scholarly journals Seeing Children in Prehistory: A View from Bronze Age Ireland

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Mark Haughton
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
The Past ◽  
Written Sources

Despite growing strength in recent decades, an archaeology of childhood has often been overlooked by those studying prehistory. This is concerning because communities are enlivened by their children, and conversations with and about children often provide a critical arena for the discussion of aspects of societies which prehistorians are comfortable addressing, such as social structure, identity and personhood. Through an exploration of childhood as expressed in the Earlier Bronze Age burials from Ireland, this article demonstrates that neither written sources, artistic depictions nor toys are necessary to speak of children in the past. Indeed, an approach which tacks between scales reveals subtle trends in the treatment of children which speak to wider shared concerns and allows a reflection on the role of children in prehistory.

scholarly journals Hradisko Tabulová hora u Klentnice v době popelnicových polí

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-85
Author(s):  
Aleš Navrátil ◽  
Richard Bíško ◽  
Tomáš Tencer
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
The Past ◽  
Geomagnetic Survey ◽  
Professional Interest ◽  
Wall Construction ◽  
South Moravia ◽  
Non Destructive

Tabulová hora hillfort plays a prominent role in the landscape of the South Moravia region. The excavation in 50’s brought basic information about the wall construction. At the beginning of the 21st century rumours about illegal metal detecting activities started to spread. According to this rumours a significant number of Bronze Age hoards as well as exclusive items were illegally excavated. This sparked a new wave of professional interest leading to a series of archaeological non-destructive activities on the site. The aim of this study is to present new results of defence system survey as well as geomagnetic survey of particular hillfort sections. The results are confronted with the data coming from the past excavations. A discussion on the role of hillforts in the Urnfield society follows.

scholarly journals Repositioning the Role of Written Sources in Archaeological Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 763
Author(s):  
Zorica Kuzmanović
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Role ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
General Attitude ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Written Sources

Contrary to the general attitude that the role of written sources in archaeological research marks the separation between two distinct fields of research – prehistorical and historical archaeology, the critical research into the history of the discipline points that the development of archaeology has not followed this pattern. Rather, the dominant role of the written sources in the study of classical past has been transferred onto the practices of prehistorical archaeology. Discussing the role of ancient sources in the research of the so-called "Illyrian question", this paper addresses the consequences of this dominant role of written sources in the archaeological study of the past and points to the ways in which the interpretation of the classical texts influenced the theoretical- methodological framework of research of the late prehistory of the Balkans.

Minerals, Metal, Colours and Landscape: Exmoor's Roman Lode in the Early Bronze Age

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill Juleff ◽  
Lee Bray
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Ore Deposit ◽  
The Past ◽  
Layered Approach ◽  
New Evidence

Outcrops of metallic mineralization were potentially prominent locations in past landscapes, the characteristics of their constituent minerals granting them distinctive appearances and properties. To date, most treatments have cast humans as exploiters whose prime motivation for engagement with the mineral world was the acquisition of metals. This article examines new evidence for Early Bronze Age activity at Roman Lode, a predominantly iron-rich ore deposit on Exmoor in southwest Britain. In addition to assessing whether this represents metal exploitation, other interpretive avenues are explored including the potential role of the site as a provider of other resources such as pigments and quartz and as an element in a wider conceptual and physical landscape. A layered approach to the interpretation of such sites is advocated. Only by combining a cognitive interpretation with materialist perspectives will we arrive at a more insightful understanding of the past significance of minerals, mining and landscape.

