Archaeometric characterization of regional late antique cooking wares from the area of Vallès (Catalonia, Spain): The case of two rural sites
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.12.053
Abstract: Abstract This contribution presents the results of the archaeometric characterization of coarse wares from the rural sites of Can Gambus and Horts de Can Torras in the area of Barcino-Barcinona (current Barcelona) in the northeastern… read more here.
Keywords: rural sites; area; archaeometric characterization; late antique ... See more keywords
Mani’s Metivta: Manichaean Pedagogy in its Late Antique Mesopotamian Context
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DOI: 10.1017/s0017816021000237
Abstract: Abstract This article investigates the nature of Manichaean pedagogy as expressed through the late antique codices known as the Kephalaia of the Teacher and the Kephalaia of the Wisdom of my Lord Mani. By paying… read more here.
Keywords: manichaean pedagogy; mani metivta; late antique; mani ... See more keywords
Two portraits from Aphrodisias: late-antique re-visualizations of traditional culture-heroes?
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DOI: 10.1017/s1047759418001435
Abstract: The “Last Statues of Antiquity”, the collaborative project directed by R. R. R. Smith and B. Ward-Perkins, gathers into a single database all extant late-antique portraits. As a member of the research team, I was… read more here.
Keywords: portraits aphrodisias; culture heroes; traditional culture; late antique ... See more keywords
The Eastern Frontier: Limits of Empire in Late Antique and Early Medieval Central Asia
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DOI: 10.1080/00210862.2020.1820759
Abstract: The Eastern Frontier consists of seven chapters, preceded by a list of abbreviations (p. viii), list of maps (p. ix), acknowledgements (pp. x–xi), introduction (pp. 1–15), and followed by conclusio... read more here.
Keywords: antique early; frontier limits; empire late; limits empire ... See more keywords
The Basilica of Betä Sämaʿtiʾ in its Aksūmite, Early Christian, and Late Antique Context
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DOI: 10.1086/723773
Abstract: The ancient Kingdom of Aksūm, located in Ethiopia and Eritrea, was one of the most influential civilizations of the first millennium ce. More than a dozen Aksūmite structures attest to the spread of Christianity from… read more here.
Keywords: aks mite; bet aks; early christian; basilica bet ... See more keywords
Constructing clandestine communities: oaths of collective secrecy and conceptual boundaries in the late antique Mediterranean
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DOI: 10.1111/emed.12616
Abstract: This article explores fourth‐ to seventh‐century narratives about oaths of collective secrecy, which our sources typically frame negatively. By examining the terminology used in reference to these promises, the dynamics inherent in the practice and… read more here.
Keywords: collective secrecy; constructing clandestine; oaths collective; conceptual boundaries ... See more keywords