The Technique of Blade Production in Mesolithic and Neolithic Times

1947 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 101-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred S. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Blade Production

This paper deals with the production of long blades of obsidian and flint and with the techniques employed in the production of short blades in Mesolithic and Neolithic industries. Owing to the exigencies of war and the inaccessibility of material the range and the treatment of the subject have necessarily been restricted. Nevertheless the existence of identical techniques in England, Scotland, France, Denmark, Hungary, the Mediterranean, India, America and S.W. Australia, may not be without interest.

scholarly journals III.—Phases of the Living Greek Language

1892 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Blackie
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Political Life ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Public Mind ◽  
The Public ◽  
Radical Reform ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean

I will commence by stating that three reasons have moved me to bring this subject before the Society—(1) Because I found everywhere loose and even altogether false ideas possessing the public mind on the subject; (2) because I much fear that we, the academical teachers of the Greek language, are chiefly to blame for the currency of these false ideas; and (3) because, if Greek is a living and uncorrupted language, and dominating large districts of Europe and the Mediterranean, as influentially as French on the banks of the Seine and German on the Rhine, it follows that a radical reform must take place in our received methods of teaching this noble and most useful language. Now that the current language of the Greeks in Athens and elsewhere is not, in any sense, a new or a corrupt language, as Italian is a melodious and French a glittering corruption of Latin, may be gathered even a priori; for languages are slow to die, and the time that elapsed from the taking of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453 and the establishment of the Venetian power in the Morea in 1204, to the resurrection of Greek political life in 1822, was not long enough to cause such a fusion of contrary elements as produced the English language from the permanent occupation of the British Isles by the Normans.

scholarly journals Mediterranean Studies in the modern socio-humanistic knowledge

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Elizaveta Kravchenko
Keyword(s):  
Russian Science ◽  
Mediterranean Studies ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Sociocultural Processes ◽  
Humanistic Knowledge

Sociocultural processes, political situation and cultural contacts in the Mediterranean countries substantiate the relevance of development of the humanities section in Mediterranean Studies. The author discusses the problem on the advancement of Mediterranean Studies in Russia and abroad, as well as indicates the key questions faced by the scholars of Mediterranean Studies at the initial stage of analytical work. The object of this research is the establishment methodological framework of Mediterranean Studies in the sphere of humanities. The subject is the concepts of prominent theoreticians in the field of Mediterranean studies (D. Abulafia, R. Clement, S. Stroumsa, N. Bouchard, F. Braudel, H. Pirenne). The goal consists in determination of the relevant problems and approaches toward studying the Mediterranean Region. Due to the fact that in the Russian Science close attention is given to natural scientific vector of Mediterranean Studies, there are virtually no research on the development of Mediterranean Studies in the sphere of humanities, and namely culturology, which defines the scientific novelty of this work. The main conclusion consists in the analytical overview of the state of Mediterranean Studies in Russia, as well as in explication of foreign theories that reveal the concept of the “Mediterranean” and approaches towards its examination. This work can attract the attention of translators to the research bases of foreign centers of the Mediterranean Studies, contribute to scientific communication, as well as designate the topic for international research projects in the area of culturology, history, and international relations in Russia.

scholarly journals SU UNA MALEDIZIONE OSCA: TEONIMO O MATRONIMICO?

2007 ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Romano Lazzeroni
Keyword(s):  
The Real ◽  
Ancient India ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Right

The “formula” osca. Maternal filiation or identification of the son? The formula matronimica in an oscan defixio (the so-called “curse of Vibia”: Vetter 6) it is not, as Lejeune sustained, an insult addressed to the subject of the curse (“child of demoniessa” or something similar), but it is the indication of the real filiation. The matronimico in the curses is a use present in a very huge area, from the Mediterranean to the Ancient India. The purpose is the right identification of the execrated person.

MOLLY GREENE, A Shared World: Christians and Muslims in the Early Modern Mediterranean (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000). Pp. 228.

2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 644-645
Author(s):  
ROBERT FINLAY
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
Historical Continuity ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
Hybrid Solutions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Imperial Governance ◽  
Dividing Line

In 1669, after twenty-four years of devastating war, Venice surrendered the island of Crete to the Ottoman Turks. As a Venetian commander described it, Crete was “the most beautiful crown to adorn the head of the Most Serene Republic” (p. 4). It was a grievous loss for Venice, which did not resign itself to the loss of its beautiful crown for another fifty years, until the end of the last Ottoman–Venetian war in 1718. The period of early Ottoman rule between 1669 and 1718 is the subject of Molly Greene's excellent study. Her emphasis throughout is on multiple identities, mixed narratives, hybrid solutions, cross-cutting allegiances, and historical continuity. Along with historians such as Leslie Pierce and Jane Hathaway, she rejects the model of Ottoman decline, styling it a “meat-grinder” (p. 20) of a thesis that focuses on a weak sultanate and ignores both the complexity and vitality of Ottoman imperial governance. She also rejects the notion that the transition from Venetian to Ottoman control in Crete marked a sharp dividing line, an event that helped wring the ambiguity out of the Mediterranean world (p. 5).