Rezultate preliminare ale cercetărilor geofizice și de teledetecţie de la Coldău, jud. Bistriţa Năsăud / Preliminary results of the geophysical and teledetection researches at Coldău, Bistrița Năsăud

2018 ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
Dan Ștefan ◽  
Alexandru Popa
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Magnetic Anomalies ◽  
Entire Surface ◽  
The Past ◽  
Small Density ◽  
Geophysical Anomalies ◽  
The Bronze Age

The study presents the results of a series of interdisciplinary researches conducted in the area of Coldău fortification, especially through methods specific for aerial archaeology of low and medium altitude, as well as geophysical measurements and investigations. These were meant to complete the already known data from previous archaeological diggings conducted by N. Vlassa in 1967. The fortification’s rampart is not visible in height, but is marked on the surface with quite visible, large, brown or brick-red boulders. Their structure is very different of the soil’s matrix. The boulders have a high density, compact texture, many gaseous inclusions and a glass-like gloss. A first evaluation of the fortification system was done through measuring the soil’s magnetic susceptibility (2012). Later (2012, 2015) the geophysical studies were continued on larger surfaces, by using magnetometry. The site at Coldău belongs to the wider frame of vitrified forts. These stand out by having, inside the rampart, a nucleus that went through strong structural changes due to extreme thermic conditions. Both the rampart and the surrounding ditch are well visible in the magnetic map processed during our researches. The geophysical data show that they both had the same dimensions throughout the entire surface we measured: the ditch was approx. 8 m wide and the rampart approx. 11 m. The fortification system is not the only element that requires reopening the discussion about the site at Coldău. Based on the magnetometric maps one can easily notice that the inner part of the site does not totally lack magnetic anomalies. These are quite many in the western part of the site. They could be interpreted as traces of degraded prehistoric complexes. Nevertheless, the small density of these magnetic anomalies does not offer proper support for any scenery in which the site could have been the host of intense human activity in the past. In order to decode the role of the fortification at Coldău in the economic and cultural landscape of this region at the end of the Bronze Age we need to conduct further interdisciplinary researches and, maybe even extend the archaeological diggings, especially in the areas where we already detected geophysical anomalies.

scholarly journals Talking with tradition: On Brandom’s historical rationality

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 446-461
Author(s):  
Yael Gazit
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
The Past ◽  
Normative Discourse ◽  
Normative Change

AbstractRobert Brandom’s notion of historical rationality seeks to supplement his inferentialism thesis by providing an account for the validity of conceptual contents. This account, in the shape of a historical process, involves the same self-integration of Brandom’s earlier inferentialism and is similarly restricted by reciprocal recognition of others. This article argues that in applying the synchronic social model of normative discourse to the diachronic axis of engaging the past, Brandom premises a false analogy between present community and past tradition, which obscures the important differences between the two axes. This is explored by looking closely at how Brandom’s own engagements with the past exemplify his historical rationality. Taking its cue from Brandom’s critics, the article shows that Brandom’s own discourse with tradition is not, and cannot be, dialogical and, in accordance, that historical rationality is not, and cannot be, governed by the same social structure of inferentialism. The article concludes with the implications of such a claim on Brandom’s thesis as a whole and on the role of tradition in the process of normative change, in light of it.

Late Cypriot tombs at Maroni Tsaroukkas, Cyprus

1998 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 298-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sturt W. Manning ◽  
Sarah J. Monks
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Conspicuous Consumption ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
The Past ◽  
Foreign Objects ◽  
Southern Cyprus

On the centenary of British Museum investigations at the site of Maroni Tsaroukkas in southern Cyprus, we present the findings of the re-excavation of funerary deposits at this Late Bronze Age site. We discuss the historical background to the discovery of tombs and artefacts at the site by the British Museum in an attempt to understand and tie in more recent discoveries. The results of excavation over the past five years are assessed in terms of the evolution of funerary practice at the site, and in the valley as a whole, and the role of locally produced and foreign objects within such contexts. In particular, we discuss the role of prestige imports and influence in conspicuous consumption and funerary display during the LC II period. With their obvious political and economic connotations, aspects of foreign trade and influence are linked to other investigations at the site; these are principally concerned with the role of Tsaroukkas as the principal port in the Maroni valley and the development of the urban centres at Tsaroukkas and nearby Maroni Vournes.

scholarly journals AFTER THE HITTITES: THE KINGDOMS OF KARKAMISH AND PALISTIN IN NORTHERN SYRIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK WEEDEN
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Special Regard ◽  
Written Sources

Abstract The disappearance and weakening of the Late Bronze Age territorial empires in the Eastern Mediterranean shortly after 1200 BC is traditionally held to be followed by a so-called Dark Age of around 300 years, characterized by a lack of written sources. However, new sources are appearing, mainly in the medium of Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions, which help us to understand events and, more importantly, political and geographical power constellations during the period. The new sources are briefly situated within the framework of the current debates, with special regard given to the territories of Karkamish and Palistin. Emphasis is laid on the apparent continuation of local idioms for the articulation of power, largely persisting from the Hittite Empire, in spite of any changes in population, social structure, or political institutions that may have occurred.

