New Archaeological Excavations of the Jahangir and Gowriyeh Manor Houses in the West of the Sassanid Empire

Iran ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
leila khosravi
Keyword(s):  
The West ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Food Preparation and Dietary Preferences among the Arawak Aboriginal Communities of Cuba

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulises M. González Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Food Preparation ◽  
Faunal Remains ◽  
The West ◽  
Aboriginal Communities ◽  
Dietary Preferences ◽  
Consumption Practices ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Food procurement and consumption practices represent an important aspect of a culture and the identity of its bearers. Indigenous communities used a wide variety of approaches for the collection, preparation and consumption of food, determined by an interplay of ancestral traditions, climate, and social relationships established by the ample mosaic of ethnic groups settled in the continental and insular territories. This chapter examines the ethnohistorical strategies, forms of food preparation and its consumption, as well as dietary preferences among Arawak Aboriginal communities in Cuba. It critically evaluates and systematizes the information provided by the early chroniclers in the West Indies (late 15th and early 16th centuries), in order to compare them with the data gathered through archaeological excavations, taking into consideration various paleodietary analyses, as well as the most recent census of faunal remains associated with the sites on the island. It also examines the contributions of the indigenous heritage in the shaping of contemporary Cuban culinary preferences.

Prehistoric settlement and ritual activities at Barassie, South Ayrshire

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-94
Author(s):  
Iraia Arabaolaza
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
The West ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Between 2008 and 2012 archaeological excavations at Barassie near Troon revealed a palimpsest site, which included Mesolithic pits, early Neolithic structures, middle to late Neolithic pits, Bronze Age pits and boundary ditches. This account incorporates the results of these excavations into the expanding corpus of prehistoric archaeological remains along the west coast of central Scotland.

The Paleoeskimo in Northern Baffinland

1976 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 40-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Mary-Rousselière
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
West Bank ◽  
Short Description ◽  
The West ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Inlet Region ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Paleoeskimo artifacts from the Pond Inlet region have been known since Mathiassen carried out archaeological excavations in 1923, although for some time they were not recognized as such by their discoverer. A short description of the main sites known at the present time and of the most characteristic artifacts will be given here. Some conclusions will then be drawn concerning the local aspects of the Pre-Dorset and Dorset cultures, and their implications.By a strange coincidence, the oldest dated remains of the whole region come from a point only 6 m distant from the Thule house excavated by Mathiassen at Mittimatalik (in which he found a few Dorset and perhaps Pre-Dorset artifacts) (Fig. 1). The site is situated on the west bank of a stream, in the middle of the present village of Pond Inlet, and is now covered in part by new houses and roads. In 1969, a pre-Dorset layer was found at 8 m above sea level, under modern, Thule, and Dorset remains. Underlaid by gravel and sand, it does not seem to have been too much disturbed by solifluxion, but the stratigraphy is confused by numerous crevices cutting through the sod and peat. Besides a few flint artifacts, mostly burins and burin spalls, a complete barbed harpoon head and a similar one with the point cut off were found. Seal bones from the same layer have provided a date of 4385±155 radiocarbon years (S-589), or 2435 B.C. (adjusted date: 2035 B.C.). Local conditions have made it impossible to carry out investigation of the site during the last four years.

scholarly journals Doune Roman fort, Stirlingshire: excavations in 1999, 2008 and 2010

2020 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 1-62
Author(s):  
Candy Hatherley ◽  
Jeremy Evans ◽  
Martin Goldberg ◽  
Kay F Hartley ◽  
Mhairi Hastie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Shaft Furnace ◽  
The West ◽  
Iron Smelting ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Three archaeological excavations were undertaken by Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd within the grounds of Doune Primary School in Stirlingshire, each located on the site of Doune Roman fort. These excavations revealed sections through triple-ditched defences, elements of the turf rampart and the perimeter road (via sagularis) on both the west and east sides of the fort. Within the interior of the fort the partial foundations of seven buildings were recovered, including barracks blocks, a corridored building that may represent a workshop (fabrica) and a stable-barracks to accommodate a cavalry squadron (turma). The everyday life of the fort was also revealed, with a series of ovens and an iron-smelting shaft furnace, a first for Roman Scotland. A range of pits were also identified, including some which are likely to be related to the demolition of the fort as it was decommissioned. Artefacts confirm that the fort was built and occupied during the Flavian occupation of Scotland between AD 80 and 86–7.

scholarly journals Stibadium B of villa with peristyle at Mediana

Starinar ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 81-102
Author(s):  
Nadezda Gavrilovic-Vitas ◽  
Gordana Milosevic-Jevtic ◽  
Vesna Crnoglavac
Keyword(s):  
Water Pipe ◽  
The West ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The North ◽  
Wall Heating ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Western Segment ◽  
Northern Wall ◽  
North Western ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

In the course of archaeological investigations of the villa with peristyle in 2010 and 2011, a room of circular plan in the north-western segment of the villa and to the north of room w-24, was discovered. The room had annexes in the east and west and is analogous to the stibadium A discovered in the north-eastern section of the villa. Further investigations of the room called stibadium B revealed that the stibadium walls were decorated with a facing of marble slabs and the floor was covered with exceptionally well preserved high quality mosaic. Archaeological excavations in 2015 defined completely the system of floor and wall heating. The mosaic floors in stibadium B are conserved. The area to the west of the stibadium has also been explored and a channel with the remains of a lead water pipe was discovered there. The terrain to the north of the northern wall of the villa with peristyle was also levelled.

