Blog sobre arqueologia, etnologia e etnografia histórica desde uma perspetiva multidisciplinar e com especial interesse pola Proto-história e História Antiga da Europa Ocidental
Boreas, Greek god of the north wind.
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Boreas and bad weather. In his Works and Days, the poet Hesiod, writing in
the 8th century BC, noted how bad the weather could be in the month of
Lenaion...
Prix Fondation Ferrer
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Prix de la Fondation Ferrer
À PROPOS Née d’une passion partagée pour les arts décoratifs français du
XVIIIe siècle, la Fondation Ferrer s’attache à promo...
VI Encuentro de asociaciones ámbito rural Asturias
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El próximo 11 de mayo estaremos en el MUJA de Colunga presentando nuestro
trabajo en el medio rural asturiano en el VI Encuentro de asociaciones
ámbito rur...
Neues zu BaLISminK: mit 500 Einträgen zugänglich
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BaLISminK ist das Bamberger Lehr- und Informationssystem zur
mittelalterlichen und neuzeitlichen Keramik, das derzeit im Probe- und
Experimentierbetrieb ...
The sensory ecology of deception in human societies
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On May 7, 6:30pm London time, evolutionary anthropologist Will Buckner
looks at the role of deception and mimicry from hunting, to ritual and
shamanic prac...
Programme et pré-actes du colloque AGER XVI Nantes
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Publication du programme du colloque Ager XVI « Les marqueurs des statuts
sociaux dans les campagnes romaines des Gaules et de leurs périphéries »
qui se t...
April Pieces Of My Mind #3
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Białowieża Forest
- Apparently Uncle Vladimir has found some sensational new source
material that demonstrates that the Katyn Massacres were’t pe...
Owing the US a Living?
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Living within your means is considered a virtue in many cultures, with one
notable exception – the United States, whose public debt grows by roughly a
tr...
Visiting Fellowship opportunity
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We have just launched a competition to elect two VIEWS Visiting Fellows
during the 2024-25 academic year. For more information, please see HERE.
A Close Translation of Demosthenes’ Letter 1.5-7
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A Close Translation of Demosthenes’ Letter 1.5-7 By Isaiah Weir Around 324
BC, the city of Athens condemned Demosthenes, one of their greatest orators
and ...
Persia: historia de una gran potencia
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Con más frecuencia de lo deseable nos hemos asomado a la historia de Persia
desde las fuentes griegas, que fueron, durante buena parte de la
Antigüedad, su...
LORACOLA Seminars: Spring 2024 (4)
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Krešimir Vuković on the Indo-European background of the Lupercalia (in
English) On April 04, 2024, Krešimir Vuković (University of...
Éditorial et sommaire du numéro 167 de mars 2024
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Allumée le 16 avril dans le sanctuaire d’Olympie, la flamme olympique a
commencé son périple, qui la mènera jusqu’à Paris. En attendant son arrivée
en Fran...
Suevos e Sofán
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O sábado pasado tivemos a oportunidade de nos achegar a Suevos (A Baña) na
compañía do profesor Fernando Alonso Romero, que nos indicou que este pobo
xer...
It's complicated
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Three important manuscripts appeared recently at bioRxiv, mostly dealing
with the origins and expansions of proto-Germanic and proto-Indo-European
populati...
Chris Tilley – mythographic triptych (annotated)
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Reflections on the work of Christopher Yates Tilley 2 Tilley in the north –
with a new kind of magnifying Claude glass or dark mirror. Thomas of
Erceldoune...
The Benllech Mini-Cromlech
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The academic literature exploring the present-day reuse and replication of
ancient monuments has grown significantly and embraces the study of war
memorial...
Michael Cerularius and the Letters of Leo of Ohrid
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Michael Cerularius, the Patriarch of Constantinople during the papal
legation of 1054, has long been seen as a difficult personality whose
theological, pol...