On Future Directions in Pathology

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 274-277
Author(s):  
Benjamin F. Trump ◽  
Irene K. Berezesky ◽  
Raymond T. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Clinical Pathology ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Diagnostic Pathology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Organ Systems ◽  
The Many

The role of electron microscopy and associated techniques is assured in diagnostic pathology. At the present time, most of the progress has been made on tissues examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and correlated with light microscopy (LM) and by cytochemistry using both plastic and paraffin-embedded materials. As mentioned elsewhere in this symposium, this has revolutionized many fields of pathology including diagnostic, anatomic and clinical pathology. It began with the kidney; however, it has now been extended to most other organ systems and to tumor diagnosis in general. The results of the past few years tend to indicate the future directions and needs of this expanding field. Now, in addition to routine EM, pathologists have access to the many newly developed methods and instruments mentioned below which should aid considerably not only in diagnostic pathology but in investigative pathology as well.

EPITAFIES OF THE RELATIVES OF HADJI IBRAHIM AL-URADI AS A SOURCE ON THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE SCIENTIST AND ON THE HISTORY OF GIDATL

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-21
Author(s):  
Sh M Khapizov ◽  
M G Shekhmagomedov
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Medieval History ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
The Past ◽  
Arabic Script ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Culture ◽  
The Look ◽  
Cultural Monuments ◽  
Written Sources

The article is devoted to the study of inscriptions on the gravestones of Haji Ibrahim al-Uradi, his father, brothers and other relatives. The information revealed during the translation of these inscriptions allows one to date important events from the history of Highland Dagestan. Also we can reconsider the look at some important events from the past of Hidatl. Epitaphs are interesting in and of themselves, as historical and cultural monuments that needed to be studied and attributed. Research of epigraphy data monuments clarifies periodization medieval epitaphs mountain Dagestan using record templates and features of the Arabic script. We see the study of medieval epigraphy as one of the important tasks of contemporary Caucasian studies facing Dagestani researchers. Given the relatively weak illumination of the picture of events of that period in historical sources, comprehensive work in this direction can fill gaps in our knowledge of the medieval history of Dagestan. In addition, these epigraphs are of great importance for researchers of onomastics, linguistics, the history of culture and religion of Dagestan. The authors managed to clarify the date of death of Ibrahim-Haji al-Uradi, as well as his two sons. These data, the attraction of written sources and legends allowed the reconstruction of the events of the second half of the 18th century. For example, because of the epidemic of plague and the death of most of the population of Hidatl, this society noticeably weakened and could no longer maintain its influence on Akhvakh. The attraction of memorable records allowed us to specify the dates of the Ibrahim-Haji pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, as well as the route through which he traveled to these cities.

A literature review on firms' internationalisation through e-commerce

2019 ◽  
pp. 121-143
Author(s):  
Riccardo Resciniti ◽  
Federica De Vanna
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
International Business ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
New Markets ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship

The rise of e-commerce has brought considerable changes to the relationship between firms and consumers, especially within international business. Hence, understanding the use of such means for entering foreign markets has become critical for companies. However, the research on this issue is new and so it is important to evaluate what has been studied in the past. In this study, we conduct a systematic review of e-commerce and internationalisation studies to explicate how firms use e-commerce to enter new markets and to export. The studies are classified by theories and methods used in the literature. Moreover, we draw upon the internationalisation decision process (antecedents-modalities-consequences) to propose an integrative framework for understanding the role of e-commerce in internationalisation

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