct the diachronic development of the archaeological landscape within a 930 km2 area. This article evaluates the different outcomes of remote sensing, ground‐truthing and systematic field‐walking of transects regarding the type and chronological range of structures found ...
Stephanie Döpper
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Overseas imports on the Blue Nile: Chemical compositional analysis of glass beads from Soba, Nubia
Abstract Archaeological evidence as well as textual sources leave no doubt about Alwa's (Alodia's) intense transcultural connections, further corroborated by understudied overseas glass bead imports found there. This paper presents results of an analysis of 23 glass beads from Soba, the most prosperous capital of medieval Nubia.
Joanna Then‐Obłuska, Laure Dussubieux
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The Revival of Ancient Iranian Culture in Buyids Period: The Legitimacy of State [PDF]
Establishment of a government and implementation of power by a person or a political group and the acceptance of the authority of government by people always have been the main concern of rulers in various societies which this phenomena is called the ...
محمد تقی ایمانپور +2 more
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The politics of street names: Reconstructing Iran’s collective identity
Abstract With the radical political change in 1979, Iran's revolutionary state assumed the responsibility of re‐rewriting the past history to forge a new sense of belonging, a particularly collective religious (Shia) identity. It launched a complex process of forgetting and remembering to first eliminate the national (Persian), non‐religious memories ...
Ehsan Kashfi
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A brief note on Early Abbasid stucco decoration. Madinat al-Far and the first Friday Mosque of Isfahan [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how an in-depth study of the stucco decoration could be useful in dating different phases of the Early Abbasid period in the absence of other precise archaeological evidence.
Corsi, ANDREA LUIGI
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Qualifying Mediterranean connectivity: Byzantium and the Franks during the seventh century
In the last two decades, historians researching the seventh century ce have increasingly emphasized mobility, communications and connectivity across the Mediterranean world that supposedly included close contacts between the Franks and Byzantium. These studies, however, rely often on optimistic, maximum interpretations of the comparatively sparse ...
Mischa Meier, Steffen Patzold
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Preliminary Report of 16th Season of Excavations at Tepe Hegmataneh; Hamedan [PDF]
The archaeological campaign of the 16th season of excavations in Tepe Hegmataneh intended to explore the architecturalstructures belonging to the historical period. The excavated area consists of 4 squares including AJ45, AJ46, AK45,and AK46 with a total
Yaghoub Mohammadifar +2 more
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This paper aims to shed light on the mobility of people and relics in the seventh century. It will show that Emperor Heraclius strategically designed his movements and those of his household, citizens, and officials, as well as those of relics within and beyond the borders of Byzantium, in order to consolidate the empire and his position in it.
Paraskevi Sykopetritou
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The Selective Study of a Closed-Loop Supply Chain by a Socially Responsible Prospective [PDF]
Improving the economic and environmental performance has become the main interest of the businesses to get the sustainability in touch in the long time.
Mohammad Vahid Sebt +1 more
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Portrait of the People of Silla According to the Persian Texts
Persian and Arabo-Persian texts frequently referred to Silla as a highlighted toponym. Obviously, descriptions used for Silla in Persian texts cannot be comparable with other toponyms.
Akbarzadeh Daryoosh
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