HASTAC Commons | Shirley Schwarz | Group Activity https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/shirleys8/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Shirley Schwarz is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:53:59 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 265a4bfcd5c9d6f2eaa77a6f6de0442c Justin Walsh deposited Archaeology in space: The Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment (SQuARE) on the International Space Station. Report 1: Squares 03 and 05 in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896907/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 03:00:25 +0000 Between January and March 2022, crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) performed the first archaeological fieldwork in space, the Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment (SQuARE). The experiment aimed to: (1) develop a new understanding of how humans adapt to life in an environmental context for which we are not…[Read more]

]]> 0 189c0c468f38ac6b789a5d837e286522 Ana Dumitran deposited The Icons of Alexander Ponekhalsky. Jertfa di la mine zugrău Alexa cel păcătos in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895891/ Sat, 10 Aug 2024 03:01:06 +0000 This editorial project capitalizes on a first sample of the religious art of Maramureș, carefully and meticulously inventoried by Alexandru Baboș alongside the study of the architecture of the wooden churches of Maramureș. Since they alone account for almost half of all preserved icons from Maramureș, Alexander Ponekhalskyi’s icons have been sep…[Read more]

]]> 0 8c31a9b9c17044a418d2ab7f8c8a55a8 Shawn Graham deposited Digital Identities: Memes and Engagements with Human Remains on Instagram in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1890210/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 03:07:04 +0000 Memes related to archaeological materials abound on social media. In this chapter, we present a case study looking at memes collected from accounts on Instagram that evince an interested in human skeletal remains. We present a framework for understanding memes as ‘partial stories’ which in aggregate enables us to say something about the aud…[Read more]

]]> 0 133846c6dfd2bf35198848da4ace28a6 Katrina Grant deposited Collaboration, flexibility, skill-sharing: The future of museum and cultural heritage work in the age of digital transformation in Australia in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1888684/ Sat, 08 Jun 2024 03:00:03 +0000 The COVID-19 pandemic created huge challenges for the galleries, libraries, archives and museum (GLAM) sector as institutions were shut and travel and tourism became almost non-existent. Globally, cultural institutions large and small suddenly had to rely almost entirely on digital platforms to engage their missing audiences. Digital…[Read more]

]]> 0 d8b8a8dec2c53eff77f97ae3b56067b8 Bryan Lowe deposited Patrons of Paper and Clay: Methods for Studying Women’s Religiosity in Ancient Japan in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1888407/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 03:01:01 +0000 This chapter argues that women’s most prominent role in ancient Japanese manuscript cultures was not as authors of texts but as patrons. Women likely commissioned the transcription of tens of thousands of scrolls of Buddhist scripture. They also produced short inscriptions, in colophons and on clay and other materials, that documented their p…[Read more]

]]> 0 a0e0ab441f67307a8e9e6ecd77c1bd03 Paul Reilly deposited The Nessglyph Uncovered in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1887443/ Wed, 29 May 2024 03:00:04 +0000 Aimed at young (at heart) people, this comic-strip format book introduces the discovery, and associated challenges of interpretation, of a petroglyph found, disturbed, in the entrance passage way of Middle Iron Age hillfort, at Nesscliffe in Shropshire, UK.  The Nesscliffe petroglyph (‘Nessglyph’) is made using two types of engraving technologies…[Read more]

]]> 0 d977a3d6d07d2d3fcb8f69b05c1e8783 David Olmsted deposited Druid-Akkadian Dictionary - 2024: Druid-Akkadian to English and English to Druid-Akkadian in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1885231/ Sun, 05 May 2024 03:01:03 +0000 This dictionary presents the language used by the Neolithic farmers who migrated into Europe and around
the Mediterranean basin from the Middle East starting around 6500 BCE. This migration ended up forming
a new culture and new civilization which ended up being suppressed by the Roman and Hellenistic empires
and then by their descendant, the…[Read more]

]]> 0 565d48dda9e7026715837cb91c2a390b Rainer Schreg deposited Noch nie dagewesen? Hochwasser und Starkregen im Juli 2021 und im Juli 1342 in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1882215/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 03:02:05 +0000 This blogpost compares the flood events from 2021 and 1342. The example of St. Magdalein’s flood in 1342 challenges modern risk assessment and contributes to the environmental history of times of climate change. The blogpost presents a short review of the state of research especially in the landscapes along the river Main.

