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A Toponomical Approach to the Agrarian History of the Pătârlagele Depression (Buzău Subcarpathians, România) [PDF]

open access: yesHuman Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2008
The Subcarpathians are well-known as a relatively well-settled region since early times. But it is also evident that the majority of settlements are relatively modern and reflect the expansion of subsistence farming from the major valleys on to the ...
Nicolae Muică, David Turnock
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Mills and society in early medieval northern Italy

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 3-33, February 2026.
Drawing on the extensive documentary record of northern Italy, available archaeological evidence, and comparative case studies from early medieval Europe, this study demonstrates that mill‐based landscapes in the Po and Friuli‐Venetian plains were shaped by society as a whole.
Marco Panato
wiley   +1 more source

TOPONOMI KECAMATAN BANYUWANGI, SINGOJURUH, DAN ROGOJAMPI

open access: yes, 2018
The branch of science that studies the naming of places is called toponimi. Toponimi's research contributes greatly to the historical understanding of society and provides a very useful geographic reference system in society. Banyuwangi Regency has a relatively unique area because it consists of coastal / marine, terrain and mountain areas.
agus mursidi   +3 more
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Protracted intercontinental aridification preserved within the early Late Cretaceous strata of the Eastern Gobi Basin, Mongolia

open access: yesSedimentology, Volume 73, Issue 1, Page 147-185, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Mongolia's Eastern and Western Gobi Basins preserve a globally significant record of Cretaceous terrestrial vertebrates, yet their biostratigraphic correlations are complicated by a complex geological history. The Eastern Gobi Basin, a northeast‐southwest trending fault‐bounded rift system, includes several minor sub‐basins with distinct ...
Ryan T. Tucker   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maltese Experience with Digitizing Cultural Heritage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The article gives an account of the various microfilming initiatives taken in Malta during the last thirty years. Various archives have managed to microfilm their holdings under co-operation agreements with international societies, or manuscript ...
Farrugia, Charles
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Mozambique's Colonial‐Era Non‐Human Primate Collection at the National Museum of Natural History and Science of Lisbon: Taxonomy, Provenance, and Historical Context

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 188, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study reviews Mozambique's non‐human primate collection housed at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC) in Lisbon. The collection originates from the Zoological Missions of Mozambique (1948 and 1955) carried out under Portuguese colonial administration. The objectives of this work were to: i.
Matilde Osório, Cecilia Veracini
wiley   +1 more source

Peripheral traditionalism: Judeoislamic self‐help in Marseille's northern districts Traditionalisme périphérique : entraide judéo‐musulmane dans les quartiers nord de Marseille

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1041-1059, December 2025.
Through the synagogue‐cum‐community space of St‐X in Marseille's infamous peripheral northern districts, local urban‐invested intercommunal communication and solidarity are generated via self‐help initiatives that particularize humanitarianism. Because of their traditionalist Jewish and Muslim religious anchorings and the stranglehold of laïcité over ...
Samuel Sami Everett
wiley   +1 more source

The Maltese Toponomy in three ancient Italian portulans (1296–1490) [PDF]

open access: yesAl-Masāq, 1992
The earliest known detailed description of the Maltese Islands is Johannes Quintinus Haeduus' Insulae Melitae Descriptio published in Lyons in 1536. "Although several Classical authors and a few medieval writers and travellers had already referred to Malta in their works and journeys.
openaire   +2 more sources

Text and Topos: British Travellers to Real‐and‐Imagined Classical Sites, c. 1560–1820

open access: yesHistory, Volume 110, Issue 393, Page 588-605, December 2025.
Abstract Early‐modern British travellers to the Mediterranean often understood their journeys through the lens of classical texts and culture. Historians sometimes explain this as an imaginative phenomenon: travellers’ preconceptions shaped by classical knowledge guided their subsequent comprehension and activity.
PAUL STOCK
wiley   +1 more source

Obstacles to the touristification of historical borders

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, Volume 191, Issue 4, December 2025.
Short Abstract This article explores the challenges of commodifying historical boundaries in tourism, focusing on the Czech lands' Bohemian‐Moravian boundary. It introduces a distinction between relict and phantom borders and analyses local perceptions through a survey of 454 residents.
Petr Marek
wiley   +1 more source

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