Petitioning for poor relief in Scotland, 1750–1900
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written by Hester Groot (Leiden University), recipient of a travel and
fieldwork bursary from the Philological Society With the generous support
of the Phi...
PERPETVA VITA
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[Imagen del Buen Pastor en las catacumbas de Priscila, en Roma]
La Arqueología del cristianismo primitivo hace tiempo que está de moda
desde la óptica in...
Popper and Parfit: the minds of philosophers
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Derek Parfit hit the philosophy firmament in the early 1960s, while Karl
Popper arrived on the Vienna scene three decades earlier. David Edmonds'
biogra...
Caro Baroja, World of Witches
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Caro Baroja, J. (1965). *The World of Witches*. Chicago University Press.
Summary of chapters 11 & 12, which you can access here in Word or PDF.
Caro-Bar...
Da masticación dos mortos nas tumbas. Michaël Ranf
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«La nature entiere est pleine de pouvoirs cachés» (A natureza enteira esta
repleta de poderes ocultos). Michaël Ranft Veño de rematar este
pequerrecho, que...
Warriors of Rome
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Rome’s military is renowned as one of the finest fighting forces of the
ancient world. But what was life really like for the individuals who became
caree...
A Week on the Isles of Arran
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March 21 is the feast of Saint Enda of Aran, one of the founding fathers
of Irish monasticism. His island home became more accessible during the
Vict...
Who needs a classicist? (Installment 4)
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Started watching Northern Exposure, since I didn't see it the first time
around. In this episode, a former Russian spy tells Maurice he has his
secret KG...
I grenseland
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Hvordan har gårdene rundt i landet fått grensene sine? Dagens grenser kan
ha en skiftende historie bak seg – ofte preget av strid og uenighet gjennom
lang ...
The (boring) alternate realities of ChatGPT
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Inspired by a shocking story of a list of fake references provided from a
senior to a junior scholar, (details redacted obviously) I thought I’d ask
ChatGP...
Transformation of Europe in April 2024 (Abstracts)
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Here's some interesting abstracts from "The Transformation of Europe in
the Third Millenium BC" in Budapest, Hungary.
A lot of emphasis on the Western S...
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*Call for Papers – Connecting Late Antiquities conference*
*(Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, 03-05.02.2025)*
On behalf of Professor...
Smash the Looms
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In which I explain why I’m spending all this time exploring how LLMs might
be usefully ensnared for dignified ends. I’m a digital archaeologist. One
of the...
Erste Ausgrabung – das nehme ich mit!
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[for english translation click the langauge options in the right upper
corner of the website] Arbeitskleidung in der Feldforschung ist vor allem
Schutz- ...
The best books about how human language works
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Do you like to read? Would you like some great book recommendations? Then
check out Shepherd.com: here are my book recommendations, and there are
recomme...
Thank You!
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Dear Readers, Over the years, some of us (the past and present members of
the collective that runs this blog) have been fortunate enough to meet some
of yo...
Amazonian "Garden Urbanism": A skeptical account
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This new paper in Science is getting alot of publicity, and people are
asking for my views (Rostain, et al. 2024) The paper presents fascinating
new evide...
Citations of My Papers
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Recently, I was notified by the ResearchGate about a new citation of one of
my papers. It is an article in German dedicated to the graves with bird
remains...
Lecciones de vida
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Aquel año estaba viniendo especialmente malo para el tí Luiso. Encargado de
cuidar la vecera de ovejas de Ruituerto, pasó el asfixiante día de agosto
en el...
O Nadal antes de Cristo
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Partindo das tradicións galegas do Tizón de Nadal e do Lume Novo neste
caderno revélase, dun xeito ameno e moi visual, como se celebraba o
Solsticio de Inv...
Los antecedentes cognitivos del género Homo
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La evolución biológica es el resultado de los sucesivos cambios
morfológicos que se producen en las comunidades biológicas de forma
irregular en su distr...
