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Human Peopling and Population Dynamics in Sicily: Preliminary Analysis of the Craniofacial Morphometric Variation from the Paleolithic to the Contemp…
2023
The geographic position, isolation, and the long and dynamic history of colonization created a human context in Sicily that allows for a particular anthropological study; information about “migratory flow” and “population influx” could be investigated in the cranial morphology of a localized geographical region. The research goals are the identification of temporal trends in facial morphology in order to assess the adaptations and the microevolutionary trends and to verify if the cranial morphology of humans was modified by the various genetic contributions and more or less related to the intense and significant migratory flows. This work includes a diachronic morpho…
Carbonates from the ancient world's longest aqueduct:A testament of Byzantine water management
2021
The fourth‐ and fifth‐century aqueduct system of Constantinople is, at 426 km, the longest water supply line of the ancient world. Carbonate deposits in the aqueduct system provide an archive of both archaeological developments and palaeo‐environmental conditions during the depositional period. The 246‐km‐long aqueduct line from the fourth century used springs from a small aquifer, whereas a 180‐km‐long fifth‐century extension to the west tapped a larger aquifer. Although historical records testify at least 700 years of aqueduct activity, carbonate deposits in the aqueduct system display less than 27 years of operation. This implies that the entire system must have been cleaned of carbonate…
The production of western Greek amphorae in Agrigento (Southern Sicily): An archaeometric and archaeological characterisation of the late 6th-4th cen…
2022
This paper aims at an interdisciplinary, archaeological and archaeometric characterisation of the western Greek amphorae series produced in late Archaic and Classical-period Agrigento (southern Sicily). The research is based on a macroscopic examination, according to the standardised methods of Fabrics of the Central Mediterranean (FACEM), combined with petrographic analyses of 21 amphorae samples of presumed local fabric found in Agrigento itself. These were found in the artisanal area outside Porta V, in the excavations South of the temple of Zeus, and in several Sicilian consumption sites. Furthermore, a selection of 12 coarse ware samples and three tiles, all of supposed local manufactu…
Social differentiation and land use at an Early Iron Age “princely seat”: bioarchaeological investigations at the Glauberg (Germany)
2014
Excavations at the late Hallstatt/early La Tene (6th–4th century BC) “princely seat” of the Glauberg (Hesse, Germany) revealed exceptionally furnished graves in monumental mounds, simple inhumations in associated ditches and non-normative burials of up to eight individuals in conical storage pits. The study presented here addresses bioarchaeological characteristics of these burials and their implications for social differentiation and the sphere of influence of the “princely seat”. It includes osteological, aDNA, and multi-isotope analyses of 27 human individuals and faunal remains. One of the outstandingly rich graves (tumulus 1/grave 1) contained the skeleton of a young man (the “prince”)…
“PARA ALGO QUE ERA NUESTRO... AHORA ES DE TODA LA HUMANIDAD”: EL PATRIMONIO MUNDIAL COMO EXPRESIÓN DE CONFLICTOS
2020
espanolResumen: En este articulo nos interesa reflexionar sobre la naturaleza conflictiva del patrimonio, que suele ser silenciada por su potente imaginario como capital cultural, economico y social y como signo de distincion. A traves de un analisis detallado del proceso mediante el cual el tango y las fallas pasaron a formar parte de la Lista Representativa del Patrimonio de la Humanidad, nos adentramos en las dimensiones hegemonicas y de los procesos patrimoniales, asi como en la esencia beligerante de las resistencias locales que se enfrentan a las logicas del patrimonio neoliberal. Estos casos nos permiten vislumbrar las relaciones conflictivas que a menudo se establecen entre distinta…
Multi-analytical study of the medieval wall paintings from the rupestrian church Grotta del Crocifisso at Lentini (eastern Sicily): new evidence of t…
2022
AbstractThis study presents the results of the examination and characterisation of the wall paintings that decorate the rupestrian church named Grotta del Crocifisso, which is located in the territory of Lentini (eastern Sicily, few tens of kilometres from Catania and Syracuse). The earliest mural paintings in the church date back to the twelfth century AD. A multi-analytical approach was adopted for the characterisation of stone materials, secondary degradation products, and pigments. For this purpose, the following techniques were used: reflected light microscopy (RLM), polarised light microscopy on thin sections (PLM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP),…
Ivory in the Chalcolithic enclosure of Perdigões (South Portugal): the social role of an exotic raw material
2015
AbstractThis article discusses the social role played by ivory and ivory articles in the Perdigoes enclosures (South Portugal) during the Chalcolithic (third millennium bc), in the context of the emergence and development of social complexity on the Iberian Peninsula. Perdigoes is a Portuguese prehistoric site with some of the highest concentrations of ivory objects known in Iberia and with the greatest variety. The contexts, almost exclusively funerary, are discussed along with the results of provenance studies. Comparing the different contexts and the categories of objects made of ivory makes it possible to distinguishing a variety of active social dimensions (such as individual status, g…
Public Reason and the Limits of Liberal Anti-Racism in Latvia
2011
My paper is a critical analysis of anti-racist and tolerance promotion initiatives in Latvia. First, I trace the historical and geopolitical conditions that enable the emergence of two discursive positions that are central to arguments about racism - that of liberally inclined tolerance activists and that of Latvians with politically objectionable nationalist sensibilities. Subsequently, I argue that, plagued by developmentalist thinking, anti-racist and tolerance promotion initiatives fail in their analysis of contemporary racism. They posit backward attitudes as the main hindrance to the eradication of racism and displace racism as a constitutive feature of modern political forms onto ind…
Estudio antropológico de las cremaciones de La Serreta, Alcoy (Alicante)
2011
Presentamos en este trabajo los resultados del análisis antropológico de las tumbas de cremación de la Necrópolis de La Serreta, Alcoy, Alicante. El conjunto está formado por 79 depósitos que mostraron la presencia de un total de 93 individuos. Se analizan cada uno de estos depósitos con las técnicas de la antropología forense para llegar después a conclusiones sobre la estructura poblacional, el ritual funerario y las patologías que afectaron a esta población ibérica.
Cerámica vidriada romana en los contextos altoimperiales del campamento de León (España)
2019
ES: El análisis de un importante conjunto de cerámica romana vidriada, procedente de diversos contextos altoimperiales del campamento de León, nos ha permitido llegar a conclusiones de tipo cronológico y productivo, algunas de ellas refrendadas a través de un análisis arqueométrico. Ha sido posible distinguir varias formas (skyphoi, kantharoi, cálices, ollas, botellas o jarras) que hemos podido adscribir a diferentes centros productores (Asia Menor, Campania, Lacio y, posiblemente, Hispania) y que cubren un abanico cronológico que se extiende entre el periodo augusteo y la primera mitad del s. II d.C. La mayor concentración de cerámica vidriada en las estratigrafías de León correspondería a…