]]> 0 fc6595b136b6270c04ffb4d9e4f89535 Rainer Schreg deposited Viereckschanze und Siedlung bei Gingen. Neue Ergebnisse zur Latènezeit im Filstal in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1882211/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 03:01:29 +0000 This paper reviews Latène material found near Gingen where aerial photographs show a “Viereckschanze”. Obviously there has been a very extended settlement area surrounding the Viereckschanze. Finds mainly consist of coarse ware, but include also the fragment of a fibula. The site is integrated in a regional perspective presenting a map of Latè…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b988699ebe416332b05ea491920a0df Rainer Schreg deposited Das späthallstattzeitliche Frauengrab von Bar-tenbach – Zur Einordnung eines alten Fundes in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1882204/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 03:00:21 +0000 A Woman’s Grave of late Hallstatt period at Bartenbach
Discovered in the 1930s the Bartenbach grave represents a woman’s burial of Halstatt D1 period as indicated by bronze belt plate and an earring. According to current state of research the burial belongs to a concentration of Hallstatt finds southwest of mount Hohenstaufen, which was a hilltop…[Read more]

]]> 0 b4f0c3fff395824afaca4abe4bc4c74f Tatjana P. Beuthe deposited Making a Good Impression: A Typology of Mounted Seal Impressions in the Middle Bronze Age Southern Levant in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1881298/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 03:00:36 +0000 Mounted seals have frequently been uncovered in Middle Bronze Age archaeological contexts in the Levant and Egypt. However, direct evidence for the deployment of such seals to mark objects does not appear to have been systematically studied to date. This article presents an initial typology of impressions made using mounted seals found in the…[Read more]

]]> 0 45179cf25767662ceb0005ce35655b82 Ana Dumitran deposited Intercultural and Visual Art Transfer in Central Europe and the Balkans. Ruthenian-Ukrainian and Romanian Art from the 15th to the Early 19th Century in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1881045/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 03:00:24 +0000 The book is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant RICONTRANS editorial programme (grant agreement no. 818791) and contains 11 studies on cultural and artistic transfers between the former Polish-Lithuanian Community and the Romanian territories (Moldova, Muntenia and Transylvania).

]]> 0 cdae58fc8322b0b311e555dbb6298b06 Adam Parker deposited Teething Problems: Pierced tooth amulets and sensing pain in the Roman archaeological record in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1877896/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 03:00:33 +0000 References in ancient literary texts refer to the use of pierced teeth as amulets used for the prevention and reduction of teething pains in infants. In this paper, I explore some of the sensory aspects of this phenomenon by centralising pain as a sensory experience. I draw on a dataset of these objects from Roman Britain in order to contextualise…[Read more]

]]> 0 08088199a84674bf8c9777db58a1b84c Jeffrey A. Becker deposited Egyptian art and archaeology in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1876938/ Sun, 18 Feb 2024 03:00:02 +0000 This course provides an introductory survey of the archaeology, art, and architecture of ancient Egypt. The course begins by considering the prehistoric cultures of the Nile Valley and continues to the period of the Roman empire. The course will consider Egypt both chronologically and thematically by examining famous features and sites, as well as…[Read more]

]]> 0 ca6e3263dadb76d1a6f7389275636d52 Alicia Mihalic deposited Digitisation of Historical Dress and Textile Collections: Facilitating Platforms for Accessibility, Preservation, and Research of Material Culture in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1876757/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 03:00:19 +0000 By adopting new museological functions, surviving artefacts open up the possibility of illuminating complex interrelations between the lifecycle of humans and objects. Imbued with a unique and intimate material memory, historical textiles encapsulate evidence surrounding their conceptualisation, production, and consumption, as well as their…[Read more]

]]> 0 49635e0726e6630f5450242fa7de4af4 Daniela Avido deposited Reseña de Quma y las bestias. Ivan Stur y Javier Luna Crook. Tamanduá Estudios. Argentina, 2019. 11 minutos in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1871177/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 03:01:10 +0000 Reseña del cortometraje “Quma y las bestias”, que contó con la asesoría multidisciplinaria de paleontólogos, arqueólogas, biólogos e ilustradores especialistas en paleoarte.

