Archaeology, Historical Arcaeology, Medieval Archaeology Research Papers (original) (raw)

Una experiencia metodológica de hacer recolección de materiales históricos en una excavación en la ciudad hecha con otros propósitos, permitió ubicar y fechar las construcciones más cercanas. Se suponía que la destrucción urbana lo hacía... more

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- Archaeology, Historical Arcaeology, Medieval Archaeology

Druga sezona zaštitnih istraživanja kasnoavarodobnoga groblja na redove Šarengrad – Klopare potvrdila je te obogatila
dosadašnje spoznaje o razdoblju 8. stoljeća u Hrvatskome Podunavlju. Istraživanja su bila usmjerena na površinu groblja
koja se pruža u nastavku sonde I prema istoku te su rezultirala otkrićem novih redova groblja s izuzetno bogato opremljenim
grobovima, pri čemu se izdvaja otkriće drvene grobne arhitekture u nekoliko grobova. U iznimno duboko ukopanim grobnim
rakama pronađeni su pokopi konjanika s konjima te grob ratnika s palašem i pojasnom garniturom, dok su u grobovima žena
zabilježeni predmeti nakita od kojih se izdvajaju srebrne lunulaste naušnice sa zvjezdolikim privjeskom. Pronađeno je i nekoliko
dječjih ukopa za koje su karakteristične pliće ukopane grobne rake. Istraživanjima je definiran smjer pružanja groblja
koje za sada predstavlja prvo arheološki istraživano kasnovarodobno groblje u Hrvatskome Podunavlju.

The archaeological monuments near the village Kotorsk of Luzsky Uyezd
were first noticed by the researchers in the early 20th century in the process of gathering information for the archaeological map of St. Petersburg province compilation. The systematic study since the mid-1980s has allowed us to assess them as a single complex of
sites – a small fortified town and an associated rural settlement and several cemeteries of different times abandoned by residents.
A series of studies by nondestructive methods launched in 2012 included a new closeup topographic plan of the entire archaeological complex research shooting. The result was the elaboration of topographic positions and boundaries of individual sites, their relative
position and identification of previously unknown objects. The data obtained became the basis for the construction of a digital model of relief.

- by Tedo Dundua and +1
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- Modern History, Art History, Architecture, Contemporary Art

Lecture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, november 14, 2010). Updated english version of: SUÁREZ OTERO, J. (1999), La Tumba de Santiago, entre la Fe y la Arqueología, in VV.AA., Compostela na Historia. Redescubrimento-... more

- by José Suárez Otero
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- Religion, History, Archaeology, Computer Science

The research in former Biała Poduchowna (currently Janów Lubelski and Biała Druga) in 2020 was undertaken on the initiative of the Historic Preservation Officer of the Lublin Province in connection with the planned construction of the ring road around Janów. One of the considered variants of the road crosses the site within the plots of land no. 21/2 and 22/2 located east of the current parish cemetery, where there used to be a church complex with a necropolis. The aim of the archaeological survey conducted by Marcin Piotrowski and Patrycja Piotrowska in November 2020 was non-invasive identification of relics of former buildings, especially the sacred architecture and the area of the church cemetery, as well as specification to which extent the area is saturated with the historical substance. Archive and library queries were also an integral part of the research. The non-invasive archaeological survey in 2020 comprised several stages and was carried out with various methods. Owing to the topography of the site and anticipated objects, a geophysical study was selected as the leading method. It consisted in measurement of the natural magnetic field anomalies caused, among others, by underground structures, including archaeological objects. The geophysical prospecting was supplemented with surface surveys (2.7 ha) and probing of the selected places to determine how deep the discovered architectural relics were located. The available orthophotomaps were analysed with respect to the visible spectrum (RGB) and in near infrared (CIR). Furthermore, new aerial photos were take from a drone, and site maps, including surroundings, were drawn on the basis of lidar data. The survey has revealed a number of elements of the former church complex, including the relics of a temple (17th-20th c) or two temples (Middle Ages to 17th c), a cemetery, a fence and accompanying buildings. It has been demonstrated that the plots no. 22/2 and 21/2 are saturated with historical substance. Movable archaeological objects are found all over the area, especially fragments of pottery from the 16th-17th and 18th-19th centuries.

