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Industry and art on osseous materials from Courbet cave (Penne, Tarn, France) in the British Museum collections : evidence of Magdalenian connections
The Magdalenian site of Courbet cave in the Aveyron valley is renowned for a significant contribution to the nineteenth century debate about human antiquity and an outstanding set of engraved and sculpted artworks. The typological content of the assemblage nevertheless remained poorly known, making it difficult to assess the place...Lucas, Claire ; Cook, Jill ; Pétillon, Jean-Marc ; Mcgrath,, Krista ; van der Sluis, Laura …
osseous industry, circulation network, Aveyron valley, whale bone, and portable art
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'Mediocre essays in medallic vituperation': German First World War medals and the British Museum
The centenary of the outbreak of the First World War provides a timely opportunity to examine the British Museum’s acquisition of German art medals relating to the conflict. A modest collection of thirty-six medals was acquired between 1916 and the end of the war in 1918 but, in that same...Hockenhull, Tom
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Stamped all over the king’s head: defaced coins and women’s suffrage
Using the British Museum's 'Votes for Women' penny as its starting point, this article conducts an analysis of a group of similar coins. It attempts to answer how they were made, how many were made, their purpose and place in suffragette historiography.Hockenhull, Tom
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Cuban complementary notes
Cuba is well-known for its complex cash economy. The series discusses here addresses more of an ideological conundrum than a practical challenge – how the state engenders unity and material disinterest from work carried out in the name of the Cuban Revolution. Adopting a form reminiscent of revolutionary scrip money/bonds...Solorzano Arias , Zoreidi ; Hockenhull, Tom
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Medals for a Sailor King
A survey of designs for medals produced in the period 1827-31 during the Duke of Clarence's short-lived tenure as Lord High Admiral and his later coronation as King William IV.Hockenhull, Tom
medals and William IV
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Silk Road textiles on banknotes of the Central Asian Republics
Since independence in 1991, the Central Asian republics have used traditional textiles to construct their national identities and to strengthen their association with the famous Silk Roads. This national branding is exemplified by the designs used on modern banknotes, reflecting each nation’s priorities and preferred associations.Wang, Helen ; Sluka, Victoria
textiles, banknotes, and Central Asia
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The first preliminary report of the Khirbat Umm al-Ghuzlān Excavation Project: investigating an EB IV olive processing site in north Jordan
The evidence from Khirbat Umm al-Ghuzlān suggests that this enclosure site served a specialised economic purpose in the Early Bronze Age (EB) IV (ca 26/2500-2000BC). Given the site’s location, it is likely that it was used as a processing centre for upland horticultural crops such as olive, which grow better...Fraser, James ; Cartwright, Caroline ; Zoubi, N. ; Carr, A. ; Handziuk, N. …
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Aux origins de la conservation des peintures coréennes: le constat d’état du Portrait du roi Taejo et sa conservation (1763–64) (The origins of the conservation of Korean paintings: the condition report of the Portrait of King Taejo and its preservation (1763–1764))
A quite exceptional document drawn up by the court in 1763-1764 is held in the Jangseogak Archives, Gyeonggido, near Seoul (South Korea); it is a manuscript related to the condition assessment and restoration of a royal portrait of King Taejo, known the first ruler during the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Painted...Kim-Marandet, Meejung
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Tello/Girsu: first results of the autumn 2019 archaeological season
This article’s aim is to present the preliminary results of the British Museum archaeological fieldwork in Tello (ancient Girsu) that took place in the autumn of 2019. Since the launch of the Iraq Scheme in 2016, we have carried out five seasons of excavations at the site, focusing mainly on...Rey, Sebastien
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The chaîne opératoire of 6th millennium BC pottery making in the Maritsa Valley, Bulgaria: ceramics from Nova Nadezhda
40 potsherds and five other fired clay fragments from the prehistoric site of Nova Nadezhda in Bulgarian Thrace were analysed by archaeometric techniques. Twenty sherds and a daub fragment were analysed in thin section by optical microscopy; these thin sections, and thick sections of a further 24 sherds were also... -
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There's a lot I have to tell everyone!': Medals by Marie Uchytilová-Kučová
‘How could an unknown girl from a tiny country tell something to the world and be heard?’ This was the question that preoccupied Marie Uchytilová (1924-89), twenty-one years old and living in war-torn Czechoslovakia in 1945. The answer came through art, ‘which can speak all the languages of the world’,...Hockenhull, Tom
Czechoslovakia, medals, and socialism
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Under Saint Michael’s protection: a tattoo from Christian Nubia
An article about a tattoo of Saint Michael found on human remains from NubiaVandenbeusch, Marie ; Antoine, Daniel
human remains, Nubia, and tattoo
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A unique Late Cypriote Bronze Age jar from Demetrios Pierides’ excavations in Cyprus, formerly in the Joseph Altounian Collection, Mâcon, France, and the circulation of Cypriote antiquities in the 19th century AD
An account of a unique Late Cypriote Bronze Age jar from Demetrios Pierides’ excavations in Cyprus, formerly in the Joseph Altounian Collection, Mâcon, France, and a discussion of what it can reveal about the circulation of Cypriote antiquities in the 19th century.Kiely, Thomas ; Merrillees, Robert
19th century, archaeology, and Cyprus
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Robert Lang and the archaeology of Cyprus
An overview of Sir Robert Hamilton Lang, Acting Vice Consul and Consul of Cyprus from 1871-2, who acquired many artefacts from excavations in Cyprus.Kiely, Thomas
19th century, archaeology, and Cyprus
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Britain and the archaeology of Cyprus. II: 1914 to the present day
The second part of a two-part survey of British contributions to the archaeology of Cyprus from the 18th century to the present day.Kiely, Thomas ; Ulbrich, Anja
archaeology and Cyprus
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Four unpublished inscriptions in Cypriot Syllabic script in the British Museum
The first publication of four inscriptions in Cypriot syllabic script on objects in the British MuseumKiely, Thomas ; Perno, Massimo
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Égyptiens et Grecs à Naucratis et Daphnae. Projets en cours du British Museum
Deux sites archéologiques majeurs du delta du Nil fondées dès le debut de l’epoque saite, Naucratis et Daphnae, suscitent depuis longtemps l’intérêt partagé — et parfois un vif débat — des égyptologues et des specialistes du monde classique. L’essentiel du très abondant matériel découvert lors des premières fouilles avait pris...Leclère, François ; Spencer, Jeffrey ; Villing, Alexandra