]]> 0 f6a26d9a67b893853523f28967e06ffc Daniela Avido deposited Proceso de patrimonialización de un cañón del siglo XVIII en San Antonio de Areco, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1871176/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 03:00:49 +0000 En este trabajo se presenta el desarrollo del proceso de patrimonialización de un cañón de hierro fabricado en 1789, probablemente en una fundición sueca. La pieza de artillería fue recuperada a comienzos del siglo XX del solar en donde funcionó el antiguo Juzgado de Paz y la Comisaría de San Antonio de Areco. Dicha pieza, forma parte de un conjun…[Read more]

]]> 0 8ce4cea73743bfd432c95ab64416ab56 Daniela Avido deposited Reflexiones en la práctica de la arqueología digital: la construcción y comunicación del patrimonio cultural virtual in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1871175/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 03:00:27 +0000 Este trabajo se constituye como un espacio interdisciplinario para reflexionar sobre el aporte de los métodos y técnicas digitales en la práctica de nuestra disciplina, tanto en la documentación, como en el análisis y reconstrucción virtual del material arqueológico, además de la gestión integral del patrimonio cultural. A tal efecto, se consider…[Read more]

]]> 0 ad2a052b2d137f348513775126aeb92f Daniela Avido deposited Territorios virtuales y campos de batalla. El uso de mapas digitales como espacios multimedia de estudio y divulgación in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1871174/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 03:00:04 +0000 El desarrollo tecnológico de las últimas décadas ha proporcionado múltiples posibilidades de comunicación con diversos públicos. Nuevas herramientas y canales complementan y optimizan las preexistentes y exigen también la construcción de nuevos tipos de relato, junto a la conformación de equipos multidisciplinarios que combinen diferentes saberes.…[Read more]

]]> 0 f996ca316f6b3c642ca4cfa27a15d3d4 Justin Walsh deposited Adapting to Space: The International space Station Archaeological Project in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1871043/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 03:00:26 +0000 The International Space Station Archaeological Project (ISSAP), co-directed by Alice Gorman and me, is the first full-scale, systematic archaeological investigation of the material culture from a site of human activity in space. We started in late 2015, in response to a number of phenomena, including a growing desire to move the focus of space…[Read more]

]]> 0 85384b78adc7d674bbeedcddae3ac300 Ana Dumitran deposited Icoana Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul cu scene din viață de la Budești‑Josani in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870885/ Sat, 13 Jan 2024 03:01:58 +0000 In the history of old Romanian painting, the icon of Saint John the Baptist with scenes from his life from Budești‑Josani occupies a very important place due to its exceptional artistic quality, as well as the Slavonic inscription with the master’s signature and date. The inscription, in a very poor state of preservation, has already been part…[Read more]

]]> 0 4aac0e0f0d029eb956aeec87b2ff785b Ana Dumitran deposited Le patriarche Sylvestre d’Antioche, son disciple spirituel Constantin César Dapóntes et l’histoire de leurs icônes in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870881/ Sat, 13 Jan 2024 03:01:16 +0000 This study identified the icon of Virgin Moscovita and the icon of the Holy Mandylion, described in Konstantinos Dapontes’ writings, with the icon of the Virgin and the icon of the Holy Mandylion preserved in his family monastery Evangelistria in Skopelos island. We can now retrace the “biography”of these two artefacts, the history of their creat…[Read more]

]]> 0 4976e9b553de32aa4f9d35525808ecfb Ana Dumitran deposited The Chronology of the Murals in the Râmeț Monastic Church (Alba County, Romania) Based on a Reevaluation of the Dating of the Narthex Inscription in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870876/ Sat, 13 Jan 2024 03:00:20 +0000 La découverte d’une inscription slavonne dans le narthex de l’église du monastère de Râmeț (comté d’Alba) en 1966, sa relecture avec des moyens techniques spéciaux en 1978 et sa publication officielle en 1985 ont porté à l’attention des historiens le nom du peintre (Mihul du Criș-Blanc), le nom de l’évêque fondateur (archevêque Gélase),…[Read more]