- by Marcin Piotrowski and +2
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- History, Geophysical Survey, Archaeology, Historical Arcaeology, Medieval Archaeology

La presente tesi di laurea nasce da un interesse personale inerente un particolare argomento assai trascurato e poco dibattuto: la tessitura. La mia ricerca è iniziata grazie alla pratica della rievocazione storica ed alle prove d’archeologia sperimentale svolte con diverse associazioni. Nel processo spettacolare/didattico di rievocazione storica vi è la necessità basilare di ricostruire gli abiti e i tessuti che venivano utilizzati quotidianamente nel passato, questo mezzo dunque assume un’importanza fondamentale nel mostrare al pubblico quale fosse l’aspetto di quelle persone. Il materiale da cui provengono queste informazioni viene principalmente dalle fonti archeologiche ed iconografiche. Il mio interesse verso questo studio è nato principalmente per motivi pratici legati alla necessità di avere materiali filologici da utilizzare in rievocazione. Questa ricerca iniziale si è approfondita sempre di più per contestualizzare il tipo e la qualità dei tessuti utilizzati, le tipologie di telai che producevano questi tessuti e le tonalità di colori naturalmente ottenibili. L’obbiettivo di questa tesi è dunque comprendere le fasi cruciali della tessitura, partendo dalla storia di quest’attività, comprese le prime attestazioni di cucito antecedenti alla tessitura vera e propria. Il metodo utilizzato è basato su un’analisi della storia della tessitura e dei più famosi reperti tessili ritrovati, uno studio dei primi metodi pratici utilizzati per l’intreccio delle fibre e la comprensione del funzionamento delle “macchine” per la realizzazione dei tessuti. Il primo capitolo affronta la storia della tessitura dalle sue iniziali attestazioni. Nel secondo capitolo è descritto lo sviluppo di alcuni dei numerosi tipi di telai esistiti nei diversi millenni, per la comprensione del funzionamento di queste macchine. Il terzo capitolo entra in una fase più specifica, attinente la fabbricazione delle materie prime da cui produrre i diversi tipi di filati d’origine vegetale e animale, poiché dal tipo di materia naturale utilizzata si ottengono importanti informazioni di carattere societario, quali le tipologie d’allevamento e le coltivazioni presenti. Di notevole importanza è la tintura dei tessuti, tema affrontato nel quarto capitolo, in particolare il tipo di pigmenti naturali ricavati dalle piante, dagli animali o dai minerali, che danno le varie gradazioni di colore, al fine di comprendere la minore o maggiore difficoltà nella realizzazione di questi e conseguentemente per capire l’importanza che assumevano determinati colori rispetto ad altri. Il quinto ed ultimo capitolo è la parte fondamentale di questa ricerca: l’applicazione dell’archeologia all’attività tessile. Sono affrontate le problematiche inerenti la rarità dei reperti tessili (dovuta al loro rapido deterioramento naturale), l’importanza assunta dal ritrovamento degli strumenti da lavoro, nonché le prove lasciate sul campo da questi manufatti; da questi elementi si possono ricavare informazioni pratiche sulla base delle loro caratteristiche fisiche (forma, materiale, resistenza) e delle loro finalità, determinate dalla funzione pratica. In questo campo l’archeologia ha la massima importanza, essendo il metodo diretto da cui otteniamo le informazioni in fase di scavo. Applicando i ritrovamenti alle numerose rappresentazioni grafiche ed alle fonti letterarie antiche, è possibile ottenere i dati con cui poter ricostruire buona parte del processo manifatturiero.

- by Valentina Cutaia
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- Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Archeologia

Estudo abrangente e multidisciplinar sobre a Freguesia de Eiras, do actual Município de Coimbra. Levantamento de fundo, 4 anos de investigação continuada, em arquivos locais, regionais, nacionais (públicos e privados). Apresenta como capítulos estruturantes - meio físico, evolução administrativa, vida económica e social, património edificado, etnografia. Lançado em 2008, com o patrocínio da Junta de Freguesia e CM Coimbra, prefácio da Prof. Drª Ana Isabel Ribeiro (FLUC)

- by joao pinho
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- Historia Social, Local and regional history, Coimbra (Portugal), Arqueologia
- by Paula Alves Pereira and +1
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- Portuguese Discoveries and Expansion, Paleoparasitology, Potato, História Da Alimentação

