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The Neanderthalian molar from Hunas, Germany

2005

Abstract In this paper, we present a well-preserved isolated human molar found in 1986 in the Hunas cave ruin, south-east Bavaria. The tooth was located at the bottom of layer F2, which belongs to a long stratigraphic sequence comprising faunal remains as well as archaeological levels (Mousterian). A stalagmite from layer P at the base of the stratigraphic sequence was recently dated to 79.373±8.237 ka (base) and 76.872±9.686 ka (tip) by TIMS-U/Th (Stanford University). We identified the tooth as a right (possibly third) mandibular molar. Characteristic parameters such as crown and root morphology, fissure pattern, enamel thickness, occlusal and interproximal wear, dental dimensions and ind…

Sekaiza | Sekeiza | Sekaisa

2022

La ceca de Sekaiza se localizó en el yacimiento de Poyo de Mara, hasta ca. 153 a.C., y posteriormente se desplazó al yacimiento de Belmonte, permaneciendo en ese lugar hasta mediados del siglo I a.C., quizás fue destruida durante las Guerras Sertorianas (Burillo y Ostalé 1984: 305-309; Gomis 2001: 33; Burillo 2006: 203-240; Asensio 2001: 89). Se ha discutido la posibilidad de que esta ceca y Bilbilis, dada su proximidad, emitieran moneda de manera simultánea (Burillo, Ostalé 1984), aunque Villaronga (1988) propone una jerarquización de sus emisiones que las haría compatibles. Es una de las cecas celtibéricas con mayor volumen de producción y cantidad de hallazgos. La producción monetaria ha…

Food for the soul and food for the body. Studying dietary patterns and funerary meals in the Western Roman Empire: An anthropological and archaeozool…

2022

Ancient written sources show that Roman funerary rituals were relevant along the entire Roman Republic and Empire, as they ensured the protection of deities and the memory of the deceased. Part of these rituals consisted of funerary offerings and banquets that were held on the day of the burial, in festivities and other stipulated days. The faunal remains recovered inside the graves and around them are evidence of these rituals. Therefore, their study can allow us to know if the funerary meals and rituals developed in the Roman necropolis were special and implied food that differed from everyday dietary habits, according to the importance of these rituals. To test this, we analysed the arch…

Gangivecchio, alcune novità dalla prima campagna di scavi

2012

Nanostructures materials for protection and consolidation of ancient structures

2014

The preservation and appreciation of the built cultural heritage is of particular interest, through researches and studies on innovative technologies. As evidenced by the good results obtained in some interventions both at national and international level, activities for the conservation of cultural heritage must be the result of synergies and collaboration of interdisciplinary groups, science and knowledge: architecture, engineering, technology, sociology, economics, urban planning, legislation must be managed and planned to work together. The theme of protection and consolidation of ancient structures, applying non-traditional technologies, requires a comprehensive overview of strategies …

The Body of the Soul. Lucretian Echoes in the Renaissance Theories on the Psychic Substance and its Organic Repartition

2015

In the 16th and 17th centuries, when Aristotelianism still was the leading current of natural philosophy and atomistic theories began to arise, Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura stood out as an attractive and dangerous model. The present paper reassesses several relevant aspects of Lucretius’ materialistic psychology by focusing on the problem of the soul’s repartition through the limbs discussed in Book 3. A very successful Lucretian image serves as fil rouge throughout this survey: the description of a snake chopped up, with its pieces moving on the ground (Lucretius DRN 1969, 3.657–669). The paper’s first section sets the poet’s theory against the background of ancient psychology, pointing out …

Astronomiskās un dabas parādības aizvēsturē Ziemeļeiropā: atspoguļojums vēstures avotos un arheoloģiskajā materiālā

2021

Cilvēka dzīve aizvēsturē bija ļoti cieši saista ar dabu. Līdz ar pāreju uz ražotājsaimniecību vēlā akmens laikmeta beigās, bet īpaši sākot ar bronzas laikmetu, izveidojās ideoloģija, kurā centrālo vietu ieņēma Saule un ar to saistīto gadskārtu cikli. Solārā un lunārā simbolika plaši pārstāvēta Ziemeļeiropas, arī Latvijas arheoloģiskajā materiālā. Dabas un astronomiskās parādības minētas arī pirmajos rakstītajos avotos, bet to sekas – īpaši dabas katastrofu sekas, fiksējamas arī arheoloģiskajā materiālā.

Possible nitrogen fertilization of the early Earth Ocean by microbial continental ecosystems

2018

While significant efforts have been invested in reconstructing the early evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere–ocean–biosphere biogeochemical nitrogen cycle, the potential role of an early continental contribution by a terrestrial, microbial phototrophic biosphere has been largely overlooked. By transposing to the Archean nitrogen fluxes of modern topsoil communities known as biological soil crusts (terrestrial analogs of microbial mats), whose ancestors might have existed as far back as 3.2 Ga ago, we show that they could have impacted the evolution of the nitrogen cycle early on. We calculate that the net output of inorganic nitrogen reaching the Precambrian hydrogeological system could hav…

Riso e sorriso e altri saggi sulla nonviolenza nella Grecia antica

2018

Is nonviolence a specificity of oriental culture? The book explores the presence, in ancient Greece, of forms of thought and actions that can be brought back to the idea of nonviolent conflict management. It identifies the role that laughter and smile can play in the resolution of interpersonal contrasts; it illustrates the advice of ‘work on oneself’ as well as on the other, given by ancient philosophers; it focuses on some rules to combat violence without resorting to violence; it presents female mediation practices and identifies various forms of diplomacy, both from above and from below; at least it shows the effective dynamics in view of the reconciliation between adversaries in cases …

Osservazioni sulla viabilità antica nel comprensorio di Trapani

2020

This paper is aimed to analyze, in a preliminar way, the ancient road system in a selected area of the Northern Sicily, between Segesta and Trapani. The focus are the connections between main roads (the so-called via Valeria and the hypothetical pathways) and settlements, the morphological context and the most significant toponyms from the archaeological point of view. The research is carried out by the archaeological data, contemporary and historical cartography, and it is also focused on the secondary roads.