Piracy and law in medieval Genoa: the consilia of Bartolomeo Bosco

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 256-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Tai
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Medieval Europe ◽  
Legal Opinions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean

AbstractThis essay contextualizes a series of learned legal opinions, or consilia, authored primarily by the Genoese jurist Bartolomeo Bosco (d. 1437) on the subject of maritime theft, or piracy, by referring to contemporaneous records for the practice of maritime theft in the Mediterranean, archival records in the Archivio di Stato for Bosco's career, and related consilia authored by Bosco. It argues that Bosco's opinions on matters related to the practice of piracy, overlooked despite revived scholarly interest in his work, illustrate the applications and limitations of consilia as practical documents in medieval civic governance, and suggest a divide between commercial and administrative perspectives in the maritime republics of late medieval Europe. Finally, it proposes that Bartolomeo Bosco be numbered among the "economic humanists" of the fifteenth century.

scholarly journals Egyptology

1995 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-218
Author(s):  
Lana Troy
Keyword(s):  
Computer Technology ◽  
New Beginning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Middle Egyptian

During the period 1986-1990 a number of conferences were related to the subject of Egyptology, and covering the areas of linguistics, Nubiology, religion and computer technology. All of these conferences are represented in the publication of papers. Both popular and scientific descriptions of monuments and artefacts are found in the bibliography from these years as well as, studies related to the contact between Egypt and the Mediterranean and a new beginning grammar in Middle Egyptian.

scholarly journals A Földközi-tengeri Szövetséges Légierõ1 Magyarországra vonatkozó felderítése, valamint a szövetséges légitámadások általános fotókiértékelése a II. világháború idején

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
András Pál Oláh
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
World War ◽  
World War 2 ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean

The research of Allied Air Forces’ air raids on Hungary during World War 2 has come to a turning point. Hungarian historians have been content with roughly documenting the events; the thorough research of the background together with the motives for the attacks are yet to be explored. In my study I examined the Mediterranean Allied Air Force’s practice of photographic reconnaissance, intelligence and photographic interpretation, using the related documents and files. The Intelligence files of the Mediterranean Allied Air Force are major sources of the history of Allied air raids on Hungary in World War 2, and I pointed out that the complete research of the data on the subject by examining every piece of document available would lead to a more accurate understanding of the events. In addition to emphasizing the importance of the vast amont of data and documents on the subject, my intention was to provide reference to further research.

scholarly journals Mediterranean Diet: Origin History, Main Components, Evidence of Benefits and Feasibility to Adapt to the Russian Reality

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-316
Author(s):  
D. U. Akasheva ◽  
O. M. Drapkina
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cardiovascular Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
History Of ◽  
Unhealthy Diet ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Main Components

An unhealthy diet takes the lead in the concept of cardiovascular risk factors. It contributes to the development of various so-called “alimentary-dependent” risk factors and conditions: overweight/obesity, hyperglycemia, high blood pressure and hypercholesterolemia. This, in turn, leads to high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Many ways to rationalize and improve nutrition have been suggested. But the supremacy in prevention of cardiovascular diseases over the past decades steadily belongs to the Mediterranean diet. The history of origin, its main components, as well as the studies in which its usefulness has been proven, became the subject of this review. In addition, issues of adaptation of the Mediterranean diet to the Russian reality are submitted for discussion.

Isis-Hellas

1966 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 48-69
Author(s):  
R. E. Witt
Keyword(s):  
Literary Texts ◽  
Considerable Importance ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
Classical Scholar ◽  
Achilles Tatius ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean

For centuries after the death of Alexander the cult of the Egyptian gods, and of Isis in particular, was widespread in the Mediterranean. The fact is of considerable importance in the history of religious ideas; yet it has not received much special attention. Perhaps this is not altogether surprising. The range of the search is wide and the task daunting. The subject of Isis–Hellas is unclaimed by Egyptology. For its proper exploration the classical scholar must delve into many fields. Besides the epigraphical and numismatic evidence many literary texts have to be read. Sculpture, painting, magical amulets and papyri can all be turned to account. Some fresh approach may suddenly throw the Isiac faith into a strange light as when Merkelbach four years ago found links between its mysteries and the romantic tales by such writers as Achilles Tatius and Heliodorus. Abundant proof for the existence of the Egyptian cult on the Greek mainland and in the Aegean and Asia Minor has been brought forward by Rusch, Brady and Magie. Yet we have to bear in mind how strong it also became during the Imperial Age in Italy, as was shown years ago by Lafaye and more recendy by the Dane Alfoldi and the Vietnamese Tran Tam Tinh. No wonder then that a comprehensive and definitive work on Isis in all her countless guises (Isis Myrionymos) has still to be written.

Ocean Temperatures and Solar Radiation

1906 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-184
Author(s):  
C. G. Knott
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Energy Incident ◽  
Different Depths ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mediterranean

Two years ago I communicated a short paper on Solar Radiation and Earth Temperatures (Proc, vol. xxiii., pp. 296–311). This paper had its origin in a critical discussion of certain results deduced by Dr Buchan from observations of Mediterranean temperatures which had been made by the staff of the Austrian warship Pola. The mathematical method by which I discussed the relation between the solar energy incident on the surface of earth or sea, and the corresponding fluctuations of temperature in the rock of the Calton Hill and the surface waters of the Mediterranean, has attracted some attention in America; and correspondence with Professor Cleveland Abbe has drawn my attention again to the subject. In this paper I propose to consider more carefully the significance of the observations made and published by the Austrians. These are contained in four quarto volumes, which Dr Buchan has kindly placed in my hands for the purposes of a thorough investigation from the point of view of solar radiation. Dr Buchan clearly saw that something might be made out of these; and the results he gave two and a half years ago before the Society indicated a penetration of solar heat every day to a depth of more than 100 feet. The results were based upon means of temperature at different depths grouped according to the time of day at which they were taken. As I showed in my former paper, the results so deduced indicated a daily penetration into the waters of the Mediterranean of an amount of heat greater than the sun could supply.

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