En 1916 Guillermo de Osma y Adela Crooke, condes de Valencia de Don Juan, fundan en Madrid el
Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan como un centro de investigación dedicado al estudio de la historia, la
cultura y el arte de España. Una de las colecciones más importantes en esta entidad es la compuesta por
piezas artísticas y arqueológicas andalusíes, destacando la serie de lápidas almerienses, la pequeña
arqueta califal, el azulejo Fortuny, un jarrón de la Alhambra o el tintero nazarí procedente de Cuéllar.
Conscientes de la importancia de este conjunto, reunimos y analizamos la documentación generada por
los materiales andalusíes que se conservan en el Instituto, realizamos la reconstrucción historiográfica
de cada una de las piezas y completamos la información con un repertorio bibliográfico especializado.
Además, estudiamos las principales implicaciones del comercio de arte y arqueología, así como del
coleccionismo privado de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, incluyendo una recopilación de la
legislación sobre patrimonio histórico-artístico vigente durante la Restauración Borbónica y la Segunda
República. Igualmente analizamos las principales tipologías documentales encontradas y proponemos
un sistema de organización archivística para la documentación del Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan.

- by Lara Nebreda Martín
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- Art History, Documentation, Historiography, Archives

The paper is an attempt to study the urban organization of the Early ByzantineConstantinople, as this emerges from an anonymous textual source of the 5th A.D., the Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae. It is a Latin text written in about 425 AD thatdivides the city into 14 regions, as they were constituted by emperor Constantine theGreat (305-337). The text consists of a praefatio that praises the emperor Theodosius the II (408-450), the main body of about 1400 words that describes thevarious buildings and infrastructures contained in them and finally a collectio civitatis a kind of summary of the buildings. An analytical technique borrowed fromthe French school of structural linguistics has been used for extracting the words thatdenote space and functions. The isotopy of the spatial code, as is called, consists inmarking all the words, phrases or sentences that refer to space, or have allusions tourban functions. There have been identified 32 different isotopies that can betypologically classified in the following seven main categories: residence, economy,administration, culture, defense, religion and networks. Each of them can be furtherdivided into various subcategories. A Digital Terrain Model has beenproduced in order to clarify the description of the 14 Regions. Additionally,the official map of the Istanbul City Guide has been used, in order to redesign avector map that allowed the confrontation of the boundaries of the Regions withthose of modern Istanbul’s administrative districts and neighborhoods (mahalle). The distinctive features of the spatial textual code have been individuatedand described. The various land-uses that shape the socially organized andconstructed space into urban functions and subfunctions have been systematicallyclassified and correlated with their modern location, while also a zoning map has been designed. Finally, an attempt has been made to Finally, an attempt has been made to analyze some of these urban shells in order to show their Graeco-Roman heritage and their functional transformations in the Early Byzantine period.

Recent Article published 2016 in Heretic Magazine tracing a potential history of the methods and trade secrets for time keeping and navigation allowing hunter gathering, agriculture and trading by sea from the Neolithic period to... more

- by Crichton E M Miller FCILT FSAScot
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- Religion, History, Ancient History, Psychology

