Two or III Feet Apart: Oral Recitation, Roman Numerals, and Metrical Regularity in Capystranus
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DOI: 10.1007/s11061-018-9567-7
Abstract: The Middle English verse romance, Capystranus, contains 32 numerical expressions in fewer than 580 lines, some of which are spelled out, others are in Roman numerals, while the rest are in mixed orthographical/numerical forms. Values… read more here.
Keywords: roman; metrical regularity; oral recitation; roman numerals ... See more keywords
Combination of in situ spectroscopy and chemometric techniques to discriminate different types of Roman bricks and the influence of microclimate environment
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0938-6
Abstract: Red and yellow bricks are the wall-building materials generally used in Roman masonries. The reasons for the different coloration are not always understood, causing loss of crucial information both for the conservation and for the… read more here.
Keywords: roman bricks; combination situ; roman; analysis ... See more keywords
Geochemical characterisation of pozzolanic obsidian glasses used in the ancient mortars of Nora Roman theatre (Sardinia, Italy): provenance of raw materials and historical–archaeological implications
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DOI: 10.1007/s12520-018-0658-y
Abstract: The study focused on the volcanic glass used in the production of bedding mortars and concrete of the Roman theatre (I cent. AD) of the Nora site. The volcanic glasses were frequently used as aggregate… read more here.
Keywords: roman; roman theatre; provenance; geochemical characterisation ... See more keywords
Biodeterioration of Roman hypogea: the case study of the Catacombs of SS. Marcellino and Pietro (Rome, Italy)
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DOI: 10.1007/s13213-019-01460-z
Abstract: No information exists on phototrophs growing on the stone surfaces of the Catacombs of SS. Marcellino and Pietro (the site was only recently opened to the public in 2014). Therefore, it was decided to characterise… read more here.
Keywords: marcellino pietro; roman; catacombs marcellino; biodeterioration ... See more keywords
Marble decoration of the Roman theatre of Urvinum Mataurense (Urbino, Marche region, Italy): An archaeological and archaeometric multi-method provenance study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2019.03.009
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents the results of the characterisation, provenance determination, quantification (by count and weight) and contextualisation of the white and coloured marbles used for decorating the Roman theatre of Urbino (Marche region, Italy).… read more here.
Keywords: roman theatre; urbino marche; marche region; roman ... See more keywords
Experimental analysis of Roman coin minting
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.05.007
Abstract: Abstract Historic coins are an artifact used for analysis in different research areas. This study contributes to the topic of historic coin minting. Consulting ideas from the field of experimental numismatics, an approach is proposed… read more here.
Keywords: coin minting; roman; experimental analysis; analysis ... See more keywords
Copper-based metalwork in Roman to early Islamic Jerash (Jordan): Insights into production and recycling through alloy compositions and lead isotopes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102519
Abstract: Abstract Metallographic, chemical and lead isotopic analyses of copper-based artefacts recovered from the Northwest Quarter in Jerash (ancient Gerasa) in Jordan provide new information on the civic life and material culture from a key urban… read more here.
Keywords: roman; jerash; copper; period ... See more keywords
L'artisanat dans les cités antiques de l'Algérie (Ier siècle avant notre ère – VIIe siècle après notre ère). By Touatia Amraoui. Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 26, Oxford, 2017. ISBN 9781784916671, pp. 425, 356 figures. Price: £50 (hardback).
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DOI: 10.1017/lis.2018.2
Abstract: aspects of the extraction, geochemistry, working and transport of gold throughout the Sahara in the Islamic period, and thus one of the most informative chapters in the volume. There is a good deal of discussion… read more here.
Keywords: archaeology; roman; evidence; sub saharan ... See more keywords
POETRY ON THE ADVANCE: THE EMERGENCE AND FORMATION OF A POETIC CULTURE IN ROMAN BRITAIN
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DOI: 10.1017/s0017383520000054
Abstract: The way in which the Roman army, as a major factor contributing to relative mobility of individuals within the Roman Empire, may be thought of as a driver behind the diffusion and general dynamic of… read more here.
Keywords: emergence formation; advance emergence; poetry advance; roman ... See more keywords
Hadrian's Wall: the ongoing search for certainty
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DOI: 10.1017/s1047759400074572
Abstract: Americans have their Civil War (1861-65) as an endless source of both popular and scholarly fascination. The English have Roman Britain, from which Hadrian’s Wall, perhaps better called the vallum Aelium (AE 2004. 857), has… read more here.
Keywords: wall ongoing; roman; ongoing search; hadrian wall ... See more keywords
Towards a cultural biography of Roman painting
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DOI: 10.1017/s1047759419000084
Abstract: Using a term drawn from economic anthropology1 and pushing the boundaries of this type of analysis, I would like to describe an attempt to trace in time and space the roots of the technical, stylistic… read more here.
Keywords: roman painting; cultural biography; biography roman; ideology ... See more keywords