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Cruells W., Mateiciucová I. and Nieuwenhuyse O. (eds.) 2017. Painting Pots – Painting People: Late Neolithic Ceramics in Ancient Mesopotamia. Oxford and Philadelphia: Oxbow Books
No full textBaldi Johnny Samuele. Cruells W., Mateiciucová I. and Nieuwenhuyse O. (eds.) 2017. Painting Pots – Painting People: Late Neolithic Ceramics in Ancient Mesopotamia. Oxford and Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. In: Paléorient, 2018, vol. 44, n°1. pp. 167-168
A Ceramic Tale of Three Oikumenai from the Qara Dagh Area (Iraqi Kurdistan)
No full textAbout a decade ago, by paraphrasing Charles Dickens, G. Stein and R. Özbal wrote a very inspiring article – “A tale of two oikumenai” – about Ubaid and Uruk origins and expansions. Later, a third main “oikumene” in Ancient Near Eastern history is represented by the emergence of the first empires. Since 2015, the French archaeological mission in the Qara Dagh area (Sulaymaniyah Province, Iraqi Kurdistan), directed by Régis Vallet, offers new and unsuspected information about these three dynamics of contact between southern and northern Mesopotamia. The first “oikumene”, consisting in the diffusion of the Ubaid horizon, can be documented as a very early (during the first half of the 6th millennium BC) process of acculturation gradually fashioning a new material way of life by intertwining southern and northern traditions.
On the one hand, Halaf and Ubaid appear as entities that cannot be essentialized as mere cultural packages, while on the other hand they both have close ties with other entities (as the Samarra). The Uruk “oikumene” is documented in the Qara Dagh three centuries earlier than previously thought. Since the beginning of the 4th millennium BC, it is attested by a stone ramp leading to a citadel, by a monumental building, a village with domestic structures and by large craft areas. But, from a ceramic point of view, the supposed inconsistency between northern Late Chalcolithic and southern Uruk productions does not appear as an obvious reality, but rather as an ongoing evolution due to complex relationships between two traditions emerging from a widely shared post-Ubaid substrate.
Eventually, the appearance of the Akkadian and Ur III empires can be observed from the unique perspective of a sequence of huge ceramic workshop all along the second half of the 3rd millennium BC. Since the Early Dynastic III phase, both the spatial organization of the production units and the technical features of the assemblage reveal a progressive change in scale, intensity and organization of a more and more centralized and homogeneous production, intended for a regional-based distribution.
The ceramic analysis suggests a reassessment of the emergence of these three global phenomena picturing (at least concerning the area east of the Tigris river) a multifaceted image of relations between the North and the South as far as mobility of things and people, respective technical identities as well as modalities of their cultural and economic contacts. The analysis of the ceramic chaînes opératoires in their spatial contexts allowed us to encompass the stylistic approach in a more comprehensive procedure aiming at recognizing distinct technical traditions and, therefore, the underlying groups of producers, with their specificities and reciprocal relations.
Obviously, each “oikumene” constitutes an historical process characterized by its own dynamics. And, at this level, the technical-spatial analysis of the ceramic traditions offers new insights on specific mechanisms. But, more in general, simplistic dichotomies between northern and southern people or “cultures” appear to be misleading and ineffective to describe intricate realities that, since the very beginning of the proto-urban phase, never evolve in a separate way. In this sense, compared to the better known western portion of the Mesopotamian alluvium (the Euphrates basin), the region east of the Tigris river seems to question the traditional schematic division between North and South
Unaccompanied foreign minors: the Novara experience as a reference center of Eastern Piedmont (Italy)
No full textBackground: 20% of migrants who reach Italy are minors, often Unaccompanied Foreign Minors (UFM). If they are minors, they have the right to remain on EU territory, but in case of doubt, the authorities ask to ascertain their age. This is currently done through different procedures. Methods: The aim of this study was to understand the validity of the protocol adopted by the ‘Maggiore della Carità hospital in Novara (Italy), reference center for Eastern Piedmont, for ascertaining the age of self-proclaimed minors by comparing the results with those of other European realities. A cross-sectional study was conducted by analyzing the final reports of UFM examined at this hospital between January 1st, 2018, and December 31st, 2023. Socio-demographic, clinical, radiological and forensic data were collected. Results: Three hundred and one migrants were evaluated: 97% was male with an average age reported of 16.32 years ± 1.35. The estimated age by wrist X-ray was 17.81 ± 1.52. The physical examination of sexual maturation was not statistically correlated with the age estimated by X-rays (r = 0.36). No migrant was certified as an adult. Pathologies and injuries were frequently described. Conclusion: Comparing these results with those of similar European studies, it seems that the Piedmont protocol is unable to accurately estimate the age, even though it is one of the most complete Italian one. The effort to assign an age as close as possible to the actual one is a prerequisite for recognizing the rights of these individuals, but the method must achieve concrete and decisive results without violating their integrity
