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Hunting in the Ghaznavid State: Courtly Culture, Military Practices and Political Power

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Hunting occupied an important place in the royal court culture of the Ghaznavid state (963–1186 CE). Ghaznavid hunting culture developed through the interaction of Turkic‐Islamic political traditions, Persianate models of kingship and local ecological settings. Rather than constituting a fully formalized institution, Ghaznavid hunting practice
Arslan Durdu
wiley   +1 more source

Tectonic collapse and the geological masking of Paleolithic human occupations at Gruta da Companheira (southern Portugal)

Alzate-Casallas G, Cobo-Sánchez L, Cascalheira J, Barbieri A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Origin and Function of Bitumen-Coated Torpedo Jars from the Sasanian to Early Islamic Period Fort of Fulayj in Oman. [PDF]

Molecules
Connan J, Priestman S, Engel MH, Zumberge A, Elezi G, Al-Jahwari NS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
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Sacred space in motion: geography, time, and texts in the historiography of Lingyan Temple. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Han B, Liu Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

THE VIOLENCE OF FULL COST RECOVERY: Financing Water Infrastructure, and the History and Future of Perpetual Crisis in Mombasa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
wiley   +1 more source

A regional-scale mobility model for the early hominin occupation of the Lower Omo Valley (Ethiopia). [PDF]

Sci Rep
Delagnes A, Bertran P, Gravina B, Santos F, Sanchez OS, Galland A, Brenet M, Hailu HB, Araya BG, Sissay FM, Woldetsadik MG, Boisserie JR.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

CAPITALIZING CRISIS: Urban Extractivism in Athens Amidst Neoliberal Restructurings

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we examine the post‐2009 transformation of Athens through the analytical lens of urban extractivism. We argue that the Greek sovereign debt crisis did not operate as a temporary disruption, but as a durable political condition that enabled the institutionalization of extractive urban governance.
Konstantinos Zafeiris, Chryssanthi Petropoulou, Mara Zacharaki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A multidisciplinary and interoperable dataset to understanding the dialogue between humans and the environment in Southern Umbria, emphasising sustainable management and valorisation of cultural and landscape heritage. [PDF]

Data Brief
Carafa P, Cecconi N.
europepmc   +1 more source

COSMOLOGICAL MARKINGS AND ERASURES: The Political Theology of State‐Led Gentrification and Heritagization

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article investigates the symbolic politics of state‐led gentrification and heritagization, focusing on how these processes serve to ‘glorify’ state power. Drawing on Agamben's political theology, Bourdieu's notion of symbolic power and space, and political heritage studies, we argue that the symbolic politics of state glorification can ...
Wouter van Gent, Tular Sudarmadi, Bakti Setiawan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source