]]> 0 8acf106589f795bceee57b5f4bb461bb Alicia Colson deposited Book review of “Graham Connah, Writing about Archaeology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, 210 pp., illustr., pbk, ISBN 978-0-521-68851-2 in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868555/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:07:08 +0000 Book review

]]> 0 3513d44304251a45bd63cce8030395cf Alicia Colson deposited Disappearing Children after the Sixties Scoop in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868554/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:06:45 +0000 Whether or not you’ve heard the phrase ‘the Sixties Scoop’ probably depends on where you live, your heritage, and whether you ever had the opportunity to learn about the history of Indigenous peoples. Many don’t. The word ‘scoop’ is mild, and therefore deceptive. It’s the name given to a component of Canada’s cultural genocide conducted again…[Read more]

]]> 0 2d6fe2a3a4bd726cda952fa574ac3e69 Alicia Colson deposited Visiting Old Friends in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868552/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:06:22 +0000 This published by the publication ‘The Contingent’ https://contingentmagazine.org

]]> 0 4318ebc6c83d43e74bbef3f65151d7dc Alicia Colson deposited The Brown Bear and I: archeology, adventure and colonisation in the Canadian 'wilderness' in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868550/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:05:58 +0000 In this piece Alicia writes about archeology as adventure, in the context of a long history of colonial exploration and exploitation of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian ‘wilderness’. https://adventureuncovered.com/stories/the-brown-bear-and-i-archeology-adventure-and-colonisation-in-the-canadian-wilderness/

]]> 0 41a127984bfb13db9861352aaaae20a4 Alicia Colson deposited NFTs, AI, Ethics, and Indigenous Peoples. in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868542/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:05:25 +0000 The article is published in the official Journal of The Institute of Science and Technology (ISSN 2040-1868)

]]> 0 87a73416235d01f3ccd00fdec515998c Alicia Colson deposited NFTs, AI, Ethics, and Indigenous Peoples. in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868541/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:05:04 +0000 The article is published in the official Journal of The Institute of Science and Technology (ISSN 2040-1868)

]]> 0 5908b6838934ba16b9b1ee20e860202d Alicia Colson deposited Do not make snap decisions about what you are seeing: how digital analysis of the images from the Canadian Shield highlights the difficulties in classifying shapes in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868538/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:04:41 +0000 The act of classification has the widest implications for scholarship. Whatever the format, it involves the totality of our being. The use of our eyes indicates that decisions about whatever it is that we observe have already been made. Yet the interaction between the mechanical act of seeing and the mind or memory has rarely been registered. An…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0e351d5ff942b71a52a865c183b3528 Alicia Colson deposited Do not make snap decisions about what you are seeing: how digital analysis of the images from the Canadian Shield highlights the difficulties in classifying shapes in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868537/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:04:20 +0000 The act of classification has the widest implications for scholarship. Whatever the format, it involves the totality of our being. The use of our eyes indicates that decisions about whatever it is that we observe have already been made. Yet the interaction between the mechanical act of seeing and the mind or memory has rarely been registered. An…[Read more]

]]> 0 31179e54df5d606a58364a3f805c5f2b Alicia Colson deposited AI generated images, photography and visual documentary evidence as sources: Thoughts on Boris Eldagsen's Image, well 'photograph'. in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868534/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:03:57 +0000 Some thoughts on Boris Eldagsen’s Image, well ‘photograph’, an AI generated image.

]]> 0 c28853a5159369cb3cde4e7e5623db4b Alicia Colson deposited WHAT DO THESE SYMBOLS MEAN? A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE IMAGES FOUND ON THE ROCKS OF THE CANADIAN SHIELD WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE PICTOGRAPHS OF THE LAKE OF THE WOODS in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868530/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:03:30 +0000 Review of the literature on pictograph sites in the Canadian Shield with specific reference to those found in the Lake of the Woods, in north-western Ontario, Canada.

