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The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The acquisition of silver was a key motive propelling the Viking expansion out of Scandinavia; identifying the sources of Viking silver during the early part of the Viking Age can provide critical insights into the relative significance of western European and eastern, Islamic wealth in the Viking expansion.
Jane Kershaw, Stephen Merkel, Andrew Woods, Jane Evans, Vanessa Pashley, Simon Chenery   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Chronology of Oriental Import into Volga Bulgaria in 10th – 11th Centuries (according to toreutics materials)

Поволжская археология, 2017
The article considers art metal items brought to the Middle Volga region from Oriental countries in early 2nd millennium A.D. These are chalices crafted with a special alloy – white bronze.
Rudenko Konstantin A.
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems: a global-scale analysis of ecologically relevant river flow alterations [PDF]

, 2010
River flow regimes, including long-term average flows, seasonality, low flows, high flows and other types of flow variability, play an important role for freshwater ecosystems.
Döll, Petra, Zhang, Jing
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 299-322, May 2026.
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
wiley   +1 more source

R. S. Gabyashev’s Role in the Study of the Neolithic in the Volga-Kama Region

Поволжская археология, 2013
The works by R.S. Gabyashev characterizing the Neolithic cultures of the Volga-Kama region with their combed and stroke-ornamented ceramics are analyzed in the article.
Lychagina Evgeniia L
doaj   +1 more source

Quaternary time scales for the Pontocaspian domain: interbasinal connectivity and faunal evolution [PDF]

, 2019
The Pontocaspian (Black Sea - Caspian Sea) region has a very dynamic history of basin development and biotic evolution. The region is the remnant of a once vast Paratethys Sea.
Agustí, J., Aliyeva, E., Alçiçek, M. C., Bista, D., Bruch, A., Bukhsianidze, M., Büyükmeriç, Y., Danukalova, G., Flecker, R., Frolov, P., Hoyle, T. M., Jorissen, E. L., Kirscher, U., Koriche, S. A., Krijgsman, W., Kroonenberg, S. B., Lazarev, S., Lordkipanidze, D., Oms, O., Paleomagnetism, Paleomagnetism, Rausch, L., Singarayer, J., Stoica, M., Stratigraphy & paleontology, Stratigraphy and paleontology, Tesakov, A., Titov, V. V., Van Baak, C.G.C., van de Velde, S., Wesselingh, F. P., Yanina, T.   +31 more
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Do the Wettest Days Occur Together? A Global Analysis on Disentangling Precipitation Intensity From Seasonal Timing

Earth and Space Science, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract Current precipitation analysis focuses on extreme events or total amounts but misses a critical question: when does the majority of precipitation occur during the year? We introduce a framework that separates two fundamental aspects of precipitation patterns: how many of the wettest individual days contribute to annual totals versus what is ...
Saurav Bhattarai, Nawa Raj Pradhan, Rocky Talchabhadel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Emergence of Cities in Volga Bulgaria and the Bulgar Area of the Golden Horde (on the basis of archaeological data)

Поволжская археология, 2012
Specific features of the process of cities and urban culture formation in Volga Bulgaria at different stages of historical development of the region are discussed in the article.
Rudenko Konstantin A.
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Demographic Momentum and Fertility Responses to Pronatalist Policies: The Case of Ethnic Minorities in Russia

Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Russia's Maternal Capital policy initially increased total fertility rates, stimulating much discussion on whether it would result in more births or only earlier births. Effects of that policy upon different ethnic groups within Russia, however, have not received systematic attention.
Konstantin Kazenin, Sergei Zakharov, Sunnee Billingsley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Results of the Technical-Technological Study of Ceramics from the Late Eneolithic Campsite of Bolshaya Rakovka II

Археология евразийских степей
The article analyzes the ceramics of the Late Eneolithic campsite of Bolshaya Rakovka II (Samara region). It is characterized by the complete predominance of straight-walled vessel forms with rounded bottoms.
Irina N. Vasilyeva, Arkady I. Korolev
doaj   +1 more source