Crichton E M Miller FCILT reverse engineered the artefacts known as the Dixon Relics found in 1872 by Waynman Dixon in the north shaft of the Queens Chamber of the Pyramid of Khufu, (the artefacts are now split between the British Museum and Aberdeen), and following the scientific method of testing theory through constructing working models and conducting field trials at Neolithic sites from 1998- 2002, AS proof of functionality applied for two patents through the United Kingdom Patent Office to prove that the working models would support the theory that the cross shape, both Solar wheel and the cruciform type extant in the Necropolis at Egypt would reflect an early instrument for measuring time and calendar, leading to primitive astronomy ,architecture and navigation through practical spherical geometry probably employed in Neolithic and Bronze Age construction methodology..
It is highly possible that the Solar cross instrument, images of which predate Christianity in petroglyphs in Scandinavia, was adopted as an early Church instrument before becoming redundant as a result of the construction of the first 24-hour clock in Padua, Italy, in the 14th Century AD, for keeping time and calendar by clockwork models of the solar system and zodiac constellations within in its design, and calibrated using the same principles as the wheel cross for utilising the apparent motions of the sun, moon and planetary bodies. Where the original innovations of the cross design were invented for measurement based on the cycles of the solar system leading to contemporary mathematical principles and formulae that have developed Human civilisation and technological advancement as a result of the Renaissance of the 12th Century leading to the European Renaissance in the 15th and 16th Centuries.
The descendance of Theodolite from the cross becomes apparent in its utilization of the same principles inherited from the early wheel cross when used with a plumb line or weighted rotating wheel, sights and fulcrum for sidereal and vertical metrology.
The Theodolite, which in modern times is used for surveying by construction and design but more importantly for historical research, by Archaeoastronomers to compare alignments on Neolithic megalithic sites to study the astronomical accuracy achieved by these ancient builders.
The name Theodolite is interesting, as a combination word from the Ancient Greek Theos (θεός), for God, plus delitus apparently meaning to delete or destroy.
The description of the word "Theodolite" is found in the 16th Century surveying textbook A geometric practice named Pantometria (1571) by Leonard Digges,
The challenge to archaeological findings on primitive yet accurate astronomical alignments in ancient constructions, raises a problem to scientific enquiry that should be addressed and solved as required by unbiased scientific enquiry.
That problem is as follows. What instrument for measurement did the designers of the megalithic sites use, when the theodolite was not available for another 3000 years?
Crichton E M Miller FCILT offers a practical problem for scientific enquiry by producing an instrument of simplicity with materials available in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, images of which appear extant on Scandinavian rock art from 1400 BC and the Dixon Relics in the Great Pyramid of Khufu which can be read in his book, The Golden Thread of Time first published in 2001, Pendulum Publishing ISBN 0-9541639-0-7 https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Thread-Time-Knowledge-Ancients/dp/1499532601/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&fbclid=IwAR0CAsA9QSZ9oymWnkIsNrWKbXvcGn8lcp5AYvrYkS9Pw7YZjl_ZVfcqgbY
The Patents for this rediscovered instrument provides proof of functionality and was granted to Crichton E M Miller in 2001 and 2002. https://patents.google.com/patent/GB2344887B/

"In the historical course of Santiago de Compostela there are outstanding gaps and absences, forgotten places hidden in the embankments of History. This book seeks to return to the city one such absent landscape: the Castle of A Rocha Forte. For two centuries, between mid-13th and mid-15th century, Santiago boasted a formidable fortress, the biggest in the Kingdom of Galicia and among the most spectacular in the Iberian Peninsula. An imposing building, the archbishop’s dwelling, an impregnable stronghold, a true fortified city… A Rocha Forte was many things, but first and foremost, a key site in the struggle for power in the Late Middle Ages between the city councillors and the archbishops".

"""The aim of the paper is to present the administrative and territorial transformations of Macedonia from the 4th to the 6th century AD. The research object is the cartographic documentation of these transformations and the presentation of the settlement network of the two administrative provinces Macedonia I and Macedonia II with emphasis on the 6th century.
Three historical cross‐sections have been attempted, combining primary sources and secondary bibliography, in order to clarify the administrative conditions in the 4th, 5th c. and the 6th c.. The control of sources with the aid of the most updated archaeological reference tool, allows the location and hierarchization of 38 cities (polis) and 57 towns and villages (kome – vicus).
A further research object concerns the description and understanding of settlement clusters and networks hierarchy and the explanation of their location. The latter is related to site catchment analysis on the regional level and environmental limitations and historical acts in the 6th century. A digital terrain model has been designed in order to support and illustrate the analytical process. An accompanying database was also constructed in order to complement the cartographic model and classify the settlements according to historical and geographical criteria.
The first set of criteria is related to parameters and variables such as the date of foundation, continuous presence in five distinct historical periods, ancient and modern place names.
The second set is related to the location of the settlement and uses parameters and variables such as geomorphology, water elements, communication networks and presence of a nodal point or port.
The final goal of the paper is a better comprehension of the historical‐geographical landscapes that constituted Macedonia in Late Antiquity. It is argued that the combination of the above mentioned methodological techniques facilitates and improves the historical and geographical perception of the area and the communication networks that were formed and transformed by the interaction between human agents, cultural factors and natural barriers."""