MOLA’s Public Impact in 2022-2023
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Read our recently-released report featuring MOLA's activities and impacts
in relation to four commitments: inclusion, equity, innovation for people &
plane...
THE ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS
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Book cover, the cover shows a monk sitting in a pew and writing. In front
of him is a book with the word Annals written in cursive. Above the monk is
the t...
New book on the Isle of Man
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Back in April, my latest book was published by Birlinn of Edinburgh under
their ‘John Donald’ imprint. It looks at the history of the Isle of Man in
the ea...
QGIS + Blender
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Estou volvendo a fuchicar en QGIS e Blender. Eis un resultado, usando DEM
libres de Copernicus. Non me convence, dun punto de vista artístico ou de
deseño,...
Welcome to the new ADS website!
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We at the ADS are excited to announce the launch of the new ADS website!
The new website will go live at 8am on Monday 6th February 2023 and
represents the...
Protected: The Westbury Horse/Train Landscape
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There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
The post Protected: The Westbury Horse/Train Landscape appeared first on Digital
Digging.
FAIRE OU NE PAS FAIRE (DE) QUARTIER
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Journée du 16 décembre 2022 – “Faire ou ne pas faire (de) quartier?” Le
projet collectif (UMR ArScAn) A*RCHÉOLOGIE DU FAIT URBAIN (AFU)* tiendra le
vendred...
Ayuda al Proyecto
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El Proyecto «Monte Bernorio en su entrono» es un Proyecto de Investigación
científica financiado con dinero público proveniente de la Junta de
Castilla y L...
Dirk Obbink convicted
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Just a quick update about Dirk Obbink and the missing papyri. According to
Roberta Mazza - who is also, she told me, writing her own account of what
real...
Leibniz
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Leibniz really was right. We’re all points of view or windows on the
universe. Or as Deleuze puts it, we’re possible worlds. The tragedy is we
think we’re ...
Moving megaliths: the Stonehenge-Asia link
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I recently gave a talk at the Society of Antiquaries in London about how
observers in British colonial Asia – mostly civil servants during the years
of the...
Animals in War
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After a long time focussing on a new job, a new country, and developing
other parts of the website, it is finally time for another blog entry. I do
so with...
Seminar 2022
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*9th SEMINAR OF PREHISTORIC TECHNOLOGY (2022)*
*CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY FOR THE ANALYSIS OF WEAR ON TOOLS AND TEETH IN
PREHISTORY Program PDFMay, 2nd, 3thand ...
Medieval Ceramic Lamps from Co. Wexford
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County Wexford contains an usual concentration of domestically produced,
medieval ceramic lamps, an artefact type which is largely absent from the
rest o...
Figures
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Fonds Maublanc (vente privée, signalée par Y. Potin) Fonds Maublanc (vente
privée, signalée par Y. Potin) Fonds Maublanc (vente privée, signalée par
Y. Potin)
Wednesday Round Up #61
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-I’m taking at least two weeks of break, so this is the last round up for
awhile. Translating cognitive science in the public square We are at a
tipping po...
Is anthropology more important than ever?
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New books in 2021 herald anthropology's relevance: is anthropology more
important than ever? Or do we need a more humble assessment?
The post Is anthropo...
Linux y discos encriptados con BitLocker
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Imagen de https://www.linuxuprising.com
Hace unos días, me devolvieron un disco externo que estaba en garantía y
que envié al servicio técnico porque deb...
Winners of the Language Evolves competition
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Today we announced the results of our short story competition Language
Evolves. Over the last year we’ve worked with over 70 sci-fi authors to
help them wr...
Saquito exposed
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Aunque ya hace algún tiempo, con motivo de la publicación del estudio del
tejido, le dedicamos una entrada a nuestro querido *«saquito» de Riocueva*,
est...
The End
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The end es el título de la última canción que grabaron los cuatro Beatles
juntos, en el disco Abbey Road; es una canción tan potente en su parte
instrument...