Samuele R. Bacchiocchi and Family
No full textSeventh-day Adventist author and theologian, Samuele R. Bacchiocchi and his wife and their children at a graduation ceremony at Pontifical University
Entre traumatisme et résilience : quelques notes pour une archéologie des blessures récentes de Beyrouth
No full textBeyrouth, ruines et cicatrices récentes, photo J. Baldi Le dernier recueil poétique de Vénus Khoury-Ghata (Où vont les arbres, 2011) n’est que l’un des plus récents ouvrages de la très vaste littérature traitant, d’une manière ou d’une autre, de la guerre au Liban. Le conflit est évoqué dans un monde où les arbres, calcinés, dépeuplés d’oiseaux et aux couleurs parfois étrangement déplacées, semblent rappeler La Guerre d’Henri Rousseau dit « le Douanier ». Cependant, celle-ci est une calamité ..
sd920/FIJI-macros-for-IHC-and-SHG-analysis: Batch Split Channels (3 channels)
No full textThis macro allows to split channels for Z-stack .tiff files and save them in a new folder in batch mode.
Author: Samuele Di Carmine, [email protected]
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July 13, 2021
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Copyright 2021 Samuele Di Carmine, Imperial College Londo
Conclusions: Late Chalcolithic Northern Mesopotamia. Setting the Agenda in the Debate on the Rise of Urbanization in the Ancient Near East
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Samuele R. Bacchiocchi
No full textSamuele R. Bacchiocchi was a Seventh-day Adventist author and theologian best known for his work on the Sabbath in Christianity, particularly in the historical work "From Sabbath to Sunday," based on his doctoral thesis from the Pontifical Gregorian University. Bacchiocchi defended the validity of the Feasts of the Lord, situated in Leviticus 23. He wrote two books on the subject. He was also known within the Seventh-day Adventist church for his opposition to rock and contemporary Christian music, jewelry, the celebration of Christmas and Easter, certain dress standards, and alcohol. This photograph was taken during a graduation ceremony from Pontifical University
The Impact of the COVID-19 Emergency on Local Vehicular Traffic and Its Consequences for the Environment: The Case of the City of Reggio Emilia (Italy)
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Emergency on Local Vehicular Traffic and Its Consequences for the Environment: The Case of the City of Reggio Emilia (Italy)
by Samuele Marinello 1,*OrcID,Francesco Lolli 1,2 andRita Gamberini 1,2OrcID
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En&Tech Interdepartmental Center, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 42124 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Sustainability 2021, 13(1), 118; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010118
Received: 3 December 2020 / Revised: 21 December 2020 / Accepted: 22 December 2020 / Published: 24 December 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue 8th World Sustainability Forum—Selected Papers)
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The COVID-19 health emergency has imposed the need to limit and/or stop non-essential economic and commercial activities and movement of people. The objective of this work is to report an assessment of the change in vehicle flows and in air quality of a specific study area in the north of Italy, comparing the periods February–May 2020 and February–May 2019. Circulating vehicles have been measured at nine characteristic points of the local road network of the city of Reggio Emilia (Italy), while atmospheric pollutant concentrations have been analysed using data extracted from the regional air quality monitoring network. The results highlight a rapid decline in the number of vehicles circulating in 2020 (with values of up to −82%). This has contributed to a reduction in air concentrations of pollutants, in particular for NO2 and CO (over 30% and over 22%, respectively). On the other hand, O3 has increased (by about +13%), but this is expected. Finally, the particulate matter grew (about 30%), with a behaviour similar to the whole regional territory. The empirical findings of this study provide some indications and useful information to assist in understanding the effects of traffic blocking in urban areas on air quality
Delineating the End of a World: Reassessing the Ubaid/post-Ubaid Transition in Greater Mesopotamia
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