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Showing 1 to 20 of 173 for “"Archaeological Evidence"”.
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The Iron Age II city gates in Palestine: The textual and archaeological evidence
… gates in order to undertake an analysis of the archaeological remains, (2) to evaluate selected city gate architectural structures, typologies, installations, and artifacts in order to establish the city gate functions; and (3) to analyze archaeological and textual evidence that will further …
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Archaeological evidence for the development of Royal Naval gunnery from 1545 – 1811; analysing change through technology and culture.
This research investigates the archaeological evidence of naval gunnery, primarily from shipwrecks of the Royal Navy from the Early Modern Period (1545) to the Industrial Revolution (1811). It focuses on five main case studies, the London, Hazardous, Invincible, Colossus, and the St George, which …
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The Expansion of Judah Under Uzziah into Philistia: The Historical Credibility of 2 Chronicles 26:6-7a in Light of Archaeological Evidence
… The careful, exhaustive study of published archaeological data from the numerous surveys and excavations conducted in the Shephelah and the Philistine Plain provide a crucial, independent witness to eighth century B.C. constructive and destructive events in this region. All aspects of …
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A Line in the Sand: Archaeological Evidence for the Interactions of Settled Farmers and Mobile Pastoralists in the Late Bronze Age (1950 - 1500 BC) Murghab alluvial fan, Turkmenistan
… fan of present-day Turkmenistan. Traditional archaeological and historical studies in Central Asia, focused as they are on urban contexts or centers of dense population, have colored interpretations of mobile-sedentary interaction in prehistory and helped reinforce a view that mobile and …
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The early historic landscape of Strathearn: the archaeology of a Pictish kingdom
… present day Strathearn in eastern Scotland. Archaeological and historical sources are used to examine the develoent of the administrative structure at the root of the Medieval state of Scotland. There are three main aspects to this study. First, the historical evidence bearing on social …
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Aboriginal patterns of trade between the Columbia Basin and the Northern Plains
Summary of the historical and archaeological evidence of trade through the Western Montana area before the arrival of the whites. Includes numerous examples of trade between Salish and Kootenai Indians and other tribes.
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Aboriginal patterns of trade between the Columbia Basin and the Northern Plains
Summary of the historical and archaeological evidence of trade through the Western Montana area before the arrival of the whites. Includes numerous examples of trade between Salish and Kootenai Indians and other tribes.
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Investigating the Intersection of Chinese and Euro-American Healthcare Practices in Nevada from 1860-1930
… of medicinal artifacts located in seven Nevada archaeological collections -- Lovelock Chinatown, Old Cortez, Virginia City Chinatown, Island Mountain, Yeong Wo Mercantile, and sites 26LA3061 and 26LA4425 in the Cortez Mining District. Medicinal artifacts were studied to determine the nature of …
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Religion of the Roadways: Roadside Sacred Spaces in Attica
… interest in ancient travel and the extensive archaeological evidence of roadside religious spaces and activities in both Athens and Attica, no scholarly work has yet examined these phenomena in a comprehensive manner. Building on the scholarship about Attic roads, ancient travel, and Greek …
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The salt-makers of Manitoba : a study of the use of the natural saline deposits
… the Metis and the early industrialists. Although archaeological evidence for prehistoric salt-making was weak, the historic record demonstrates knowledge and use of salt.
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The role of geophytes in stone age hunter-gatherer subsistence and human evolution in the greater cape floristic region
… Cape Floristic Region (GCFR), where significant archaeological evidence of the evolution of human modernity has been identified in the Middle Stone Age (MSA). It is thought that the resources available in this region during this time period fuelled the progression and development of complex …
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Homo Oeconomicus Romanus
… combines qualitative and quantitative archaeological data, particularly ceramic finds, with concepts from the social and economic sciences. A central element is the use of agent-based modeling to analyze the behavior of economic actors in simulated markets. The simulations distinguish …
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History and Archaeology of the Rosebud Battlefield June 17, 1876
… that has not been the subject of systematic archaeological investigations. The Rosebud has been largely overlooked in the historical record due to the events that happened along the Little Bighorn River eight days later. This project was initiated in 2009 with the purpose of fulfilling goals …
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History and Archaeology of the Rosebud Battlefield June 17, 1876
… that has not been the subject of systematic archaeological investigations. The Rosebud has been largely overlooked in the historical record due to the events that happened along the Little Bighorn River eight days later. This project was initiated in 2009 with the purpose of fulfilling goals …
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From the sea to the stars : the forgotten journeys of the Philippines' ancient explorers
Linguistic, genetic, and archaeological evidence indicate that the Philippines has been inhabited by humans for many thousands of years. By what means the earliest settlers arrived in the archipelago is still a mystery, but a growing body of evidence points to the likelihood that they possessed …
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Persians, Ports, and Pepper: The Red Sea Trade in Late Antiquity
… of Red Sea trade. Secondly, the most up to date archaeological evidence has been incorporated into a description of the ancient maritime trade infrastructure of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. The archaeological evidence broadens our knowledge of the roads through the Eastern Desert of Egypt, the …
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A Critical Assessment of the Portrayal of Women in the Dead Sea Scrolls Sectarian Rule Texts, and of the Evidence for the Presence of Women in the Qumran Community
… where relevant, and, secondly, to uncover archaeological evidence for the presence of women at the Qumran site itself. There is general consensus that Qumran was occupied by an Essene sect during the Second Temple period, although its exact function, and whether it comprised only celibate …
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Mapping sculpture and power: symbolic wealth in early medieval Scotland, 6th-11th centuries AD
… of early medieval Scotland, both textual and archaeological evidence must be considered. Documentary evidence for Scotland is poor, but comparison can be made with Ireland, which has relatively rich textual evidence. The archaeological evidence of the early medieval period in Scotland is …
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Rhetoric and the architecture of empire in the Athenian agora
… form , supported by previously published archaeological evidence and the well documented history of classical rhetoric, demonstrates that both served to propel democracy and, later, to euphemize the asymmetrical power structures of the Hellenistic and Roman empires. In addition, civic …
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