scholarly journals The emergence of pottery in Africa during the tenth millennium cal BC: new evidence from Ounjougou (Mali)

Antiquity ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (322) ◽  
pp. 905-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Huysecom ◽  
M. Rasse ◽  
L. Lespez ◽  
K. Neumann ◽  
A. Fahmy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Ceramic Assemblage ◽  
Subsistence Strategy ◽  
New Evidence

New excavations in ravines at Ounjougou in Mali have brought to light a lithic and ceramic assemblage that dates from before 9400 cal BC. The authors show that this first use of pottery coincides with a warm wet period in the Sahara. As in East Asia, where very early ceramics are also known, the pottery and small bifacial arrowheads were the components of a new subsistence strategy exploiting an ecology associated with abundant wild grasses. In Africa, however, the seeds were probably boiled (then as now) rather than made into bread.

Does FDI Enhance Economic Growth?-New Evidence From East Asia

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polpat Kotrajaras ◽  
Bangorn Tubtimtong ◽  
Paitoon Wiboonchutikula
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
East Asia ◽  
New Evidence

A Chinese Monk under a “Barbarian” Mask?

T oung Pao ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 99 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 88-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhua Chen
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Ninth Century ◽  
Reliable Data ◽  
Esoteric Buddhism ◽  
Chinese Origin ◽  
In The Mists ◽  
Almost All ◽  
New Evidence

Zhihuilun (?-876) was not only a major advocate of Esoteric Buddhism in ninth-century China, he also played a crucial role in transmitting Esotericism to the rest of East Asia. Details of the life of this important figure have remained lost in the mists of uncertainty due to the lack of reliable data. Relying on long-hidden evidence, this article shows that almost all of the remarks made about Zhihuilun by Zanning (919-1001) in the Song gaoseng zhuan are contradicted by this body of new evidence and must be modified or simply rejected. In addition to reconstructing more accurately the life of a principal esoteric promoter, this article aims at exposing certain fundamental flaws inherent in monastic biographies. It also suggests that the nature and functions of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism might need to be reassessed in view of the newly revealed Chinese origin of this key promoter of that tradition.
Zhihuilun (?-876) n’a pas seulement été l’un des grands représentants du bouddhisme ésotérique en Chine au ixe siècle, il a également joué un rôle crucial dans la transmission de l’ésotérisme vers le reste de l’Asie orientale. Les détails de la vie de cette importante personnalité restaient enveloppés de mystère en raison de l’absence de sources fiables. La présente étude s’appuie sur des données restées longtemps cachées pour montrer que presque toutes les indications données par Zanning (919-1001) sur Zhihuilun dans le Song gaoseng zhuan sont contredites par ces nouvelles données, et qu’elles doivent par conséquent être soit modifiées, soit rejetées purement et simplement. Outre qu’il propose une reconstruction plus exacte de la vie d’un des grands promoteurs de l’ésotérisme, l’article s’attache à exposer certains des problèmes fondamentaux soulevés par les biographies de moines. Il est également suggéré que la nature même et les fonctions du bouddhisme ésotérique chinois méritent peut-être d’être réévaluées à la lumière de l’origine chinoise, telle qu’elle est révélée ici, d’un des personnages clés de cette tradition.


Maritime archaeology in Southeast and East Asia

Antiquity ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (243) ◽  
pp. 347-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Green
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Maritime Archaeology ◽  
General Nature ◽  
Ship Building ◽  
Trade Relations ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Maritime archaeology has recently started to make a contribution to the understanding of the history and archaeology of Southeast and East Asia. The first maritime archaeological excavations in this area started in the mid 1970s; a growing body of information is now providing new evidence on the history of ship-building and the mechanisms of trade relations in the region. This paper describes the sites that have been studied in an archaeological manner (FIGURE 1), and draws the reader’s attention to tentative conclusions that can be reached. Each region will be discussed briefly and the general nature of the research outlined.

A NEW HELLENISTIC AMPHORA PRODUCTION CENTRE IN WEST CRETE (LOUTRA, RETHYMNON): STUDY AND PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE

2014 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 287-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niki Tsatsaki ◽  
Eleni Nodarou
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Petrographic Analysis ◽  
Hellenistic Period ◽  
Ceramic Assemblage ◽  
Thin Section Petrography ◽  
Pottery Kiln ◽  
New Evidence

The presence of Hellenistic amphora production centres in central and east Crete was demonstrated in the 1990s through the survey carried out by J.-Y. Empereur, Ch. Kritzas and A. Marangou. In addition, more recent studies have placed emphasis on wine as a major component of the rural economy of Crete during that period. However, archaeological evidence from excavated sites and well-stratified contexts remains scarce. The rescue excavation carried out in a private plot at Loutra (Rethymnon, west Crete) by the 25th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities brought to light a Hellenistic farmstead with an olive beam press and a pottery kiln mainly producing amphorae. In this study we focus on the ceramic assemblage from the site. The study of the pottery, coupled with thin-section petrography, adds new evidence for the production of amphorae in west Crete during the Late Hellenistic period, and allows the investigation of issues such as the use of raw materials, the clay pastes and the technology of pottery manufacture. Moreover, the proximity of the kiln to the olive beam press sheds light on the use of amphorae for the trade in olive oil on a local and regional scale.

Systematic effects in observed parallaxes

1978 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
R. B. Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Error Estimates ◽  
Zero Point ◽  
Absolute Zero ◽  
Apparent Magnitude ◽  
Coherent System ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
General Catalogue ◽  
Systematic Effects ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Right Ascension

Several outstanding problems affecting the existing parallaxes should be resolved to form a coherent system for the new General Catalogue proposed by van Altena, as well as to improve luminosity calibrations and other parallax applications. Lutz has reviewed several of these problems, such as: (A) systematic differences between observatories, (B) external error estimates, (C) the absolute zero point, and (D) systematic observational effects (in right ascension, declination, apparent magnitude, etc.). Here we explore the use of cluster and spectroscopic parallaxes, and the distributions of observed parallaxes, to bring new evidence to bear on these classic problems. Several preliminary results have been obtained.

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