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Objects as Knowledgeable Elders: Lessons From the Reindeer Calf Halter Mȯnggu̇i
ABSTRACT This article presents ongoing research that reconnects a historical ethnographic collection housed in a European museum with the descendants of its source communities in the transnational Inner Asian region, specifically among the Tozhu and Tukha reindeer herders of the Tyva Republic and Mongolia.
Victoria Soyan Peemot
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Vitruvius Neerlandice. Een nieuwe vertaling van het Romeinse 'handboek bouwkunde'
The significance of Vitruvius's manual for the later periods of art history is unmistakable. The Latin text - often elaborate and quite lapidary in style - poses translation problems for even the most expert classicist or archaeologist.
J.A.K.E. de Waele
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Typology of Sculptural Decor Forms of Ancient Rus Temples in Galicia
The aim of the article is to form conceptions about types of architectural decor forms of Galician temples in the 12th–13th cent., which determine the figurative content of these buildings, as well as represent the historical experience of Ukrainian artistic culture, relevant for modern creative practice in art, design and architecture areas.
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ABSTRACT Protohistoric gold findings from the archaeological site of Roca Vecchia (Melendugno, Lecce, Italy) are analyzed involving micrography and stratified XRF analysis. This exploitation allows to get a deeper insight into ancient gold manufacturing and wear processes adopted in the Southern Italian FBA.
Daniele Dell'Aquila +5 more
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The power of the past: materializing collective memory at early medieval lordly centres
The repurposing of earlier sites and monuments is an enduringly popular theme in early medieval archaeology, but in England it has attracted little interest among Late Saxon and early post‐Conquest studies. From the tenth century, however, an increasingly prevalent pattern is discernible of secular lords locating their power centres in relation to ...
Duncan W. Wright +7 more
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Abstract This study examines how older adults from rural Yulin, China, navigate their transition to urban life after policy‐driven resettlement. They employ various strategies to bridge their rural past with their urban present: internal continuity (preserving rural identities, values and traditions) and external continuity (recreating familiar spaces ...
Huiyuan Pang +2 more
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The temple of Khonsu at Karnak:
The inscriptions on the south gate of the pylon of the temple of Khonsu at Karnak have long remained unpublished despite their relevance. An epigraphical and architectural study of the scenes of the gate allows the verification of various building and decoration phases that were initiated during the pontificate/reign of Herihor and which continued ...
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Despite the prevalence of ornament and decoration in Buddhist monasteries in Thailand, as an art form, ornament has been almost entirely ignored in favor of the study of narrative and didactic art and literature.
Justin McDaniel
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Excavations at Tas-Silg, Malta : a preliminary report on the 1996-1998 campaigns conducted by the Department of Classics and Archaeology of the University of Malta [PDF]
The area known as Tas-Silg is situated in the south-eastern part of the island of Malta, close to Marsaxlokk harbour. In reality the place name refers to the small church dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows (hence Tas-Silg) situated at the point where ...
Bonanno, Anthony +6 more
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2018 Chinese New Year Special Events Planning for Casino Resorts in Las Vegas
Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important holiday in the Chinese culture and is celebrated at the beginning of the Lunar Calendar each year.
Guo, Qidan
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