Pottery in Hellenistic tradition from ancient Bactria: The Kurganzol fortress (Uzbekistan, Central Asia)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.11.049
Abstract: Abstract Kurganzol is one of the fortresses founded in ancient Bactria during the conquest of Alexander the Great. An archaeometric characterisation was conducted on 20 pottery sherds recovered in the earliest settlement dated to the… read more here.
Keywords: tradition; pottery; hellenistic tradition; ancient bactria ... See more keywords
Pottery craft tradition in transition: From Neolithic central China to Bronze Age northern Sweden
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.002
Abstract: Abstract The diversity of different organic materials and the mixtures of materials used hold rich information on the practical and social relationships between material and human cultures. Regarding pottery, these differences are best examined through… read more here.
Keywords: bronze age; tradition; pottery; transition ... See more keywords
Havana Tradition Platform Pipe Production and Disposition: Implications for Interpreting Regional Variation in Midwestern Hopewell Ceremonialism
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DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2021.34
Abstract: This study documents the contexts of platform pipe creation, distribution, and disposition at Illinois Havana Hopewell Tradition (50 BC to AD 200–250) sites to identify regional variation in Hopewell ceremonialism and exchange. We observe that… read more here.
Keywords: platform pipe; tradition; hopewell ceremonialism; hopewell ... See more keywords
Is All Hindu Theology Comparative Theology?
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DOI: 10.1017/s0017816018000378
Abstract: The Hindu tradition consists of a collection of ancient and new spiritual lineages (sampradāyas), each with their own teachings, loosely connected through recognition of a set of common sacred texts. One of the larger and… read more here.
Keywords: tradition; comparative theology; theology; hindu ... See more keywords
Tradition and invention: The bifocal stance theory of cultural evolution
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22000383
Abstract: Abstract Cultural evolution depends on both innovation (the creation of new cultural variants by accident or design) and high-fidelity transmission (which preserves our accumulated knowledge and allows the storage of normative conventions). What is required… read more here.
Keywords: cultural evolution; tradition; stance theory; bifocal stance ... See more keywords
Tradition–invention dichotomy and optimization in the field of science
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22001236
Abstract: Abstract The central idea of the bifocal stance theory (BST) by Jagiello et al. has substantial relevance to scientific research. Both tradition-following and exploration-innovation are important in science and researchers subconsciously try to optimize their… read more here.
Keywords: science; dichotomy optimization; tradition; tradition invention ... See more keywords
The Shi'a in Modern South Asia: Religion, History and Politics. Edited by Justin Jones and Ali Usman Qasmi. pp. 276. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1356186317000190
Abstract: A middle portion of the book is devoted to the visual artistic renderings of the Rāmāyan. a. John and Mary Brockington, and Rachel Loizeau-Pajaniradja discuss the role of visual narratives in the arts across South… read more here.
Keywords: shi modern; tradition; modern south; south asia ... See more keywords
Nautical astrology: a forgotten early modern tradition
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DOI: 10.1080/00033790.2023.2179111
Abstract: ABSTRACT While the link between navigation and astronomy is quite evident and its history has been extensively explored, the prognosticatory element included in astronomical knowledge has been almost completely left out. In the early modern… read more here.
Keywords: nautical astrology; tradition; forgotten early; early modern ... See more keywords
History is not Bunk. Tradition, Political Economy and Regional Identity in the German Länder
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DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2020.1749265
Abstract: The question of regional identity in the German Länder has received only little attention so far. It is of great political importance, however, as a collective identity at the regional level is a favourable condition… read more here.
Keywords: german nder; tradition; identity german; nder ... See more keywords
Islamic legal tradition and the choice of investment arbitration forums
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DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2019.1679223
Abstract: Abstract Does domestic legal tradition affect international cooperation and legalization? Recent studies indicate that states with Islamic law tradition (ILT) prefer more informal forums to resolve international disputes, compared to states with other legal traditions.… read more here.
Keywords: legal tradition; tradition; islamic legal; investment ... See more keywords
The Notion of Love in the Early Twentieth-Century Russian Philosophical Tradition
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DOI: 10.1080/10611967.2019.1660560
Abstract: This article presents the central paradigms of the understanding of love by early twentieth-century Russian philosophers. It shows that interpreting the meaning of erotic love as a way of overcoming death, as proposed by Vladimir… read more here.
Keywords: tradition; russian philosophical; century russian; love early ... See more keywords