Urban Bathhouse in the Islamic Far East

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giles Dawkes ◽  
Martin Dow
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Far East ◽  
The West ◽  
Scholarly Research ◽  
Regional Bias ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

While the bathhouses of Rome and Byzantium have received a great deal of academic attention in the West, the baths of the Islamic world, particularly those in the far Islamic East in Central Asia, have been largely overlooked and much scholarly research in this region has only been published in Russian. This paper is an attempt to readdress this regional bias by presenting an overview of medieval bathhouses in Kazakhstan, based largely on the results of a recent upsurge in commercial archaeological excavations in the country. Ten bathhouses are described, and the significant features of Kazakh baths are highlighted.

scholarly journals CHARACTERISTICS OF POTTERY FROM THE EASTERN RHODOPES, BULGARIA (6th—12th c.)

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 110-118
Author(s):  
K. Melamed ◽  
E. Evtimova
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
The Right ◽  
Eastern Rhodopes ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

The paper presents the pottery from the 6th—12th c. obtained in the course of the archaeological excavations of the authors near the Sedlari village, about 4 km to the west from Momchilgrad, in the Eastern Rhodopes, on the broad terrace of the left west bank of Varbitsa River, the old Syutliyka, the right confluent of the Arda River.

scholarly journals Algunas hipótesis sobre el programa decorativo de las paredes en arenisca del Templo de Millones de Años de Tutmosis III

2019 ◽  
pp. 63-92
Author(s):  
Linda Chapon ◽  
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
The State ◽  
The West ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

The archaeological excavations undertaken since 2008 in the Henket-ankh, the Temple of Millions of Years of Thutmose III located on the West Bank of Thebes, have resulted in the discovery of a large number of relief fragments, both in sandstone and limestone. While a part of the sanctuary would have been made of limestone, sandstone was used for most decorated walls of the temple. The material is very fragmented, and very little of the original structures of the temple remains. However, its study has allowed us to elaborate hypotheses about some of the scenes that would have been represented, as well as to suggest possible reconstructions. They included, among others, the massacre and list of enemies or battle, a calendar of festivities, processions, the Ished tree or the king outfitted with the Heb Sed robe. These iconographic elements responded to an intentional program in which each type of representation, ritual or other, had its place in specific areas of the temple. These would be combined with scenes of offerings to the gods, in particular to Amun, guarantor at the same time than recipient of the king’s deeds. This paper aims to present an integral vision of what has been determined in terms of these scenes. Given the state of the material, the limitations that we face when it comes to deciphering this figurative discourse are manifest; however, the reliefs discovered in the Henket-ankh evidence the complexity of the decorative and symbolic program, as well as the quality of relief and polychrome, which once existed in the Temple of Millions of Years of Thutmose III

scholarly journals The results of investigations at the Trypillia settlement of Hordashivka II in Cherkassy region

Vita Antiqua ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
V.O. Shumova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The West ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Working Space ◽  
Painting Analysis ◽  
Settlement Size ◽  
The Village ◽  
Eastern Edge ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Rescue archaeological excavations at the Trypillia settlement of Hordasivka-II (Zvenigorodka district, Cherkassy region) were started in 1996. This settlement is located at western bank of Hirs’kyy Tikych river, in 2.5 km to the west from the south-eastern edge of the village. It is placed on a part of plateau formed by the creek valley from the north and long cavin from the east. Visual observations indicate elliptic structure composed of a single row of dwellings. Settlement size did not exceed 3 ha. The rectangular-shaped Dwelling 1 excavated in Hordashivka (12.5 x 5.0 m) was oriented from north-west to southeast. It is reconstructed as a house with the lower storey’s floor covered by clay and massive ceiling of the lower storey (= floor of the upper storey). Most of the interior details were found on the floor of the lower storey. These are the fireplace, working space, elevations. Collection of finds is mostly represented by pottery (70% of the assemblage is referred to kitchen pottery and 30% of the assemblage is referred to table pottery). Part of the table pottery is decorated in black monochromic painting. Analysis of ceramics allows dating the settlement to Tripolye CII. Considering the relative and absolute chronology (radiocarbon dates obtained for Sharin III), this site may be dated to c. 3400 – 3200 BC. Materials from Hordashivka are “genetically” linked to post-Kosenovskaya group populations in the Southern Bug and Dnieper interfluve. This is traced by the specifics of the technology of vessels production and their decoration. It is important to admit ceramic influences from Sofievskaya group populations in the Middle Dnieper region. Settlements which are chronologically similar to Hordashivka II in the Southern Bug and Dnieper interfluve are not numerous. Later sites in this area are not known, while Trypillia traditions continued in other regions. Keywords: Hordasivka-II, Late Trypillia (C II), settlements, houses, reconstruction, ceramics, chronology.

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