]]> 0 8b69705557f589c7980b1b1b06936bed Alicia Colson deposited WHAT DO THESE SYMBOLS MEAN? A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE IMAGES FOUND ON THE ROCKS OF THE CANADIAN SHIELD WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE PICTOGRAPHS OF THE LAKE OF THE WOODS in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868529/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:03:08 +0000 Review of the literature on pictograph sites in the Canadian Shield with specific reference to those found in the Lake of the Woods, in north-western Ontario, Canada.

]]> 0 ca45944ecc2e2c81501158be204c652d Alicia Colson deposited Shifting perspectives: method, media and the complex image in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868525/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:02:21 +0000 This article argues that the analysis of a threedimensional image demanded a three-dimensional approach. The authors realise that discussions of images and image processing inveterately conceptualise representation as being flat, static, and finite. The authors recognise the need for a fresh acuteness to three-dimensionality as a meaningful – a…[Read more]

]]> 0 b34b3fc673fb58726f2394b023354be8 Alicia Colson deposited What is a Heritage River? in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868522/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:01:48 +0000 Essay on the NiCHE-Canada website: https://niche-canada.org/2023/10/30/what-is-a-heritage-river/

]]> 0 b86d062733dcda40529236673581c69b Alicia Colson deposited Review of Susan M. Kooiman. Ancient Pottery, Cuisine, and Society at the Northern Great Lakes. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2021. Illustrations, tables. 240 pp. $34.99, e-book, ISBN 978-0-268-20147-0. in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868521/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:01:25 +0000 Book review

]]> 0 bfd1b7eecef02fd1256d021f0eba364d Alicia Colson deposited Identifying Stories: The Challenges of New Sites, New Images and Different Interpretations of the images found on Pictograph sites in Lake of the Woods, Central Canada. in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868518/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:00:51 +0000 This article discusses four pictograph sites in the Lake of the Woods where the images were interpreted by several Indigenous peoples.

]]> 0 24878070f9205b9dc87ecbdd0b20dc83 Justin Walsh deposited First Approximation of Population Distributions on the International Space Station in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1862877/ Sat, 28 Oct 2023 03:01:08 +0000 This paper presents an analysis of data derived from thousands of publicly available photographs showing life on the International Space Station (ISS) between 2000 and 2020. Our analysis uses crew and locational information from the photographs’ metadata to identify the distribution of different population groups—by gender, nationality, and spa…[Read more]

]]> 0 f6fe04d62c55130697b2323c0e256e80 Ana Dumitran deposited Russian Icons from Transylvania. Exhibition Catalogue in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1862611/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 03:00:02 +0000 This publication is part of the project “Ricontrans – Visual Culture, Piety and Propaganda. Transfer and Reception of Russian Religious Art in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean (16th to Early 20th Century)”, funded from the European Research Council (erc) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0328a35e6ddb14940fae7027f28ba99 Chris Alen Sula started the topic Cluster hire: Asst Professor, "Diverse Voices Creating Just Futures" (Pratt) in the discussion Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/groups/digital-art-history/forum/topic/cluster-hire-asst-professor-diverse-voices-creating-just-futures-pratt/ Thu, 05 Oct 2023 21:16:36 +0000 Please see below for details about a tenure-track position in digital humanities in the History of Art & Design

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Pratt Institute invites applications for a cluster of five new tenure-track faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor, focused on “Diverse Voices Creating Just Futures.” We seek applicants from a range of dis…[Read more]

]]> 0 aa553362cd59cf9533a697cae3af75e3 Ellie Bennett deposited The 'Queens of the Arabs' During the Neo-Assyrian Period in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1859979/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 03:17:38 +0000 During the Neo-Assyrian period (approximately 934-612 BCE, based in modern Iraq) the annals and royal inscriptions of several kings mention women with a curious title: ‘Queen of the Arabs’. These women have been included in previous discussions regarding Assyrian interaction with the ‘Arabs’, but a full investigation into their roles as rulers…[Read more]