So, let’s start with Systematics
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I’ll start with a fairly lengthy quotation, this is from the Preface to the
2002 printing: As Richard Lewontin (1974: explained to biologists shortly
after...
Herculaneum 3D Scan: free online 3D point clouds
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This community hasn't been so active for a while but I thought that maybe
in these coronavirus times, it might be useful to share some of the online
materi...
MEDJKOUNE Inès
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Doctorante contractuelle à l'Université de Paris
Courriel : ines.medjkoune@gmail.com > Sujet de thèse
"Les schêmata barbares en mots et en images à l'époqu...
Curso de Arqueología Experimental
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*Ficha técnica del XV CURSO DE ARQUEOLOGÍA EXPERIMENTAL*
*Información: 976 63 90 88 (Lunes, Miércoles y Viernes de 19 a 21 h.)*
*Denominación: XV Curso d...
How to Write Papers for Money?
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Everyone knows this that each one of us has some hidden talent inside us
and it’s all about finding that. I have met a lot of people in my life who
have ...
Looking at China by Paul Hogarth
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Originally posted on retroculturati:
Review of Paul Hogarth’s ‘Looking at China’….. I was delighted to finally
obtain a copy of Paul Hogarth’s third book L...
Discovery: A New Life of St Cybi
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The Vitae Sanctorum Cambriae project (run between ASNC and CAWCS) is very
excited to announce the discovery of a new medieval Life of St Cybi.
David Calla...
So long and thanks for all the fish
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I've been procrastinating about this in vane hope of returning to my old
animical self of being more interested in writing (and reading) about stuff
that ...
When big data are bad data
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As archaeologists turn increasingly to the analysis of large, systematic
databases, we need to confront an epistemological problem: How do we
identify bad...
Our South Asia Gallery Journey
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Originally posted on hello future:
A guest post from Stephen Welsh, Curator of Living Cultures, with an update
on the development of the Museum’s South Asi...
A History of Ancient Rome in 10 Buildings
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This article introduces the first ten of my fifteen buildings, which range
in date from the foundation of Rome to the collapse of the Western Roman
Empir...
La liberté du renard
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Le yacht de luxe « Freedom » accostant à Venise (septembre 2018) Freedom,
« Liberté », ainsi s’affiche ces temps-ci en Méditerranée un yacht de luxe
de...
The (Data) Science Behind Digital Heritage
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Digital engagement is beyond posting the odd picture of an artefact, as we
learnt in our final practical session in Digital Heritage at Durham
University. ...
Another Julkonferens
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The weather has been variable in Stockholm ranging from warm and rainy to
chilly and frosty. It was only the beginning of December but the staff of
Depar...
Savage Minds is dead! Long live anthro{dendum}!
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This will be the last post on the domain savageminds.org, but the site will
live on. It will live on both at this address (savageminds.org) where there
wil...
The burnt timbers of the hall appears.
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The excavation is now going into its third week. We have removed the turf
layer and post modern remains in the shape of a 17th/18th century building
that a...
Eric W. Edwards: 23rd April 1944 – 13th July 2017
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It is with great sadness that I announce that my father and author of this
beautiful site passed away peacefully on 13th July 2017. A brilliant mind
and ex...
Elecciones
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Con el fin de facilitar el tránsito a la próxima Junta Directiva de la
Asociación, el día 16 de marzo de 2017 se celebrarán en la Facultad de
Geografía e H...
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*Excavation of a Nazi Camp on British Soil –*
*Dr Gillian Carr*
Report by
Tom Meharg
The UCD Archaeology society was delighted to host Dr Gillian C...
The Myth of the Feud in Anglo-Saxon England
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The Myth of the Feud in Anglo-Saxon England John Niles The Journal of
English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 114, No. …
Continue reading →
Above the Tay and other landscapes / latitudes
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2016 started for me with a solo exhibition of aerial photographs hosted at
the Discovery Point Cafe at the RSS Discovery in Dundee. The title "Above
the Ta...
