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La nascita del sistema internazionale di protezione dei rifugiati. Römische Historische Mitteilungen|Römische Historische Mitteilungen 62|
No full textDer slowenische Priester und Politiker Anton Korošec (1872–1940) und der Heilige Stuhl im Lichte der vatikanischen Quellen. Römische Historische Mitteilungen|Römische Historische Mitteilungen 62|
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Pots, gold, and viceroys: shifting dynamics of Egyptian-Nubian relations at the transition to the New Kingdom, from the viewpoint of Middle Nubian pottery at Tell Edfu. Ägypten und Levante|Ägypten und Levante XXX 30|
No full textThis paper attempts to marry together the archaeological and historical records for the transition into the New Kingdom, from the viewpoint of the Nubian ceramic sequence at Tell Edfu. The evidence in question dates to a period spanning the late Middle Kingdom through to the early 18th Dynasty and is notable for a distinct change in the character of the assemblage that seems to correspond to marked changes in the social and political relationship between Egypt and Nubia. These changes include an increased Egyptian vigour in goldmining activities and the establishment of the viceregal administration. More broadly, the paper suggests that Tell Edfu and its surrounding region (Hierakonpolis and Elkab) were enmeshed in broad social and political shifts that occurred at that time. It is also suggested that the southern half of Upper Egypt as far as Hierakonpolis should be perceived as a transitional zone in which the Egyptian and Nubians spheres overlapped, both administratively and culturally
Third-millennium BC clay figurines from Tell Djassa el Gharbi, Tell Abu Hafur and Tell Rad Shaqrah (Syria). Ägypten und Levante|Ägypten und Levante XXX 30|
No full textThe present paper analyses third-millennium BC clay figurines from three sites, Tell Djassa el Gharbi, Tell Abu Hafur and Tell Rad Shaqrah, all located in the Khabur River basin (central Jazirah, Syria) and researched in the 1980s and 1990s by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The collection numbers twenty-eight specimens and includes thirteen anthropomorphic figurines and fifteen zoomorphic ones. Among the anthropomorphic representations, stylised figurines and figurines with geometricised torsos were recorded, but also fragments of most probably standing and seated representations. Zoomorphic figurines depict equids, sheep, a pig and unidentified quadrupeds. Aside from a comprehensive description of the finds and their typological breakdown, the paper presents the collection against the backdrop of the regional and supra-regional tradition of coroplastic arts. Although the collection is quite small, the study extends our knowledge on this aspect of the Khabur region’s culture, making it possible to define new types of figurines, to verify the chronology of already well-known types and illustrate types very poorly attested so far in this part of northern Mesopotamia. Moreover, the analysis of the figurines from Tell Rad Shaqrah raises questions concerning the distinctness of the Middle Khabur River coroplastic arts, especially in comparison to the much better identified tradition of the Upper Khabur River
IV - Indices. Sanskrit Texts from the Tibetan Autonomous Region|Dharmottara's Pramāṇaviniścayaṭīkā Sanskrit Texts from the Tibetan Autonomous Region 21|
No full textThe protection of the mountain ecosystems of the Southern Central Andes: tensions between Aymara herding practices and conservation policies. eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management)|eco.mont Vol. 13 No. 1 13 1|
No full textIn the Atacama Desert highlands, Aymara communities have practised herding since pre-Hispanic times. Currently, large areas of the mountains’ ecosystems are under official protection. This situation has created tensions between Aymara herding practices and official conservation policies. In this article, we document herding practices and how they have contributed to the production of these ecosystems. We also explore several conservation policies in the area and how they clash with Aymara herding. To do this, we make use of ethnography and state conservation plans. We suggest that these policies reproduce colonial dynamics, creating conflicting aims and affecting Aymara territorial rights. We conclude that traditional Aymara ecological knowledge and practices should guide the conservation of these mountain ecosystems
Evidence for movement of goods and animals from Egypt to Canaan during the Early Bronze of the southern Levant: A view from Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath. Ägypten und Levante|Ägypten und Levante XXX 30|
No full textIn this paper, we present the results of recent research on the potential movement of animals and other goods between Old Kingdom Egypt and the southern Levant during the Early Bronze III (c. 2850–2550 BCE). Several types of goods found at the site within a domestic residential neighbourhood (possibly of merchants) suggest that the inhabitants had extensive trade connections with the surrounding regions. A variety of durable goods derived from a variety of nonlocal sources, some of which are potentially located in Egypt. Other objects may have had a raw material origin in Egypt, but were modified in the northern Levant, and end up in the southern Levant. Scientific analysis of the normally assumed items, such as domestic livestock, demonstrate that donkey caravans were coming from Egypt during a period when trade supposedly has ceased between Egypt and the southern Levant. Isotopic analysis of donkey and other domestic animals are the first bioarchaeological evidence for the movement of livestock between the two regions – that the animals were born and raised in Egypt, brought to Canaan, and slaughtered soon after their arrival at the site. These results can challenge our traditional assumptions about evidence for direct trade between regions. We should be cautious in our labeling of raw material of artefacts that are non-local before a full scientific analysis is conducted
