Search results for "Ancient history"

Sourcing african ivory in chalcolithic Portugal

2009

A recent review of all ivory from excavations in Chalcolithic and Beaker period Iberia shows a marked coastal distribution – which strongly suggests that the material is being brought in by sea. Using microscopy and spectroscopy, the authors were able to distinguish ivories from extinct Pleistocene elephants, Asian elephants and, mostly, from African elephants of the savannah type. This all speaks of a lively ocean trade in the first half of the third millennium BC, between the Iberian Peninsula and the north-west of Africa and perhaps deeper still into the continent.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR. CUNICULUS 'RABBIT' - A CELTIC ETYMOLOGY

2010

ChemInform Abstract: From 2000 to Mid-2010: A Fruitful Decade for the Synthesis of Pyrazoles

2011

Luminescence dating applied to Saint-Irénée’s church (Lyon, France)

2014

The aim of the study presented here is to propose a new view on the chronology of early medieval buildings in Europe and on the related building modes. If several studies have proved the efficiency of this multidisciplinary process, the case of St. Irenee’s church is very representative of the contributions of such an approach. This church is one of the oldest witnesses of the Christianization in Lyon, capital city of Gauls, and of its evolution under the aegis of Burgonds. However the small number of preserved remains of its early states has shown uncertainties in the interpretation of the chronology of the building use. There are two possibilities: is it the monument described by Gregory …

A Companion to Medieval Palermo

2015

The aim of this book is to recast the medieval history of Palermo beyond the old and stereotypical idea of a city characterised by political immaturity and cultural richness due to a series of fore...

The Fall of Rome and the Decay of our Present Civilisation – A Repetitive Process? – The Decay of “Gods”

2014

Abstract Attacked and weakened, especially in the last three centuries, both from inside and outside, Rome and the Western Roman Empire will fall in 476 A.D. Actually, what were the causes? Hit and weakened by the present global economic-financial crises – and not only – our European civilisation faces some of the highest risks. Often, people say it is a real collapse. Are the causes of these falls – of the European-type civilisation – similar? And being familiar with Roman experience, how can we prevent such harmful processes? Further, we try to provide a few answers in this respect.

Development of a New Sunphotometer and Establishment of a Network Across Africa for the Investigation of the Transport of Sahara Dust

1982

The matter of this project is the investigation of the large scale south transport of Saharan dust originated by critical weather conditions such as sandstorm and dustvi/ind. A new sensitive sunphoto-meter has been developed for this purpose. With ten instruments a network has been installed southerly of the Sahara across Africa. It is the aim to determine the main sources of the mineral dust and its further transport to the South.

The archaeology of beekeeping in pre-roman Iberia

1997

This paper presents a set of pottery beehives from the pre~Roman Iberian peninsula, dating from the third century BC, and all coming from a single region known in antiquity as Edetania. These beehives are closely related to similar examples from Greece and to a type described by Roman authors such as Columella. It is the first such archaeological material that can be associated with apiculture in this area.

Le monastère Saint-Pierre d'Osor (île de Cres) : septième campagne d'études archéologiques

2013

The 2012 campaign of the archaeological research project permitted the exhaustive excavations of the immediate surroundings of the southern nave of the abbey church of St Peter in Osor. The richness and the complexity of the discovered structures confirmed the great archaeological potential of this sector. Namely, a funeral zone that is situated south to the church is occupied by two buildings perpendicular to the church which we interpret as a mausoleum (the one on the west) and a chapel with one privileged burial (the one on the east). The great number of built tombs or simples graves confirmed that this sector had funeral function even before the XIth century and the construction of the …

Why France and India? The Convergence Hypothesis

2016

The cross-fertilization of insights derived from French and Indian intellectual history has ignited a pluridisciplinary reflection on the role played by these two countries in the fabric of the knowledge-based economy in the twenty-first century. On the one hand, the Age of Enlightenment in Western Europe in the eighteenth century, brought forward an autonomous position for knowledge in human societies, and, on the other hand, it was once predicted that India’s future would be built in her classrooms (Education Commission). Finally, we lay the ground for the characterization of a triple knowledge-based convergence between the two higher-education systems on academic, economic and institutio…