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The Heritage of ‘Maître Alpais’: An International and Interdisciplinary Examination of Medieval Limoges Enamel and Associated Objects
As part of an assessment of the Medieval collections at the British Museum in preparation for the new Medieval Europe gallery, attention was focused on the differences and similarities between the renowned ‘Alpais’ Limoges ciborium, dated to c. 1200, in the Musée du Louvre, an example in the British Museum,...La Niece, Susan ; Röhrs, Stefan ; McLeod, Bet
enamel, Scientific research, medieval studies, conservation, and metallurgy
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Catalogue of the Japanese Coin Collection (pre-Meiji) at the British Museum (with special reference to Kutsuki Masatsuna)
The British Museum’s collection of Japanese coins is one of the best outside Japan. Many of the coins were originally in the collection of Japan’s renowned numismatist and collector, Kutsuki Masatsuna (1750–1802), and were acquired by the British Museum in the 1880s. At the same time as Kutsuki Masatsuna was...Wang, Helen ; Cribb, Joe ; Sakuraki, Shin’ichi ; Kornicki, Peter ; Screech, Timon …
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Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe
The dispersal of early humans from Africa by 1.75 Myr ago led to a marked expansion of their range, from the island of Flores in the east to the Iberian peninsula in the west. This range encompassed tropical forest, savannah and Mediterranean habitats, but has hitherto not been demonstrated beyond 45°...Parfitt, Simon ; Ashton, Nick ; Lewis, Simon ; Abel, Richard L. ; Coope, G. Russell …
Happisburgh; human footprints; Lower Paleolithic; Early Pleistocene; Britain; Europe
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Relations between Archaeologists and the Military in the case of Iraq
In this short paper, I want to consider the controversial question of whether archaeologists should work with the military, principally in Iraq. During the course of 2008, the British Museum and the British Army collaborated in a project to inspect archaeological sites in the south of Iraq and to develop...Curtis, John
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 13
Editorial BMSAES 13 contains 11 papers submitted for publication in the Proceedings of the Third International Colloquium on Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt, which was held at the British Museum from 27 July to 1 August 2008. This selection from the more than 40 papers that will ultimately appear in...British Museum
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 11
Editorial In addition to this issue's paper, a detailed technical study of one of the ancient shoes in the collection of the British Museum, readers attention is drawn to other resources now available on the Museum website. The online Collection database now features all of the records for material housed...British Museum
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 14
Editorial The final issue of 2009 features two articles based on British Museum fieldwork in the Edfu area, and another on epigraphic work at Tombos in Sudan, with publication of related material in museums in Cairo and Khartoum. The two papers by Veldmeijer continue a series on ancient Egyptian footwear,...British Museum
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British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) Issue 12
Editorial This issue presents four papers on varying aspects of Nile Valley studies, from a statistical analysis of Meroitic, to a report on new fieldwork in the Theban necropolis and a reconsideration of inscribed material from Edfu. The final paper features some considerations on publication methods in the subject area....British Museum
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British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume 3
Although all 13 articles in the third volume of the British Museum Technical Research Bulletin present research conducted in collaboration with the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research, the co-authors represent six of the eight curatorial departments in the Museum as well as other museums and universities in the UK...British Museum
British Museum; scientific research; conservation; museum studies