Grand Challenges for Global Brain Sciences
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The next grand challenges for society and science are in the brain
sciences. A collection of 60+ scientists from around the world, together
with 10+ obse...
Bones Don’t Lie on Hiatus
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Dear Readers, Writing Bones Don’t Lie over the past six years has been one
of the highlights of my archaeological career. I loved getting to share
with you...
Comezamos!
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Fai una semana voltamos ó xacemento de Armea para comezar os traballos de
escavación que se desenvolverán durante todo o mes de xullo! Estos días
foron moi...
Time to close shop!
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As much as I loved bloging, and this blog has a special place in my heart,
I just don’t have the time anymore. I write in several other places around
the w...
Maritime lives in Iron Age Britain
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Dowload the pdf here. Iron Age coastal communities in England have been
poorly understood since the beginning of our discipline. This is mainly as
result o...
Anthropologies #21: Climate Change
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Photo by Flickr user Erik Jackson. Original caption: “The Act on Climate
March in Quebec City, on April 11th, 2015, was led by First Nations to
protest go...
Acta est fabula : les actes sont publiés
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Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer que les actes du colloque d’ERAMA
‘Mises en scène de l’autorité » viennent d’être publiés aux éditions de
Boccard ...
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*Celtic papers CFP for Leeds*
INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS, LEEDS, 4-7 July, 2016
Are you working on a project that would make a good session or single ...
How To Be an Academic
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I began this blog as a newly graduated MSc student (Master of science! How
exciting!), fresh-faced and enthusiastic about a life in academia. Soon it
will ...
El oro de Salave. (I) un poco de historia
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The Salave gold. (I) A short history Pocos proyectos mineros han resultado
tan controvertidos en su desarrollo como el de Salave (Tapia de Casariego,
Astur...
An Update from the Editors
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* Below, you’ll find the letter we sent to our subscribers at the end of
last year, which explains our hiatus these past few months. Although *The
Append...
Colloque : Figures mythiques et discours religieux
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Colloque international à l’Université de Strasbourg, 20 et 21 novembre 2014
. « Figures mythiques et discours religieux dans l’empire gréco-romain »
S’insc...
Past Past Thinking?
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Past Thinking was my first blog, way back in 2005. Eventually I decided to
focus on posts relating to archaeology and wider heritage issues, splitting
off ...
Web berria! / ¡Nueva web!
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¡Nos hemos mudado! A partir de ahora podéis encontrar toda la información
sobre Arkeogazte y nuestras actividades en la siguiente página web:
sites.google...
Gästbloggar på Vetenskapsrådets nättidning Curie
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[image: http://tidningencurie.se/]
Om du blivit bloggbiten är det inte lätt att blir frisk - på sin höjd kan
man försöka hantera sitt missbruk så att det ...
Picant pedra s’acomiada
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Després de tres anys funcionant, el blog Picant pedra atura la seva
activitat a Sapiens.cat, però podeu continuar seguint de prop l’ICAC a la
web www.icac....
2 años y aquí seguimos
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Logotipo de Xeitura
Desde hace unas semanas me gusta ver «Wheeler Dealers» por las noches, en
ese canal tan maldito desde que el año pasado estrenó «Ameri...
El médico mago de los faraones (Egipto)
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En los confines áridos de Abusir, a unos 27 kilómetros al sur de El Cairo,
se alzan las pirámides olvidadas. No solían recibir las hordas de
visitantes ...
Boring Some Strangers
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RTE are doing a new reality show called Away With a Stranger. Basically,
you have to go away on a free holiday with three other people. You arrange
the iti...
Marriage Alliances and Cross Cousins
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In a previous post on eastern Indonesia, I noted that cross cousin marriage
is common throughout the area, pointing to some kind of prehistoric
relationshi...
A new site
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Well, I think this site has just about run its course. But you can still
find me on Savage Minds, and of course at the anthropologies project.
