Simia langobardorum: Were African apes traded in late medieval Lombardy?
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DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23462
Abstract: Depictions of and references to apes (tailless hominoids) are very limited in early historical written accounts. The first known published representations of ape‐like primates appear in Medieval European books during the first century following the… read more here.
Keywords: iconography; simia langobardorum; late medieval; african apes ... See more keywords
Kathleen Bickford Berzock (Ed.): Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa
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DOI: 10.1007/s10437-020-09362-1
Abstract: chapter (6) to the most famous patron of female Cistercians in France, Blanche of Castile. Blanche founded two nunneries, namely Maubuisson (1236) and Lys (1248), both of which went on to be very successful. The… read more here.
Keywords: medieval; time; berzock caravans; caravans gold ... See more keywords
A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Cesspits from Late Medieval and Post-Medieval Brussels, Belgium: Diet and Health in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries
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DOI: 10.1007/s10761-021-00613-8
Abstract: The fill of two late and post-medieval cesspits in Brussels was analyzed using a multidisciplinary approach, including the study of macrobotanical and faunal remains, pollen, and parasite eggs. These show that in the diet plant… read more here.
Keywords: medieval; cesspits late; post medieval; multidisciplinary analysis ... See more keywords
Effects of long-term medieval agriculture on soil properties: A case study from the Kislovodsk basin, Northern Caucasus, Russia
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DOI: 10.1007/s11629-017-4666-7
Abstract: The chemical properties and biological activities of soils were studied in the vicinity of the medieval settlement Podkumskoe-3 in the Kislovodsk basin (Northern Caucasus, Russia). Between the 5th and 8th centuries this area was ploughed… read more here.
Keywords: caucasus russia; basin northern; northern caucasus; long term ... See more keywords
A probable case of metastatic carcinoma in the medieval Netherlands.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.05.006
Abstract: Despite recent considerable gains, our knowledge of cancer in antiquity is still limited. This paper discusses an adult individual from a Dutch medieval hospital site who demonstrates osteoblastic and osteolytic lesions on the ribs, scapula,… read more here.
Keywords: carcinoma; metastatic carcinoma; medieval; probable case ... See more keywords
Syphilis in an Italian medieval jewish community: A bioarchaeological and cultural perspective.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2020.06.001
Abstract: Abstract Objectives We aim to discuss the presence of treponemal infections in three individuals belonging to a large (∼400 individuals) Late Medieval cemetery (14th -16th century) that archaeological and documentary sources place within a Jewish… read more here.
Keywords: community; medieval; medieval jewish; perspective ... See more keywords
Diet in Medieval Gaelic Ireland: A multiproxy study of the human remains from Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105203
Abstract: Abstract This study investigates the nature of diet in a predominantly Late Medieval Gaelic Irish skeletal population and explores whether any sex-based and/or age differences were evident in the population. A smaller sub-sample was also… read more here.
Keywords: medieval; study; evidence; medieval gaelic ... See more keywords
Something old, something new, something borrowed: New insights to human-environment interaction in medieval Novgorod inferred from tree rings
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.04.008
Abstract: Updating archaeological tree-ring collections for calibrations and verifications with instrumental data is an essential step in ‘updating’ also our understanding of the climate signals in archaeological tree-ring data. Here we delve into the Novgorod tree-ring… read more here.
Keywords: ring data; tree ring; medieval; something old ... See more keywords
Gambassini on the road. Underpinning evidence for a medieval widespread glass production in the north Adriatic area
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103039
Abstract: Abstract The paper discusses historic, chrono-typological and archaeometric data related to two assemblages of late medieval drinking glass vessels from the monastic complex of San Severo (Ravenna, Italy) and the castle of Rontana (province of… read more here.
Keywords: adriatic area; medieval; gambassini; production ... See more keywords
Economic plants from medieval and post-medieval Brussels (Belgium), an overview of the archaeobotanical records
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.025
Abstract: Abstract Archaeobotanical research in the city centre of Brussels is still in its infancy. However, the increasing amount of carpological data collected during the last two decades permits a first review. In this paper a synthesis of… read more here.
Keywords: medieval post; plants medieval; post medieval; economic plants ... See more keywords
Remains of small domestic and game birds from medieval sites in Hungary
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.03.039
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents the occurrence of small domestic and wild bird species in medieval assemblages from Hungary. They were present at all types of sites and both in hand retrieved and sieved assemblages, respectively.… read more here.
Keywords: birds medieval; medieval; domestic game; game birds ... See more keywords