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The Roman Water Management of Arles as Read in Aqueduct Carbonate Archives
ABSTRACT This article reconstructs the complex history of modifications made to the Roman aqueduct of Arelate (Arles), by studying carbonate incrustations in its channels. These deposits, precipitated by flowing water, have preserved an archive of the aqueduct's life‐cycle in their stratigraphy, fabric and stable isotope composition.
Gül Sürmelihindi +3 more
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Spanish epic legends, which originated in ancient times in the oral tradition, have come down to us in various written forms — from historiography (prose chronicles) and major epic poems to small folklore lyric-epic genres, such as the Spanish “old ...
N. K. Kiselyova
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Being-in-the-World-Hispanically: A World on the "Border" of Many Worlds [PDF]
This translation of Enrique Dussel's “‘Ser-Hispano’: Un Mundo en el ‘Border’ de Muchos Mundos” offers an interpretation of hispanos (Latin Americans and U.S.
Dussel, Enrique, Stehn, Alexander
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TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL RELATIONS IN AQUITAINE DURING THE FORMATION OF THE VISIGOTHIC KINGDOM
The paper investigates the changing of the social interactions and relations in Roman Southern Gaul after the settlement of the Visigoths as federates in this region.
D. S. Konkov
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The Chronicles of Juan de Biclaro and Isidore of Seville news Visigothic foundation of two cities in Vasconia: Victoriacum and Ologicus. Traditionally identified with a point near Vitoria, the first, and the villa of Olite in Navarra, the second, this ...
Rafael Barroso Cabrera +2 more
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Optimizing Free‐Form Grid Shells with Reclaimed Elements under Inventory Constraints
Abstract We propose a method for designing 3D architectural free‐form surfaces, represented as grid shells with beams sourced from inventories of reclaimed elements from dismantled buildings. In inventory‐constrained design, the reused elements must be paired with elements in the target design.
Andrea Favilli +4 more
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The Visigothic society and its Cemeteries
The archeological evidence left by the Visigothic cemeteries can prove to be a significant piece of information for abetter analysis of the society that lived in Early Medieval Hispania.
Francisco Leitão
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Islamic Medievalism and Mobility in Mathias Énard's Street of Thieves
ABSTRACT Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring uprisings, Jihadist extremism, and the neoliberal exploitation of the Global South, Mathias Énard's 2012 novel Street of Thieves (Rue des voleurs) follows the fortunes of Lakhdar, a young man from Tangier who finds himself living as an undocumented migrant in Barcelona's notorious Carrer d’En Robador,
Louise D'Arcens
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Who in the world are the Heruli?1
The history of the Heruli represents a historical conundrum. Because of the poor state of the sources, caution is required when analysing this subject. However, the peculiarity of the case encourages us to rethink the way we conceive of and describe migrations in Late Antiquity.
Salvatore Liccardo
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Abstract Muslim religion has strict rules to determine what kinds of foodstuffs, and under what circumstances, are deemed appropriate for consumption. Fishes are not an exception to this rule and features such as body shape or the presence and conspicuousness of scales dictate whether certain species are acceptable or rejected.
Laura Llorente‐Rodriguez +2 more
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