What was the law of Leptines’ really about? Reflections on Athenian public economy and legislation in the fourth century BCE
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DOI: 10.1007/s10602-018-9260-7
Abstract: The article investigates a case study of fiscal policy formation in fourth century BCE Athens: that of the law of Leptines. The law was enacted but later challenged through a procedure of constitutional judicial review… read more here.
Keywords: law; law leptines; century bce; athenian public ... See more keywords
CALIBRATION OF MULTIPLE TREE-RING BLOCKS AND ITS IMPLICATION ON THE DEBATE OF MINOAN ERUPTION OF SANTORINI AROUND 17TH–16TH CENTURY BCE
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DOI: 10.1017/rdc.2023.35
Abstract: The Minoan eruption of Santorini, Greece, is an important and often-debated chronological marker in contexts of the Eastern Mediterranean region. Among various age estimates of this event, one based on wiggle-matching of radiocarbon (14C) dates… read more here.
Keywords: century bce; minoan eruption; calibration; multiple tree ... See more keywords
Giardia duodenalis and dysentery in Iron Age Jerusalem (7th-6th century BCE).
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182023000410
Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine if the protozoa that cause dysentery might have been present in Jerusalem, the capital of the Kingdom of Judah, during the Iron Age. Sediments from 2 latrines… read more here.
Keywords: dysentery; giardia; bce; iron age ... See more keywords
The furnace and the goat—A spatio-temporal model of the fuelwood requirement for iron metallurgy on Elba Island, 4th century BCE to 2nd century ce
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241133
Abstract: Scholars frequently cite fuel scarcity after deforestation as a reason for the abandonment of most of the Roman iron smelting sites on Elba Island (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy) in the 1st century bce. Whereas the archaeological… read more here.
Keywords: metallurgy; century; century bce; iron ... See more keywords