- by Roy van Beek and +1
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- Historical Geography, Historical Archaeology, Late Middle Ages, Interdisciplinarity

La utilización de lebrillos de cerámica popular como pilas benditeras y bautismales en iglesias coloniales hispanoamericanas Resumen: Se presenta el caso de los lebrillos de cerámica popular, que incorporados como rasgos arquitectónicos, han sido utilizados como pilas benditeras o bautismales en iglesias coloniales hispanoamericanas. Se propone que esta forma de uso constituyó una práctica frecuente derivada de la situación particular de abastecimiento del mercado en estas zonas hasta principios del siglo XIX. El estudio de distintos casos relevados en Argentina, Uruguay y Venezuela nos permiten reflexionar sobre el carácter ambiguo de la cultura material y advertir sobre los peligros que puede implicar el asociar a priori un determinado tipo de objeto con un uso, contexto de uso, o significado específico. ABSTRACT: This paper discloses the case of popular ceramic bowls that, whether or not incorporated as architectural features, have been used as holy water or baptismal fonts in colonial churches in Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela. It is proposed here that this form of use was a common practice because of the special situation of supply and market in which these areas were involved until the early Nineteenth century. The study of these cases will allow us to reflect on the ambiguous character of the material culture and warn of the dangers that may involve associating in an aprioristic and out of context way a particular type of object with an specific use, context of use, or meaning.

- by Flavia Zorzi and +2
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- Ceramics (Art History), History of architecture, Archaeology, Historical Arcaeology, Medieval Archaeology

The infrared masonry abacus. A proposal method for the
stratigraphic analysis of buildings and the interpretation of
construction phases
A non-destructive method of stratigraphic analysis was used on
the church of Santa Giulitta in Bagnasco (Cuneo, Italy). The church
was built between the 17th and 18th centuries but on a pre-existing building from the 15th century. The method integrates thermographic data with the architectural relief up to the detail of the
single stone element. The goal was to obtain an overall view of the
surfaces analysed as well as to provide quantitative data using the
IR masonry Abacus.

- by maurizio gomez and +2
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- History of architecture, Archaeology, Historical Arcaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Infrared Thermography
- by Hacer Sancaktar and +1
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- Hellenistic History, Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Iron Age (Archaeology)

In this paper the history of the 'unknown' Medieval Volos will be studied and an attempt will be made to promote the cultural heritage of the Byzantine era. The effort will be completed with the proposal to create a thematic museum in the area of the Castle of Palea and a cultural route through the points of interest we have identified. The aim of the survey is to create a tourist attraction and thus to improve cultural tourism. Furthermore, knowing the history of our region means to know the evolution followed by the society. This is important because many people ignore the history of this period. For the region of Volos we have a lot of historical evidence for earlier historical periods, such as Neolithic and Classical. However, it remains unknown what happened in the region during the medieval period from the 4th to the 15th century AD.

- by Konstantia Triantafyllopoulou
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- History, Sociology, Art History, Architecture

Статья посвящена находке Гнездовского клада 2001 г. К сожалению в результаты химического анализа предметов закрались ошибки (был подан 1 неправильный вариант анализов. В скором времени эта ошибка будет исправлена в электронном варианте.... more

- by José Suárez Otero
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- Religion, Archaeology, Medieval History, History of Christianity

ABSTRACT: Documentary and archaeological information lead us to know that the project of building a gothic Chevet for St.James' cathedral ends up converting in several funerary chapels, wich wuould be included in the cemetery of the city. These chapels constructed the only finished part of the work, thanks to the financing of the true promoter for the new building: the bourgeoisie.

- by José Suárez Otero
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- History, Archaeology, Archaeology, Art History

La “torre dei diamanti” in Castel Gavone, per la sua concezione architettonica e per il prestigioso paramento murario con bugnato “a punta di diamante”, dal quale trae la denominazione, costituisce uno dei più prestigiosi esempi di architettura fortificatoria italiana della fine del XV secolo (fig. 1). Essa è ispirata ad un ricercato modello totalmente estraneo all’ambiente ligure, facendo piuttosto riferimento a contesti culturali dove si sperimentavano forme architettoniche d’avanguardia nel quadro del rinnovamento delle opere fortificatorie rinascimentali tra l’Italia centrale e quella padana (Colmuto Zanella 1972, 1982; Murialdo 2004).

