scholarly journals Late Medieval Bone and Antler Working at the Residence of the Archbishop of Esztergom (Northern Hungary)

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 79-96
Author(s):  
Erika Gál
Keyword(s):  
Waste Material ◽  
Production Waste ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Bone Material ◽  
Religious Context ◽  
Animal Bone ◽  
Worked Bone

A relatively small worked bone and antler assemblage including 28 finished objects and 104 remains representing blanks and waste material was identified during the zooarchaeological analysis of the bone material found at the recently excavated site of Esztergom-Várhegy-Kőbánya (Esztergom-Castle Hill-Quarry). According to archaeological investigations, the complete animal bone assemblage deposited in several successive layers on the Castle Hill of Esztergom represents the kitchen refuse of the bishopric residence. Despite the religious context of the settlement, rosary beads or other artefacts usually produced in greater numbers are missing in our material. Common objects such as pins, handles and toys as well as the fine worked decorative items were poorly represented. Contrary, the details for crossbow and the antler debris dominated the assemblage linked to manufacturing. All these would suggest the presence of a workshop in the archbishop’s palace specialised for the quick production and reparation of details for crossbow. Although the small quantity of both the finished objects and production waste point to a small – maybe only seasonally operating – workshop, the involvement of a skilled bone-worker and possibly a lathe is suggested.

A view from the Greek side

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Gunnel Ekroth
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Greek Religion ◽  
Bone Material ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
Animal Bone ◽  
Animal Bones ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Integrated Study ◽  
Written Sources

This paper addresses the animal bone material from ancient Qumran, from the comparative perspective of zooarchaeological evidence recovered in ancient Greek cult contexts. The article offers an overview of the paramount importance of animal bones for the understanding of ancient Greek religion and sacrificial practices in particular, followed by a review of the Qumran material, taking as its starting point the zooarchaeological evidence and the archaeological find contexts. The methodological complications of letting the written sources guide the interpretation of the archaeological material are explored, and it is suggested that the Qumran bones are to be interpreted as remains of ritual meals following animal sacrifices, as proposed by Jodi Magness. The presence of calcined bones additionally supports the proposal that there was once an altar in area L130, and it is argued that the absence of preserved altar installations in many ancient sanctuaries cannot be used as an argument against their ever having been present. Finally, the similarities between Israelite and Greek sacrificial practices are touched upon, arguing for the advantages of a continued and integrated study of these two sacrificial systems based on the zooarchaeological evidence.

scholarly journals Stones, Bones, and Hillfort: Radiocarbon Dating of ķivutkalns Bronze-Working Center

Radiocarbon ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 1252-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Oinonen ◽  
A Vasks ◽  
G Zarina ◽  
M Lavento
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Bone Collagen ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Bone Material ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Animal Bone ◽  
Archaeological Artifacts

The Bronze Age site of ķivutkalns with its massive amount of archaeological artifacts and human remains is considered the largest bronze-working center in Latvia. The site is a unique combination of cemetery and hillfort believed to be built on top of each other. This work presents new radiocarbon dates on human and animal bone collagen that somewhat challenge this interpretation. Based on analyses using a Bayesian modeling framework, the present data suggest overlapping calendar year distributions for the contexts within the 1st millennium BC. The carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios indicate mainly terrestrial dietary habits of studied individuals and nuclear family remains buried in one of the graves. The older charcoal data may be subject to the old-wood effect and the results are partly limited by the limited amount of data and the 14C calibration curve plateau of the 1st millennium BC. Therefore, the ultimate conclusions on contemporaneity of the cemetery and hillfort need to wait for further analyses on the massive amounts of bone material.

scholarly journals The Excavation of the Sculptor's Cave, Covesea, Morayshire

1931 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 177-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Benton
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Glass Beads ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Animal Bone ◽  
Worked Bone

An account of excavation in the cave made famous by its Pictish carvings. The earliest Bronze Age phase of occupation is represented by a range of objects including gold and bronze rings, bracelets, worked bone objects including needles and pottery. Material from the Roman phase include bronze rings, bracelets, wire and glass beads, pins, toilet instruments, needles, samian and native pottery and coins. Disarticulated human bone comprised mainly children. Animal bone was also present throughout.

The Late Medieval Cult of Jesus and the Mystery Plays

PMLA ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 508-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Religious Art ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Mystery Plays ◽  
Religious Context ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Narrative Poems ◽  
The Way

Similarities between the late medieval English mystery plays and late medieval religious art have often been pointed out; parallels in literature and painting to the dramatic scene in which Christ is stretched and nailed to the cross, for example, are numerous. So far, commentators have concentrated on the similarities which concern the way in which the sequence of events of the Christian story is presented—on the narrative details in the plays, paintings, carvings, narrative poems, and glass paintings. For example, the way Christ steps out of the tomb (that is, the dramatic narrative) in the Chester Resurrection has analogies in English alabaster carvings. Such a knowledge is valuable in that it helps demonstrate the popular religious context of much of the narrative detail of the plays (Plate I). I think, however, that the religious (and social) contexts of the performances (especially the rationale of the presence of the audience) can best be understood by considering a different kind of parallel between the plays and religious art—similarities in the static, non-narrative scenes. In particular, I wish to link Christ's monologues in the plays closely to some of the images (Plate II) of the Cult of Jesus of the late Middle Ages, which share with the plays and other religious arts of the period a certain sensational realism and impassioned emotionalism.

Analysis on Wastages in the Automobile Rubber Components Manufacturing Industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 592-594 ◽  
pp. 2577-2582
Author(s):  
K. Balaji ◽  
S. Deepak Kumar ◽  
V.S. Senthil Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Waste Material ◽  
Production Waste ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Major Contributor ◽  
Basic Work ◽  
Small Scale Industries

Small scale industries are the back bone of our nation’s economy; they are major contributor to large scale industries, in particular the automobile field. It is essential that these industries must run to their fullest efficiency, and utilize inputs such as Material, Labour and other resources effectively. But the small scale industries are not aware about the wastages present in the industry. These wastages reduce the efficiency of the industry. The wastages can be present in any form like production waste, man power waste, material waste etc. This paper mainly focuses on basic work of identification of wastages presents in automobile rubber components manufacturing industry. These techniques are called the Lean technique. Generally, seven types of wastages are available. This paper, aims to identify the wastages present in the various units of the industry, and to carry out the cause and effects analysis on wastages, also possible remedies were suggested

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