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Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2022 In the settlement strata dated to the 12th and 13th centuries, within three Byzantine border forts along the Serbian part of the Danubian region (Morava, Braničevo and Egeta), ritual bird offerings that preceded the erection of various buildings were ...
Perica Špehar, Bojana Zorić
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Information about Belgrade in Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus [PDF]
Balcanica, 2019 The paper looks at two sets of data provided by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus’ De administranndo imperio, one concerning information about Belgrade in the context of Serbian settlement in the Byzantine Empire under Heraclius, the other ...
Kalić Jovanka
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A lineage in land: the transmission of Palestinian Christianity
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 670-691, September 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines a Christian tradition defined by descent, but a descent that extends beyond family lineages to include relatedness with saints and sacred land. This tradition emerges from the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, one of the oldest churches in the world, composed of a Palestinian laity and a Greek monastic hierarchy ...
Clayton Goodgame
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Orthodox Christianity in the United States: A challenge for the study of American religion
Religion Compass, Volume 17, Issue 5-6, May-June 2023., 2023 Abstract Arguably one of the oldest forms of Christianity, with a global population of more than 260 million adherents, Orthodox Christianity is a major religious system, with networks of believers on almost every continent. However, within the study of American religion, as well as most of the social sciences and humanities (not including theology ...
Sarah Riccardi‐Swartz
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Mental Maps of Eastern Europe: States, Mentalities, Modernisation
Journal of Historical Sociology, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 372-388, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Eastern Europe has been the object of orientalising discourses portraying it as a region defined by problematic statehood, underdevelopment, and nationalist‐religious warmongering. These discourses have produced 19th‐century mental maps of Europe contrasting a perceived ‘core’ European area ending with the Frankish Empire's eastern border and ...
Mihai Varga
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 821-831, July/August 2022., 2022 Abstract Little is known about sex and gender differences in the daily life activities of early medieval Avar populations. Of particular interest is habitual horse‐riding, which is assumed to be typical for these populations. Importantly, fundamental changes in the “Avar lifestyle” occurred over time and this may have led to less horse‐riding.
Birgit Bühler, Sylvia Kirchengast
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Nationalism and the lost homeland: The case of Greece
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 482-496, April 2021., 2021 Abstract As evidenced by the radical changes to state organisation, legitimacy and the international order in the past couple of centuries with the development of nationalist ideology, nationalism inherently carries a spatial dimension that translates into an assertion for control of land.
Thanos Koulos
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Chemical Warfare Through the Ages: A Systematic Review From Antiquity to the Present
Journal of Toxicology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Chemical warfare means the use of chemical agents that have direct toxic effects on animals, plants and humans, as weapons. The first documented use of a chemical agent for warfare purposes occurred in ancient times around 10,000 BCE in South Africa when weapons were dipped in chemicals and then used to attack and defend from enemies.
Damian Alexander Honeyman +4 more
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Who in the world are the Heruli?1
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 284-305, August 2024.The history of the Heruli represents a historical conundrum. Because of the poor state of the sources, caution is required when analysing this subject. However, the peculiarity of the case encourages us to rethink the way we conceive of and describe migrations in Late Antiquity.
Salvatore Liccardo
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Archaeometry, Volume 66, Issue 2, Page 306-325, April 2024.Abstract This paper presents the results from analysis of thirty 12th to 13th century glass bangles from Czermno, eastern Poland. Study of the primary glass composition was carried out by laser ablation ICP‐MS and electron probe microanalysis. Lead isotope analyses were conducted to determine the origin of the glass's main raw material.
Sylwia Wajda +6 more
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