- by maurizio gomez and +1
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- Architecture in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art, Archaeological Methodology, Archeometry, Finale Ligure
- by Georges Depeyrot
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- History, Cultural History, Economic History, Archaeology
- by José Suárez Otero
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- History, Archaeology, Art History, Late Middle Ages

Il volume ospita gli atti del Convegno internazionale di studi svoltosi nella chiesa di San Domenico a Barletta in occasione dell’Anno Giubilare della Misericordia (2016). Gli Autori riflettono sulla vicenda della Chiesa di Barletta e sulla sua nascita, formazione e crescita durante i secoli finali del Medioevo: l’apporto delle grandi esperienze canonicali e militari di Terrasanta, la sistemazione e il radicamento dei grandi ordini monastici e conventuali maschili e femminili, il rapporto consolidatosi nel tempo con i canonici di San Giovanni in Laterano a Roma, la riottosità del clero, espressione di una solida élite militare e burocratica fortemente radicata sul territorio e largamente beneficiato dalla Corona siciliana, la particolarità della presenza di più sedi episcopali (tranese, cannese e nazarena) operanti in un unico contesto urbano. Attraverso un’attenta rilettura delle fonti, in molti casi inedite, si ricostruisce la vicenda di una chiesa cittadina dalle forti tensioni autonomistiche, mai fino in fondo realizzate.

- by EDIPUGLIA srl and +4
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- Medieval Studies, Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Art, Archaeology, Historical Arcaeology, Medieval Archaeology

Au cours de leur installation à Rhodes pendant environ deux siècles,
les Chevaliers Hospitaliers ont superposé une forteresse-monastère
à la ville byzantine. La conquête ottomane a entraîné ensuite
dans la ville un processus d’islamisation qui s’est traduit par une
large réutilisation du bâti existant. Les modalités de ces opérations
demeurent peu connues. Cet ouvrage propose un voyage dans
l’histoire de Rhodes entre le Moyen Âge et le début de l’époque
moderne, afin de retracer les phases de son accroissement urbain et
les interactions entre l’architecture religieuse et la forma urbis. Cette
étude s’appuie sur les outils de l’analyse spatiale et morphologique,
qui a une partie importante dans les études d’archéologie urbaine,
ainsi que sur un corpus de sources variées : les manuscrits des
Hospitaliers, les récits de voyage, l’iconographie et les données
archéologiques connues. Une partie de l’ouvrage est consacrée
enfin au recensement et à une analyse comparative des églises et
des mosquées urbaines : bien que souvent limitée à une dimension
régionale, la production architecturale et artistique à Rhodes est
étroitement liée à des réalisations plus prestigieuses d’inspiration
byzantine et gothique, ainsi que du monde ottoman. Dans un
contexte actuel où l’urbanisation contemporaine côtoie tant le
patrimoine bâti le plus connu que les vestiges archéologiques
mineurs, Rhodes s’avère être un véritable « laboratoire urbain » dont
l’histoire demeure un champ en construction.

- by Emma Maglio
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- Urban History, Mediterranean Studies, Urban Morphology, Architectural History
- by Georges Depeyrot
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- History, Archaeology, Economics, Political Economy

We present an overview of the local environmental development of the valley of Hjaltadalur, situated in Skagafjörður, northern Iceland. The aim of this study is to increase the knowledge about the valley region before and during human settlement in the ninth century. Four mires were investigated after which the Viðvík peat bog was selected as the main site for evaluating changes in climate and landscape. The master core from Viðvík (V-325) was dated and studied further through sediment analysis, loss-on-ignition (LOI), and pollen analysis. According to the age-depth model, based on three radiocarbon dates and analysis of two tephra layers, the 325 cm long Viðvík core comprises approximately 5500 years. In the pollen percentage record, there is a decrease in birch (Betula) and an increase in grass (Poaceae) in the central part of the core, between Hekla 3 horizon at c. 2800 BP and the next dated level at c. 2000 BP. This change corresponds well with previously outlined environmental fluctuations, showing a transition from warm and dry climate to cool and humid climate at this time. Human activity is mainly reflected by a distinct peak in Lactucae pollen in the uppermost part of the core. This change in vegetation corresponds with earlier studies, showing that the vegetation changed dramatically after the colonization of Iceland in the ninth century (during Landnám period, 870–930 AD). The present study shows that a decline in birch started well before human settlement, although the subsequent Viking Age and later settlements continued the deforestation trend.

Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Καρπάθου βρίσκεται στην πρωτεύουσα του νησιού, τα Πηγάδια, και άρχισε να λειτουργεί από το 2005 με τη συνεργασία των δύο τοπικών Εφορειών Αρχαιοτήτων (ΚΒ΄ ΕΠΚΑ-4η ΕΒΑ) στο πλαίσιο του Γ΄ Κοινοτικού Πλαισίου Στήριξης. Πρόκειται για διαχρονικό μουσείο και περιλαμβάνει εκθέματα από τους προϊστορικούς χρόνους ως τους μεταβυζαντινούς. Η βυζαντινή ενότητα αναφέρεται σε μνημεία και σε ευρήματα του νησιού από την Παλαιοχριστιανική περίοδο ως την εποχή των Κορνάρων(16ος αι.). Στην εκθεσιακή ενότητα δεσπόζει η εντυπωσιακή αποτοιχισμένη τοιχογραφία της αψίδας του ερειπωμένου ναού των Αγ. Αποστόλων με το θέμα της Δέησης και των συλλειτουργούντων ιεραρχών. Χρονολογείται στον 14ο αι. αποτελώντας αξιόλογο δείγμα ζωγραφικής στην Κάρπαθο, το οποίο με την πάροδο του χρόνου θα καταστρεφόταν παντελώς. Τα στάδια συντήρησης και ανάδειξης αυτής της τοιχογραφίας αναλύονται στο κείμενο, με λεπτομερή περιγραφή της μεθοδολογίας που χρησιμοποιήθηκε για πρώτη φορά στα εργαστήρια συντήρησης της 4ης ΕΒΑ με εξαιρετικά αποτελέσματα και πολυετή εγγύηση για τη διατήρηση της άριστης κατάστασής της.
Παπαβασιλείου Ε., Γεωργοπούλου Β. (2010). «Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείου Καρπάθου. Μία άγνωστη τοιχογραφία του 14ου αιώνα. Χρονικό διάσωσης και ανάδειξης». Περιοδικό Αρχαιολογία & Τέχνες, τεύχος 117, Δεκέμβριος 2010, σσ. 85-89.

- by José Suárez Otero
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- History, European History, Archaeology, Art History

The article aims to discuss safeguarding archaeological cultural heritage to get introduced studies do cases of musealization in situ at Europe (Lisbon, Portugal) and Latin America (Alta Gracia - Córdoba, Argentina), as a result of... more

- by Janaina Mello
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- History, Archaeology, Arqueología, Arqueología histórica
- by José Suárez Otero
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- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Medieval Studies, Urban History

""Dimitris P. Drakoulis
THE ECO-GEOGRAPHICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE
PROVINCIA EUROPA IN THE EARLY BYZANTINE PERIOD
The aim of the paper is to contribute to the study of the Provincia Europa in the early Byzantine period (4th – 6th century AD) from a historical geographical
viewpoint. Three historical cross sections have been attempted in order
to clarify the administrative transformations of the province: a) in the 4th
century (source: Laterculus Veronensis), b) in the 5th century (source: Notitia
Dignitatum) and c) in the 6th century (source: the Synekdemos of Hierocles). A
digital cartographic representation of the historical topography was created in
order to describe and clarify the regional context. An accompanying database
was also constructed in order to classify the provincial settlements according to
historical – cultural and geographical – spatial criteria. The first set of criteria
is related to parameters and variables such as the date of foundation, continuous
presence in five historical periods (Archaic – Classical – Hellenistic – Roman
- Early Byzantine), ancient and modern place names. The second set of
criteria is related to the location of the settlement and uses parameters and
variables such as geomorphology, water elements, communication networks and
presence of a nodal point or port. The final object of the paper is a structured
synthesis of knowledge regarding the distinctive features of the settlement network
of Europa and the correlation of this information with the dynamic parts
of the system, i.e. communication networks and cultural exchanges.
It is argued that the spatial organization of the Provincia Europa is analyzed
better through the methodological “deconstruction” in smaller units,
which constitute the intra-provincial eco-geographical and cultural landscapes.
The study of the early Byzantine administrative and spatial structures has to
take into account the internal geographical landscapes. This approach should
not be based on a general description of settlements, as in the case of the last
Tabula Imperii Byzantini 12, but in a concrete and extensive analysis of particular
landscapes that constitute the Province and allow the emergence of particular
features in distinguishable historical sections.""

I marmi romani spesso trasportati in questa terra da molto lontano, hanno trovato un reimpiego spesso addirittura molteplice nelle strutture del Duomo. Si possono così riconoscere materiali che sono stati partecipi di un tessuto culturale più volte rigenerato che, dopo la tormentata ma fertile stagione medievale, tra XV e XVII secolo trova ancora nuove occasioni di rinnovo.