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Il record odontoscheletrico umano delle Tombe 8 e 9
No full textThe study of a funerary complex inevitably involves the collaboration between many different but complementary disciplines. As for the north-western necropolis of Nora, the synergistic work between archaeology, taphonomy and bioarcheology led us to the reconstruction of the funerary record of two hypogeum graves excavated by the University of Padua during the 2016-2017 archaeological campaigns. Unfortunately, information about the other necropolises belonging to the site are so far not available, even though the assessment of biological information through anthropological analysis represents a fundamental standard for every reconstruction or interpretation of funerary complexes and the underlying social complexity. The aim of this study is hence to provide the very first anthropological information about the ancient inhabitants of Nora
Human-environment connections: a multiproxy bioarchaeological investigation at Nora (Sardinia, Italy)
No full textThis research investigates the relationship between humans and the environment at the archaeological site of Nora with a particular focus on the Phoenician and Punic periods (7th–4th century BC) through an innovative interdisciplinary approach. By integrating archaeology with biological analyses, including anthropology, biochemistry, and archaeobotany, the study provides a comprehensive understanding of ancient life at the site. Bioanthropological analyses of dental and skeletal remains from the western necropolis of the site reveal individual osteobiographies and shed light on the overall population. Environmental data from archaeological stratifications in both settlement and suburban areas allowed the reconstruction of the evolution of the ancient landscape and document the utilization of specific plant species. These findings illuminate aspects of daily life, diet, and resource management, offering valuable insights into the social, cultural, and economic practices of the Phoenician and Punic communities
I reperti odontoscheletrici umani dalle tombe a cremazione e a inumazione della necropoli fenicia e punica di Nora: note preliminari
No full textThe gross assessment of cremated and inhumed skeletal remains from Nora’s necropolis gives a picture of a multifaceted funerary rituality. Nevertheless, little is known about the biological profiles of the people buried at the site. This paper offers some preliminary observations on results from the macroscopic analysis of the remains. The age-at- death estimation and sex diagnosis allowed for a preliminary assessment of the access’ criteria to the burial ground by age classes. While there are no significant differences in the rituals on a sex basis, age at death is the criterion for cremation access, which is reserved for the adult classes only at Nora. Additional analyses will allow us not only to pinpoint the nature and manner of funerary rituals, their evolution and development with the changing ethnic and social structures, but also to reconstruct the biological heritage, population dynamics and bio-cultural interactions at different phases of Nora’s settlement
Lesioni traumatiche nelle popolazioni umane tra età del Rame ed età del Bronzo: la Tomba 31 di Nogarole Rocca (VR)
No full textEvidence of interpersonal violence occurs both directly, in the form of skeletal trauma, and indirectly, if reconstructed from
archaeological contexts, providing useful information on behavioral and cultural aspects of ancient human groups. The osteo-
logical remains of an adult male discovered in grave number 31 at Nogarole Rocca (Bronze Age - VR, Italy) provide us with
both information. The inhumation was associated with a bronze dagger blade but, most interestingly, a perimortal injury
resulting from a flint arrowhead was identified in his fourth thoracic vertebra, interpretable as proof of interpersonal violence.
This evidence increases the framework of knowledge about episodes of interpersonal conflict among Copper and Bronze Age
communities in northern Italy
Analisi tafonomica dei resti inumati nella necropoli nord-occidentale di Nora: archeotanatologia e archeologia virtuale
Full text linkTaphonomic analysis of human skeletal remains is one of the primary sources that archaeology benefits from to investigate funerary practices and the treatment of the body of the deceased in ancient human populations. Although born as a field study, the taphonomy of human remains has increasingly become a laboratory discipline that is benefiting from the development of digital applications to archaeology. This paper aims to illustrate the case study of the north-western Phoenician and Punic necropolis of Nora (CA), discussing the application of digital IBM for the three-dimensional digitization of in situ human remains and its importance for the reconstruction of the taphonomy of burials and funerary customs. Evidence of primary and
secondary burials - both in pits and hypogea - are attested at Nora within complex stratigraphic sequences. The application of taphonomic analysis in a digital environment, by merging gross identification of bone fragments with 3D visualization of the in situ context, allowed us for a reliable reconstruction of the deposition sequences, including the most complex situations presenting commingled skeletal remains
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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