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Mills and society in early medieval northern Italy

Early 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
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Protracted intercontinental aridification preserved within the early Late Cretaceous strata of the Eastern Gobi Basin, Mongolia

Sedimentology, 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, Michael Ryan King, Puntsag Delgerzaya, William J. Freimuth, Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Ryuji Takasaki, Mototaka Saneyoshi, Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza, Lindsay E. Zanno   +9 more
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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

American 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
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Pristine Toponymy and Embedded Placenames on Islands

Names, 2012
Pristine placenaming or pristine toponymy is a concept first put forward by : 333). Ross considers a toponym pristine ‘if, and only if, we are cognisant of the actual act of its creation.’ This paper redefines and extends Ross’s definition of pristine ...
Joshua Nash
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Revisiting the Standardization of the Use of the Letter ё in Russian Toponymy [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2018
The paper deals with the standardization of the use of the letter ё in the official toponymy of Russia. A long-term monitoring of the toponymic data presented in the State catalogue of geographical names revealed that the use/non-use of the letter ё is a
Igor A. Dambuev
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Peripheral traditionalism: Judeoislamic self‐help in Marseille's northern districts Traditionalisme périphérique : entraide judéo‐musulmane dans les quartiers nord de Marseille

Journal 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
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Analysis of the toponymy of the Mordovian village of Teshnyar, Penza Region, in the context of the linguistic affiliation of the Teshnyar dialect

Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies
Background. The article presents a lexical and semantic analysis of the toponymy of the Mordovian village Teshnyar in the Sosnovoborsky district of the Penza region and its environs.
Nikolay V. Belenov
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Text and Topos: British Travellers to Real‐and‐Imagined Classical Sites, c. 1560–1820

History, 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
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Obstacles to the touristification of historical borders

The 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
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Madagascar's grassy biomes, from Holocene to Anthropocene

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 6, Page 1555-1558, November 2025.
Madagascar's grassy biomes cover 80% of the island and are central to Malagasy history, culture and ecology. The research community continues to debate the extent to which these biomes are ancient ecosystems or products of human‐driven deforestation and the implications for ecosystem management.
Jan Hackel, Dylan S. Davis, Tanambelo Rasolondrainy, Estelle Razanatsoa, George P. Tiley, Leanne N. Phelps   +5 more
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