]]> 0 40a90df8dcde9280e51fb1133cda1a93 Ellie Bennett started the topic CfP: Gender and Methodology in the Ancient Near East (GeMANE 6, Malta) in the discussion Archaeology https://hcommons.org/groups/archaeology/forum/topic/cfp-gender-and-methodology-in-the-ancient-near-east-gemane-6-malta-3/ Sat, 23 Sep 2023 10:36:38 +0000 The Sixth Workshop on Gender, Methodology and the Ancient Near East (GeMANE 6) will take place as a hybrid event on the 8–11 April, 2024, hosted by University of Malta’s Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures  and the International School for Foundation Studies. Previous GeMANE workshops were held in Helsinki (2014), Barcel…[Read more]

]]> 0 891ddfdbd60984807813c47146245795 Anna P. Judson deposited THE TABLET-MAKERS OF PYLOS: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE PRODUCTION OF LINEAR B TABLETS in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1852086/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 02:24:09 +0000 The Linear B administrative texts of Late Bronze Age Greece were written on clay tablets, whose production therefore formed the first stage in the process of document creation, though it generally remains unclear whether the tablets’ writers were also their makers. This study combines experimental archaeology with autopsy of the tablets from P…[Read more]

]]> 0 7752a42c94997d3d4bb9d7203d985436 David Olmsted deposited Alphabetic Akkadian Lexicon - 4th Edition 2023 in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848338/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 02:23:43 +0000 The Akkadian of this lexicon was spoken by Neolithic farmers who migrated to Europe from the Middle East starting around 6500 BCE. This lexicon combined with the new genetic migration information demonstrates that Europe had its own ancient Pagan civilization just as important and innovative as any other ancient civilization. This lexicon begins…[Read more]

]]> 0 a603038daf610ee1e8d7bfe08309d2d1 Henry Colburn deposited A Brief Historiography of Parthian Art, from Winckelmann to Rostovtzeff in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1847837/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 02:25:21 +0000 The early history of the study of Parthian art may be profitably divided into three overlapping phases. The first phase, ‘Ordering’, begins with Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s dismissive assessment of Parthian art, at this point known mainly from coins, as derivative and barbaric. The second phase, ‘Exploration’, begins in the mid-ninet…[Read more]

]]> 0 3b1ada82996347c3617b6e088f162b7a Tatjana P. Beuthe deposited The Grammar of Ornamentation: An Egyptian Predynastic Decorative Continuum in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1843877/ Mon, 08 May 2023 02:24:02 +0000 Tags made of mudstone are predominantly found in ancient Egyptian Predynastic cemetery contexts. This study examines the symbolism and significance of mudstone tags that are crescent-shaped and/or feature the recurved horns of hartebeests. The use of syncretic imagery on these tags provides evidence for the fluidity of artistic perceptions in…[Read more]

]]> 0 2d9cb071488b81bc05fb52ab9ce70f6d Andrea Sinclair deposited Late Bronze Age Polychrome Faience in the 'International Style' in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1837808/ Sat, 18 Mar 2023 02:24:02 +0000 The Late Bronze Age was a period of heightened international diplomacy throughout the eastern Mediterranean littoral and the Near East. A direct result of this supra-regional interconnectivity is argued to have been the formation of an independent hybrid visual style, the ‘International Style’, an iconographic idiom which occurs sparingly on art…[Read more]

]]> 0 c036b5b6e9b1c96a00667726398ff481 Jean Marie Carey deposited Exhibition and Catalogue: Eden and Everything After in the group Archaeology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1830079/ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 02:35:27 +0000 Announcement for the opening of the exhibition “Eden and Everything After” at the University of Stavanger Archaelogical Museum and publication of attendant catalogue.

]]> 0 195431b250985769d0aa4de6d53aa46d Lukas Fuchsgruber deposited Digitale Vermittlung ohne Facebook und Co in the group Digital Art History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1824661/ Fri, 02 Dec 2022 02:23:39 +0000 Im Zeitalter von Smartphones und Social Media sind digitale Netze ein allgegenwärtiger und zentraler gesellschaftlicher Raum geworden. Kulturvermittlung arbeitet oft in diesem neuen digitalen Kontext, trotz zahlreicher Enthüllungen über das skandalöse Geschäftsmodell der kostenlosen Social Media Plattformen. Darum müssen wir über Datenethik in der…[Read more]

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