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Diet and mobility: stable isotope analysis of the Iron Age population at Burnby Lane and The Mile
Examination and analysis of the stable isotope evidence for mobile and sedentary populations in the context of the Iron Age cemeteries at Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire.Hamilton, Derek ; Fox, Thomas G.B. ; Adams, Sophia ; Alexander, Michelle ; Sayle, Kerry L. …
Iron Age, stable isotopes, and mobility
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Chronological framework
Interrogation of the dating of the Iron Age cemeteries at Pocklingon, East Riding of Yorkshire through examination of artefact chronologies and Bayesian modelling of radiocarbon dates.Hamilton, Derek ; Adams, Sophia
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Untangling megalithic typologies and chronologies in the Levant
The Levant comprises southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. These well-surveyed archaeological landscapes contain a miscellany of features that incorporate megalithic blocks in various ways. To 19th century explorers, these features recalled megalithic monuments in Europe, and they used European terms such as cromlech and...Fraser, James
Levant, Dolmens, and Bronze Age
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Speak My Name: Investigating Egyptian Mummies
“Speak my name so that I may live again” was often written on the walls of Egyptian tombs, imploring visitors to speak the names of the dead and make offerings on their behalf. These acts of continued remembrance sustained the dead in the afterlife.Fraser, James ; Lord, Conni ; Magnussen, John
Egypt, Mummies, and Scientific analysis
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Changing exchange values in Solomon Islands
Burt, Ben
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Grave Goods: Objects and Death in Later Prehistoric Britain
Britain is internationally renowned for the high quality and exquisite crafting of its later prehistoric grave goods (c. 4000 BC to AD 43). Many of prehistoric Britain's most impressive artefacts have come from graves. Interred with both inhumations and cremations, they provide some of the most durable and well-preserved insights...Cooper, Anwen ; Garrow, Duncan ; Gibson, Catriona ; Giles, Melanie ; Wilkin, Neil
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Telling stories at the Ashmolean Museum: an Ancient Middle East gallery for the 21st century?
Permanent galleries in museums often receive less focus and investment than temporary exhibitions but in order to meet the needs of modern museum visitors their displays need to be equally responsive to changing demographics and the political landscape. An opportunity to refurbish the Ashmolean Museum’s Ancient Near East gallery (renamed...Collins, Paul
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Dating hillforts part II: more detailed approaches to dating the Iron Age hillforts of Britain
Examination of the dating of hillforts in Britain through analysis of artefact evidence and radiocarbon dating. Focus is upon typo-chronologies of brooches, interrogation of the context of these finds and Bayesian modelling of radiocarbon dates.Hamilton, Derek ; Horn, Jonathan A. ; Adams, Sophia ; McCaskil, Kat ; McDonald, Sophie
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Kingship in time and space in the Northwest Palace, Nimrud
The wall reliefs of Neo-Assyrian palaces have been investigated for relationships between text and image, their historiographical significance and affective properties. The sculptured images and associated inscriptions projected the power and authority of Assyrian kingship through representations of the achievements of individual rulers and their connections with royal ancestors and...Collins, Paul