Last Post
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I'm pretty sure this will be the last post to this blog. I'm not going to
delete it but I think I should advertise the fact that I no longer use it
to comm...
II Concurso de Blogs - Quiero votos!!
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Este año he decidido registrar este Blog en el II Concurso de Blogs,
organizado por la Universidad Alcalá, el Instituto Cervantes, Google,
Madrid Network-C...
A Lucenza do Abade
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Despois de cinco anos chegamos á entrada número 1000 neste blogue
arqueoneixon. A derradeira. Moitas grazas a todos os que seguistes este
proxecto na red...
abstract Zuckerman
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The Life, Death and Long After-life of a Canaanite Temple Sharon Zuckerman
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The phenomenon of conservatism and
long-endur...
"Longa Noite de Pedras" Viernes 31 de agosto
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Finalmente (parece que el buen tiempo está vez nos va a acompañar), la
visita nocturna a los petroglifos de Bamio será este *VIERNES 31 DE AGOSTO.*
Espera...
E-pigraphia en el portal de blogs Hypotheses
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Con el inminente inicio del nuevo curso académico, el blog E-pigraphia:
Epigrafía en Internet va a estar alojado, de ahora en adelante, en el
portal de blo...
Cambio de sitio
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Hola a todos, quería comunicaros que a partir de ahora, todas las entradas
del blog se escribirán en el sitios de contenidos web www.inisig.com.
Espero que...
Mudámonos!!!!
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Xa pechamos a derradeira caixa de cartón e mudámonos!!
Este blogue, ao igual que o resto de plataformas de comunicación do
Laboratorio de Arqueoloxía d...
A boa "alquimia" en Taramundi (II)
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Aquí deixámosvos os links ás fotos das *I Jornadas de Metalurgia
Prehistórica de Taramundi*, organizadas polo* Ceder Oscos-Eo*, coa
colaboración do *Ayunt...
Colóquio/jornadas de estudo Giorgio Agamben
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Anteontem e ontem, no Porto, fizemos o Colóquio Agamben, que correu muito
bem e foi muito gratificante para todos quantos puderam/quiseram
participar. Sa...
2011-2012 opened books on my desk
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Silent, though I keep on my investigation upon the matters of archaeology
and cognitive science. I insisted and followed my first instinct, trying to
find ...
GALERIA DE IMÁGENES Y COMENTARIOS (III)
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CASTROS DISMINUÍDOS POR EL MAR
Por los trabajos de prospección arqueológica en diversos castros costeros y
observando que parte de sus defensas o hasta incl...
Landscapes: Drainage, Plants and Palaces
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We're back! And this month we start by taking a tour of the terribly
glamorous ditches in East Anglia. Yes, the whole landscape is one giant
piece of drain...
* Catro círculos máis na provincia de Lugo
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Entre os meses de decembro de 2023 e marzo de 2024, grazas ás imaxes do voo
americano dos anos 1956-57, localicei catro novas estruturas circulares na
pr...
0020 - Seminário "Arqueologia e Identidade"
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"ARQUEOLOGIA E IDENTIDADE: PROBLEMÁTICAS DE UMA CIÊNCIA INTERDISCIPLINAR"
é um seminário que está a ser organizado pela Associação de Estudantes da
FLUP em...
Carta Agrícola e Corográfica. Folha 171
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*FOLHA 171- TORRÃO*
Copyright Luís Fraga da Silva. Campo Arqueológico de Tavira
*Carta Agrícola e Corográfica de Portugal. (Gerardo Pery, org.) *
Ver uma de...
Juegos y cantos de garganta del ártico
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Juegos de garganta de los inuit y cantos de garganta siberianos: una
aproximación comparativa, histórica y semiológica (1)
Jean-Jacques Nattiez
Univ...
Linguistic paleontology and catastrophism
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In the previous post (31st Aug 09) I reviewed the first part of an article
by Andrew Garrett: «Convergence in the Formation of Indo-European
subgroups: Phy...
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